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Started by Jeff, January 20, 2014, 05:52:47 AM

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Jeff

I saw a great show today on tv-  Railroad Alaska. You could call it 'Adventures of the crews of the Alaska Railroad and the people living along the route'. Lotsa dealing with avalanches and Heavy snow. Really cool video of them operating their 67 ton snow plow. Pushing through 5 - 30 foot deep snow powered by 2 12-wheel road engines and how they deal with frequent tunnels and bridges. It was also interesting to watch them deal with warped rail (because of extreme cold and ice). They applied some gunk called Fire Snake and heated it back into shape, then applied a big drill that clamps to the rail. It has its own pumped coolant that is forced through a hole in the bit.
I watched 2 episodes. The other one was about unloading a 150-car freight off a car ferry and crossing a mountain range to deliver it to Anchorage.
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glakedylan

hey Jeff

have enjoyed that show as well, when I am able to find it airing.
the railroading is fascinating and the people quite interesting.
hope you've had a good weekend.

all my best,
Gary L Lake Dillensnyder

Jeff

As good as it can be with a deceased computer :-)  . At least I can still communicate
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