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Super User 5,914 posts Ken Rice Super User 5,914 posts
Ken Rice

The Cumberland Mine Railroad is anisolated line that runs between their coal mine and an unloading spot to transfer the coal into barges.  A railroad that hauls only coal and lots of it has problems with coal dust, and spillage especially around the unloader.  What I didn’t know until I saw this video is how they deal with it so they can keep the track maintained properly.

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LyndonS Regular poster 260 posts
LyndonS

Now, there's a challenge!

Love to see Mike Budde building one in HO....  And, maybe James Regier motorizing it and installing a sound unit!

Lyndon S.

Santa Fe Railway, Los Angeles Division, 1950s

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MikeHughes Super User 5,499 posts
MikeHughes

Surprised …

They wouldn't fit up a much wider attachment, with a narrow slit.  You know, like the ones for floors with regular vacuums.  
 

What a crappy job - hope he has good earplugs.
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Lancaster Central RR Frequent poster 574 posts
Lancaster Central RR

That’s a neat video!

Beats picking up junk by hand or shovel. 

Lancaster Central Railroad &

Philadelphia & Baltimore Central RR &

Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Transportation Co. 

Shawn H. , modeling 1980 in Lancaster county, PA - alternative history of local  railroads. 
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