Jim
Is there a formula to change the temperature from colder to warmer?[:-^][:-^]
Jay
Move south…
-40C = -40F = Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
yeah,yeah,yeah…and we keep forgetting the section hands and signal maintainers freezin’ their butts off out there…Jay and Tree both live in the snow belt and apparently have no inclinations on moving! (We get something for UniHead’s b’day down in Houston that is unique and he didn’t like it!)
Here’s a related question…
To what extent to railroads use snow fences to minimize the development of drifts on the tracks? I’ve been told that they are used by RRs, but I would be interested to know the exact locations.
Thanks,
Michael
Ed didn’t like the ‘snow blower’[:0][?]
But the SP had (has?) plenty of snow sheds, wooden tunnels to keep snow away.
I’d move tomorrow, but the wife and I haven’t figured out a way to take our clients with us. South east side of Texas would work. I’d even bring my snow blower and show Ed how to use it.
As for section and signal guys, I’ll bet give them a leaky cab and they would be more than happy to provide the duct tape.
Jay
Guess what Jay…
It snowed Christmas eve…but today, it was 73degrees F…from snow to sunburn in 5 days…no place but Texas!
Mudchicken offered to send his mountains this way, so we could learn to snow ski, instead of surfing…
Hey, I got a leaf blower…would that work on snow?[:p]
Ed
Only if it’s powdery.[:D]
Nice part of winter is that it’s pretty at first, and it eventually ends. Always something to look forward to. Of course, driving in zero visibility and handling fire hose in sub-zero wind is no fun, but those are the exceptions.
Snow
Snow, that blessed, cursed fruit of the sky:
Sometimes floating,
Often flailing,
Always frozen.
It covers the land with a mantle of alabaster,
Purity personified.
Lying on the landscape like grandmother’s quilt,
Swept into hills and valleys by the whistling wind,
What marvel this myriad collection of flakes: individual
Indistinguishable, woven into a blanket of white
By a power greater than ours
To be rent by man:
The rumbling, clanking plows
The children of all ages
Who become, in its presence
Artists, architects, and engineers.
Hey Larry,
Where did you find that poem? Or did you create it?
Back in the late sixties and early sventies when the CN Super Continental was still operating using steam the train boilers in the diesels were supplemented by a steam heat boiler car similar to a boxcar riding on high speed trucks and operating on the rear of the trains. I have never heard of this system failing to provide the train with sufficient heat to keep the passengers warm during the winter months. The UP operated the City of Everywhere with a similar arrangement using a bioler equipped baggage car on the rear of the train to supplementt the diesel boilers up front.
Bending airhoses, is like trying to bend pine trees…and thats in warm weather.[}:)]
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Originally posted by edblysard
Guess what Jay…
It snowed Christmas eve…but today, it was 73degrees F…from snow to sunburn in 5 days…no place but Texas!
Mudchicken offered to send his mountains this way, so we could learn to snow ski, instead of surfing…
Hey, I got a leaf blower…would that work on snow?[:p]
Ed:
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Ed:
How much snow did you get in Houston, andwhat effect did it have on trains operating through Houston? I understand it also snowed as far south as San Antonio and Brownsville.
I once used a leaf blower to blow snow off my car, however, the snow was dry and powdery.
P.S. we’re going to have to turn the air conditioning back on up here in MD it’s going up to 60 F
Rudy,
The snow only stuck on the roofs, and out in the yard where the ground and ballast was frozen.
The bad part was it melted when it hit the streets and roads…then refroze over night.
And trust me, Houston drivers have a hard enough time driving in warm, dry pavement, the ice on the overpasses got quite a few of them air borne.
Didnt affect trains down here at all, but the inbounds from up north still had snow on them, and we had a few snowball fights!
I managed to slide a pretty big sheet of the stuff off the top of a boxcar we were switching…landed dead center on my head, got that crap all down my neck and back of my overalls…
You guys can kept that stuff up north, please!
Ed
And on top of all that fun, you actually got paid?
Jay
Wrote it.
Yup,
Eight straight and eight at time and a half…not to shabby for a few hours work…makes for a nice half.
Gonna do it again on the first!
Ed[8D]
Somebody is going to have a long session with Mr. Pillow (sleep fast!) and then the Ben-Gay Kid will be on the loose again. Go Snow Man![:D][:D][:D]
Snow fences also help with blowing sand and dirt (help minimize the problem). The former SP Mina Branch out by Hawthorne, NV is full of them. The UP is starting to put up snow fences again on the line between Denver, CO and Oakley, KS in places, now that that line is busy again. The railroad AREMA Std. is one of the few places where you can find out how to build snow fences. There is a consultant in Ft. Collins, CO that sort of has become the national guru on snow and sand fences. BNSF has put up a few fences deal with loess in Oklahoma and moving sand in Arizona/New Mexico/CA on the Transcon.[8D][8D][8D]