FYI:
From 1947 Fairmont catalog.....
http://sjcook.com/trains/fairmont/fmt028.jpg
http://sjcook.com/trains/fairmont/fmt029.jpg
Sam Cook, Milan, MO
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'Tom Kline' TKline@airmail.net [CBQ] wrote:
>
>
> I’d have to concur with Leo about these photos, also every weed sprayer that
> I’ve seen or been around always had a white or yellow-ish staining on the
> lower carbody from
> the bleaching action of the chemicals to any painted surface.
>
>
>
> I seem to recall Fairmont or another railroad equipment manufacturer offered
> a weed burner as a self-propelled vehicle. We had one on the Burlington-Rock
> Island joint line
> and it was an interesting looking machine with two long kerosene drums
> mounted parallel to the rails on the units frame with a platform deck and
> roof on top for the crew to
> ride upon. Two moveable booms with flared ends stuck out over each rail to
> work each side of the roadway. They basically operated like a blowtorch with
> the flame being
> largely shrouded by the flared end and the operators swinging them side to
> side as needed. The crew sitting atop the big tanks under the large
> full-length awning always
> reminded me of the big aluminum pontoon boats fishermen used on the lakes
> which were very popular at the time. I haven’t thought about these things in
> decades and may be a
> little fuzzy on the exact details but they sure looked like something out of
> the Flintstones.
>
>
>
> Tom Kline
>
> Houston
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Posted by: Sam Cook <trains@sjcook.com>
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