Trains plowing snow (videos)
10-10-2007, 06:53 PM
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Trains plowing snow (videos)
Lemme see if I can figure this youtube thingy out..
Trains plowing snow getting stuck (listen to those turbos!!)
Trains plowing snow getting stuck (listen to those turbos!!)
would have like to see how they dug the derailed one out.
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this is an interesting snow remover in Canada. it is a turbine blower that is made using a turbocharger.
it was designed by a company called Nye Thermodynamics.
http://www.nyethermodynamics.com/snowjet/snowjet.mpg
it was designed by a company called Nye Thermodynamics.
http://www.nyethermodynamics.com/snowjet/snowjet.mpg
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a larger engine/locomotive on its own weighs about 400-440k pounds. trains are measured in tons. example: a long freight train might weigh 14,000 tons. they are very heavy. about all engines have somewhat of a plow made into the front end. they are thick and destroy whatever they hit.
10-12-2007, 02:18 AM
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10-12-2007, 04:54 AM
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Think about this, in the 1800's there were rotary plows in use in the mountains of Colorado. They had to clear many feet deep of snow at a time, and snow slides that contained very large rocks. Not only did they de-rail sometimes, but the rocks would damage the plows and would have to be repaired before they could continue, all with tools from 1880!!! There is a story about a series of storms near Leadville, CO in 1899, where plows were borrowed from all over to try and recover trains as well as plows that were stuck for 78 days in a row!!
10-12-2007, 06:28 AM
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a larger engine/locomotive on its own weighs about 400-440k pounds. trains are measured in tons. example: a long freight train might weigh 14,000 tons. they are very heavy. about all engines have somewhat of a plow made into the front end. they are thick and destroy whatever they hit.
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