[SEL] Show pics

[Jim and Diane]

Hi Curt,

It is called a bucking plow and is pushed by a locomotive.  In the late 
1800's this type of plow was sometimes pushed by as many as 8 locomotives. 
The method was to push wide open but if the engines stalled then they backed 
off half a mile or so and rammed into the snow at full speed.  This was a 
pretty dangerous thing to do, there was a good possibility of derailing and 
on occasion rammed the cab full of snow.  The tank on the rear is probably a 
big block of cement or maybe full of scrap iron.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Show pics


Jeff Allen,
BIG snow plow???  http://frapa.us/Limon05/LM007.html

Living in an area where 1" of snow is a big snow, having need of a blade
this big is incomprehendable! Is this thing self propelled? Or pushed by
a locomotive?

Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC
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