. Electric railway journal . VIEW OF NOSE PLOW USED FOR CLEARING HEAVY DRIFTSFROM THE TRACK HEAVY STEEL FRAME OF COMBINATION SNOWPLOW x 3 ft., the maximum sweep of both shear and wing be-ing 15 ft. Another illustration shows the sharp-nosedor wedge plow which is 9 ft. 9 in. across and 7 It splits the heavy drifts and throws the snow toboth sides. Both types of plow overhang the track 20in. on each side. Their bottom or cutting edges areriveted to the main plow face and may be replaced if in-jured by striking an immovable object. By means ofcompressed-air cylinders, the plows are raise
. Electric railway journal . VIEW OF NOSE PLOW USED FOR CLEARING HEAVY DRIFTSFROM THE TRACK HEAVY STEEL FRAME OF COMBINATION SNOWPLOW x 3 ft., the maximum sweep of both shear and wing be-ing 15 ft. Another illustration shows the sharp-nosedor wedge plow which is 9 ft. 9 in. across and 7 It splits the heavy drifts and throws the snow toboth sides. Both types of plow overhang the track 20in. on each side. Their bottom or cutting edges areriveted to the main plow face and may be replaced if in-jured by striking an immovable object. By means ofcompressed-air cylinders, the plows are raised on slid-. INTERIOR OF CAR, SHOWING COMPRESSOR, RESERVOIRS,OPERATING CYLINDER FOR SIDE WING, ETC. 40 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 1 ing rods to a maximum height of 10 in. above the addition to the plows, the car is equipped with springsteel track scrapers. These are held against the trackunder pressure, which may be made as high as 70 lb. foreach scraper, but when they come in contact with an im-movable object they spring over it without being dam-aged. The car body is built of wood reinforced with steeland it has sixteen windows of %-in. plate glass set inheavy frames. A tool box is built on the outside of thecar for carrying picks, snow shovels and other car is equipped with a General Electric magnetiteheadlight which can be moved from one end to the other,
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