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Herb Kelsey

November 09, 2017 01:57AM

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As drgwk37 pointed out, rocks and trees were the problem on the Silverton. Rotaries are excellent snow removing machines on drifted snow at places like Cumbres where the railroad runs at the top of the canon instead of down inside it like on the Silverton Branch. Slides were the biggest problem on the Branch and they were almost always full of those pesky rocks and trees. Pilot plows and section men's shovels were much more productive there, later superseded by bulldozers and front end loaders.

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Rotary on the Silverton Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 10:00AM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	davegrandt	November 08, 2017 11:59AM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2017 02:50PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 04:54PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 05:06PM
Re: Early Monarch operations and the rotary	John K	November 08, 2017 08:27PM
Re: Early Monarch operations and the rotary	Chris Walker	November 08, 2017 08:47PM
Re: Rotary on the Monarch Branch	TonyK375	November 08, 2017 09:39PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	Tomstp	November 08, 2017 12:41PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	drgwk37	November 08, 2017 04:52PM
Re: Rotary on the Silverton Branch	Herb Kelsey	November 09, 2017 01:57AM

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