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gregcoit

November 07, 2017 03:53PM

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Thad09 Wrote:
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> From what I remember, the dozers were cheaper,
> but, they did do more damage the the track. The
> line crews preferred the rotaries/flangers/Jordan
> spreader and doing things the 'traditional' way.

This is consistent with the operations on Donner Pass as well. Both the (then) SP and (now) UP regularly use dozers in the winter, but only to move the snow from near the ROW over the side. The ROW itself is cleared by rotaries/flangers/Jordan spreaders

Greg Coit
Bayfield, CO

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D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	jfengineer	November 07, 2017 04:32AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Thad09	November 07, 2017 05:30AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Popeye8762	November 07, 2017 05:53AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	jim pallow	November 08, 2017 04:46PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	gregcoit	November 07, 2017 03:53PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 07, 2017 06:47AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	george pearce	November 07, 2017 07:48AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 07, 2017 10:26AM
Re: Lack of D&RGW bulldozers for snowfighting	RDannemann	November 07, 2017 09:04AM
D&RGW Profitabliity, post WWII (can o' worms)	hank	November 08, 2017 09:28AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	drgwk37	November 07, 2017 09:14AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	bcp	November 07, 2017 09:20AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Jimmy Blouch	November 07, 2017 09:36AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	John Cole	November 07, 2017 09:43AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 07, 2017 10:35AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Russo Loco	November 07, 2017 06:59PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2017 09:28AM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Russo Loco	November 08, 2017 02:09PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2017 02:55PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Russo Loco	November 08, 2017 05:00PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2017 05:55PM
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Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Jim McKee	November 07, 2017 12:22PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	John Cole	November 07, 2017 02:19PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	jfengineer	November 07, 2017 07:13PM
Re: D&RGW use of bulldozers for snowfighting	Brian Norden	November 07, 2017 09:50PM
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