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In many cases the "law of unintended consequences" came into play when railroad tries to use a weed burner to clear snow and ice from switches...especially in the yard where there was little to no drainage. The snow got melted, but ice then formed often made things worse.
Pete
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From: STEVEN HOLDING sholding@sbcglobal.net [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 3:05 pm Subject: [CBQ] Weed/Snow burner There is a photo of a snow burner working at Galesburg on Page 366 of Linroth's "A History of the CB&Q Quincy Branch
Looks like a flat car (40' )with a small part of a tank mounted on the end and a small hut on the burner end with 3 (maybe 4) ducts
being pushed by a Burro (four wheel not legs)
Steve in SC
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