Someone could make them from a good (industrial) grade urethane if you could find a casting.
John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:21 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} snow plow On 12/21/10 1:56 PM, dhultay wrote: > > I have an Abroid snow plow kit missing front white metal casting > coupler draft-gear box. Does any body have a source for one, or a > decent substitute? > Dennis H. Bloomfield NJ > > > Mine doesn't have one either. I'm wondering if the prototypes all had them or perhaps they were removed when the crews readied them for winter use. Several years go I purchased a VHS video of snowplows pushing snow in Canada. Pretty interesting overall, but the last segment (as I recall) shows one that derails and goes aerial. Not exactly 'Americas funnest home video's' but pretty impressive. I often wondered why some railroads preferred plows vs the rotary style. In mountain conditions when there was the possibility of rocks and tree branches being mixed in with the snow the rotaries' blades would be damaged immediately, so they had to stick with plows. I know on many branch-lines the plows were almost useless if the track required slow speeds--the plow trains just bogged down in the slow running. I guess both styles are getting a workout in the mid-west and Eastern states. I wouldn't know as it's nearly 80 today. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5721 (20101221) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5721 (20101221) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
