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Identifier: electricrailway521918newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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are so constructed that the brooms andplows can be removed when they are not needed and on the right-of-way could be eliminated to a great extentif snow fences were used at points especially favorableto the formation of drifts. High Track Centers Are Hard On Equipment Most railway operators agree that the greater part oiserious trouble in connection with snow is the occurrenceof high track centers on which the motors drag. As aresult cars are derailed, motors are roasted, thewheels are permitted to spin and service is tied up.Next in line are delays and equipment burnouts due tobucking deep snow and snowdrifts. With proper useof the equipments mentioned in this article, servicecan be maintained satisfactorily but, as there is nosuch thing as a standard snowstorm, equipments mustbe used as conditions require. A heavy fall of snowwith no wind can usually be combated by frequent serv-ice over the lines with snow equipments, but a lightsnow with strong wind will sometimes drift so rapidly
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