Re: Plows and flangers: considered a 'set' on locomotives?

DakotaRed Wrote:
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> drgwk37 Wrote:
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> > The priest flanges once installed were
> permanent
> > and didn't come off.
>
> Oh, I need to reword my question. "Did they
> add/remove PARTS of the flangers in concert
> with the plows?"
>
> If you look at the photo in my original post, the
> linkage has been removed from the deck lever to
> the flanger blades.
>
> I didn't mean to imply the cylinders, etc were
> removed. My apologies.

No, they could still use the priest flanger along with a plow that was mounted on a locomotive. They served two different purposes when removing snow/ice from the rails.

William
aka drgwk37