[Thursday] Snow Blower!

[Michael Thompson]

It was taken at the Illinois Train Museum.

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:51 AM David Crowell <ka1edp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike, where was this photo taken?
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> 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.
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> https://cumbrestoltec.com/
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> DC
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> On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 09:34:46 AM EDT, Michael Thompson via
> Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> A picture for a size reference.
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> [image: image.png]
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> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 6:12 AM Len Arzoomanian via Thursday <
> thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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