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  2. Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 - Wikipedia

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    The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978[ 1][ 2] was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [ 3] The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following ...

  3. Rotary snowplow - Wikipedia

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    Operational rotary snowplow Xrotd 9213 on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland. A rotary snowplow ( American English) or rotary snowplough is a piece of railroad snow removal equipment with a large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the ...

  4. Wedge plow - Wikipedia

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    Wedge plow. The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow .

  5. New York Central Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse.

  6. Upstate New York - Wikipedia

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    Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. [1] [2] Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valley, the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley region, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, Western New York, and the North Country.

  7. Flood watch issued for upstate NY ahead of storm - AOL

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    In the Rochester region and upstate New York, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rainfall are predicted, with localized amounts possible in the 6-inch range. This could cause some flash flooding or ...

  8. New York and New England Railroad - Wikipedia

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    4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Share of the New York and New England Railroad Company, issued March 6, 1893. The New York and New England Railroad ( NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893.

  9. 'It lessens my bills': $500 payments tested in upstate N.Y. - AOL

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    Annette Steele isn't destitute or unemployed. But for a year she'll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate ...