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Snowthrower
Copyright ©2007, Robert Melnyk
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Still used by the White Pass Railway in Skagway, Alaska to clear snow..

Photographer: Robert Melnyk
Folder: Bob M's
Uploaded: 12-Jul-2007 01:47 CEST
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Camera: Olympus E500
Exposure time: 1/180
Aperture: f4.80
Focal length: 35mm
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f2.8-3.5
Focusing method: iESP P-AF
ISO: 400
White balance: Daylight
Flash: no
Image format: HQ
Processing applied: Minor Photoshop
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Image resized to: 344x800

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White Pass Snow Fleet

Per the historical sign at this site:

Though this snow thrower was restored in Winter of 1995 and restored to service April 26, 1996, "snow is removed by a fleet of bulldozers, infinitely more efficient - but far less romantic than the glorious days of Steam."

John Kelcher at 13:22 CEST on 14-Jul-2007 [Reply]

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John Kelcher wrote:
> Per the historical sign at this site:
>
> Though this snow thrower was restored in Winter of 1995 and restored to service April 26,
> 1996, "snow is removed by a fleet of bulldozers, infinitely more efficient - but far less
> romantic than the glorious days of Steam."
>
Thanks for your comments John.... agree a fleet of bulldozers are likely far more efficient, but I don't know if bulldozers could be moved into many areas of the White Pass Rail System. When we visited in the spring of 2006 the rail line was hit by a late avalanch and my understanding was this machine was put into service to do the initial clearing prior to heavy equipment being moved in to do the final clean-up and repairs...

Robert Melnyk at 15:03 CEST on 14-Jul-2007 [Reply]