. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF NOSE PLOW ATTACHMENT TO BOX CAR size and ])()\\er. It is of the doulile truck pattern, 39 ft. overall, and is built to run either way. At both ends of the car arebeveled steel knives which revolve at a high rate of speed,propelled by motors carried inside the cab, which are attachedto a longitudinal shaft provided with clutches for operating natural beauty, and it was felt that a structure should be builtwhich would be in harmony with the surroundings. The bridgehas the arch type of truss, the arches being 164 ft. longbetween centers of end pins. They hav
. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF NOSE PLOW ATTACHMENT TO BOX CAR size and ])()\\er. It is of the doulile truck pattern, 39 ft. overall, and is built to run either way. At both ends of the car arebeveled steel knives which revolve at a high rate of speed,propelled by motors carried inside the cab, which are attachedto a longitudinal shaft provided with clutches for operating natural beauty, and it was felt that a structure should be builtwhich would be in harmony with the surroundings. The bridgehas the arch type of truss, the arches being 164 ft. longbetween centers of end pins. They have a parabolic lowerchord with a rise of 37 ft. On each end are plate girder spans. BIRMINGHAM BRIDGE FOR CLEVELAND & SOUTHWESTERN RAILROADeither set of knives. The knives are surrounded by steel scoops 40 ft. in length, and the total length of the steel structure is which run close to the rails and are the extreme width of themachine, the scoops extending about 18 ins. each side of thetrack. The snow is received on the rapidly revolving knivesand expelled laterally through chutes near their upper periph- 423 ft., the height above the river being 63 ft. The foundationsare carried to the hard blue shale rock which lies at about theelevation of the river bed, and is exposed on the sides of theriver valley. The end skew-back piers are formed of an inde-
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