Plow built by Lima-Hamilton Corp weighs 297,000 lb, has rating of 1500 hp, cuts 12-ft path through snow, is 55 ft 7 in. long, 16 ft 2 1/2 in. high and 12 ft. wide; wheelbase of front truck is 4 ft 10 in. and of rear truck, 9 ft; plow has oil burner which will burn any oil and is especially designed to burn Diesel fuel oil; 3-cyl engines furnish power. (see also Ry Mech and Elec Engr v 124 n 3 Mar 1950 p 131-3)
1500-HP rotary snow plows
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 128 , n 9
1950
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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