siderods

Updated: May 8, 2025

The anxious query hinged itself upon the approach of a big, eight-wheeled passenger flyer which was thundering down the yard on the track occupied by the Nadia. Within half a car-length of collision, the air-brake hissed, the siderods clanked and chattered, and the shuddering monster rolled gently backward to a touch coupling with the president's car. Eleanor's hand was on her cousin's arm.

Francis Lynde - The Taming of Red Butte Western