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Claremont New Hampshire

Clearing switches is manual labor

Photographed by Mark Beebe, February 10, 2008.
Added to the photo archive by Mark Beebe, February 12, 2008.
Railroad: Claremont Concord.

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I am surprised that this photo only shows the use of a shovel. The B&M crews used in addition a very stiff broom that also had a chisel head on the top of the handle. It worked wonders at removing snow from narrow areas like points and frogs

Posted by Steven Hall on 2017-09-26 08:50:57


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