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GCRailwaysOGR Forum Member

I was watching Murder on the Orient Express last night, and when thinking about the plow train that's to come to rescue the train, the thought came to me: were there any experiments with heated wedge-type plows? I have no idea how effective it would be, but I imagine it could help in localized snow clearing, such as the scenario above.

12/13/1412:54 PM

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AdriaticOGR Forum Member

A funny thing about snow, anything warm melts it, then the water freezes once away from the warmth. Ice is often worse than snow. I think the only use for a heated blade would be so snow fell off it -VS- clumping, fouling the blades ability to deflect & discharge snow. The only heat used I know about are the jet engine ice melt cars. Oh a GG-1 was cut in half, and the cooling air was rerouted to point at the rails as an ice melter. "GG 1/2" normally brings this engine up in an image search on Google/Bing

12/13/142:57 PM

Hot WaterOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Originally Posted by GCRailways:

I was watching Murder on the Orient Express last night, and when thinking about the plow train that's to come to rescue the train, the thought came to me: were there any experiments with heated wedge-type plows? I have no idea how effective it would be, but I imagine it could help in localized snow clearing, such as the scenario above.

Where would THAT much heat come from in order to "heat a wedge type plow"?

12/13/143:58 PM

AdriaticOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Hot Water:

Where would THAT much heat come from in order to "heat a wedge type plow"?

Hot water!, Hot Water?

12/14/1412:00 AM

RJLOGR Forum Member

I'm not up on the N.Y.C.S's. Snow Removal Jet.

Was this baby ever used and if so, how long was it in use?

Lionel's version:

lionel nycs snow jet

Ralph

12/14/146:19 AM

C W BurfleOGR Forum Member

Was the idea of the jet to melt the snow, or blow it away?

12/14/147:14 AM

Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by C W Burfle:

Was the idea of the jet to melt the snow, or blow it away?

Blow the snow away. A snow melter is an entirely different machine:

Rusty

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