Earth glacier was forcing tracks of Northwestern Pacific railroad sideways 4 ft every 24 hr; 1 3/4-yd shovel, crane, bulldozers were rushed in to pull back and reballast track, keeping railroad open with minimum delay to train; when slide is dry enough for machines to move over it, system of surface ditches will be constructed.
Heavy equipment versus "moving mountain"
Western Construction
Western Construction ; 29 , n 6
1954
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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