<div dir="ltr">It was taken at the Illinois Train Museum.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:51 AM David Crowell <<a href="mailto:ka1edp@yahoo.com">ka1edp@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Mike, where was this photo taken?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I have a DVD which shows the reciprocating action inside the OY rotary at Cumbres &Toltec Scenic RR in Colorado. I rode on the C&T one August day several years ago.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://cumbrestoltec.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cumbrestoltec.com/</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">DC</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 09:34:46 AM EDT, Michael Thompson via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_-7907013463841758525ydpfb0636e7yiv1574740218"><div><div dir="ltr">Most of the old rotary snow blowers are powered by a reciprocating steam engine. The torque that the steam engine can produce will actually go up as it slows down when pushing lots of snow, so they work much better than a diesel powered blower.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>A picture for a size reference.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><img src="cid:182c60bb9bbcb971f161" alt="image.png" style="width: 562px; max-width: 800px;"><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="gmail-m_-7907013463841758525ydpfb0636e7yiv1574740218yqt31222"><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 6:12 AM Len Arzoomanian via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br clear="none">
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