[PRCo] Re: Spring Hill snow photos -1961

[Schneider Fred]

The jet snow blower would make one hell of a space heater for an  
apartment.   Of course then you would need a barn fan to clear out  
the carbon monoxide before it would be safe to enter the room and  
then you would need to turn on the heater again.

On Dec 26, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Bob Rathke wrote:

> Ken,
> The MAD Magazine snow melting machine reminded me of a couple of  
> similar
> devices in Pittsburgh:
>
> - In the 1960's the City of Pittsburgh had a snow melter - probably  
> just a
> large portable boiler heated by gasoline, and also probably  
> experimental. It
> was on the Monogahela wharf in winter, and as the City trucks  
> dumped snow on
> the wharf, front-end loaders put it in the melter which turned the  
> snow to
> water and it simply ran into the Mon.
>
> - At the 1964 Pittsburgh Railroad Fair at the P&LE station, the NYC
> demonstrated its jet snow blower which was constructed from a  
> surplus jet
> aircraft engine.  The Fair was held in May, 1964, so there was no  
> snow for
> the demo; instead, the NYC set up small flags along the track, and  
> then
> turned on the jet which promptly blew down the flags. A photo I  
> took of this
> machine is attached. The wooden stairs were construted so that Fair  
> visitors
> could safely get a good view of the demos.
>
> In the 1960's the NYC also experimented with a jet powered RDC. Two  
> surplus
> jet aircraft engines were mounted on the roof of the RDC which I  
> believe was
> tested on the NYC in western Ohio.
>
> Bob 12/26/08
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 10:26 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Spring Hill snow photos -1961
>
>
>> Great photos, Bob. Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> I have an old MAD Magazine from the early 1960s showing a similar  
>> 1960
>> Oldsmobile buried in snow and a Ward Cleaver type guy on the  
>> sidewalk,
>> shoveling snow. It was a satire on proposed snow removal techniques.
>>
>> A city truck comes by, using a giant blow torch or flame thrower  
>> to melt
>> the
>> snow.  As it passes, it melts the Olds, a fire hydrant, the guy  
>> and his
>> shovel.
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
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