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Jim Grigsby

March 14, 2017 05:44PM

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An additional problem with the Eccles #3 Heisler is that the gear case covers were gone long before we got it, Floyd Carpenter said they probably left them off the first time they had to work on it out in the woods. The result is that the lower gear case fills up with snow, which can then freeze and effectively lock up the gears.

This year we had pilot plows on GE #720, which worked fine in two feet of snow.

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Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	kcsivils	March 13, 2017 04:07PM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	Tom Moungovan	March 13, 2017 04:15PM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	J.B.Bane	March 13, 2017 05:00PM
Re: Snow plows,nah!	Chris Walker	March 13, 2017 05:26PM
Re: Snow plows,nah!	cdaspit	March 13, 2017 05:33PM
Re: Snow plows,nah!	Dirk Ramsey	March 13, 2017 11:09PM
Re: Snow plows,nah!	kcsivils	March 14, 2017 10:05AM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	jim pallow	March 13, 2017 05:48PM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	Tom Moungovan	March 14, 2017 05:33AM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	Jim Grigsby	March 14, 2017 05:44PM
Re: DSP&P shay use.....	RDannemann	March 14, 2017 11:13AM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	Kelly Anderson	March 17, 2017 07:35AM
Re: Snow plows, geared locomotives and rod locomotives	Chris Walker	March 17, 2017 02:13PM
Re: Two-Horsepower Snow Plows better than Diseasels	Russo Loco	March 17, 2017 03:22PM

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