Re: Alamosa October 1 1944
| March 06, 2019 07:54AM |
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Samart Wrote:
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> Does anyone know what a drag line is?
Its a type of (earth) excavator.
D&RGW dragline on the Monarch Branch: [www.westernrailimages.com]
In that photo, its difficult to see clearly, but there is a (mostly horizontal) cable that extends from somewhere close to the lower end of the boom and connects to the bucket. The dragline operator drags the bucket towards the machine with the lower cable to fill the bucket, then the bucket tilts up to retain the contents (with a skilled operator
) while the boom is repositioned to dump the bucket.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2019 08:05AM by Rader Sidetrack.
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> Does anyone know what a drag line is?
Its a type of (earth) excavator.
D&RGW dragline on the Monarch Branch: [www.westernrailimages.com]
In that photo, its difficult to see clearly, but there is a (mostly horizontal) cable that extends from somewhere close to the lower end of the boom and connects to the bucket. The dragline operator drags the bucket towards the machine with the lower cable to fill the bucket, then the bucket tilts up to retain the contents (with a skilled operator
) while the boom is repositioned to dump the bucket.Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2019 08:05AM by Rader Sidetrack.
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