Conway Scenic spends down time clearing trees

[Bill Reidy]

From today's Conway Daily Sun:

"CONWAY — People may be wondering where that huge pile of trees next to the Mountain Division tracks on North-South Road has come from.

"Over the past few weeks, Conway Scenic Railroad train and track crews have been engaged in an ongoing effort to clear hazard and dead trees from its lines...

"A work train consisting of the railroad’s GP9 diesel-electric locomotive 1751, flat cars with a green excavator and a historic caboose has been plying the line removing trees..."

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/conway-scenic-spends-down-time-clearing-trees/article_34deb116-641a-11eb-8b97-e35d4b058c1d.html

For some reason I thought of Mike reading this article...

[Mike Fox]

Oh I only wish we had the ability..

[Jeff Schumaker]

Bill, your giving him ideas...

Jeff S.

[John Kokas]

Mike,

A Burro crane (converted to 2 ft) sandwiched between two log flats and #52 should do ya................

[Mike Fox]

Well, I had always thought of using a heavy frame like a locomotive and put an arm off of that. A grapple would be nice, but I was thinking about mowing. A dead locomotive would provide a good base weight wise. And could be made self propelled too.

[Roger Cole]

The East Broad Top recently cleared trees around Pogue trestle -first time in 60 years.