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  2. Snow blower - Wikipedia

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    A jet-engine snow blower clearing a railway track at Coney Island Yard, New York, 2014. Jet engines and other gas turbines are used for large scale propelling and melting of snow over rails and roads. These blowers first were used in Russia and Canada in the 1960s, and were later introduced into the U.S. by the Boston Transportation Authority.

  3. Klimov VK-1 - Wikipedia

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    The Klimov VK-1 was the first Soviet jet engine to see significant production. It was developed by Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov [ ru ] and first produced by the GAZ 116 works. Derived from the Rolls-Royce Nene , the engine was also built under licence in China as the Wopen WP-5 .

  4. M-497 Black Beetle - Wikipedia

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    M-497 continued to serve for Penn Central after the jet engines were removed until retirement by Conrail in 1977. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The engines were re-used as X29493, an experimental snow blower . [ 6 ] Like most similar jet engine blowers, it was effective at clearing snow and ice but also tended to dislodge the ballast .

  5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 4 ...

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    Jet Engine blowers first were used in Russia and Canada in the 1960’s as the large amounts of snow fall were becoming problematic for their train tracks and road ways. The jet engine allowed them to melt the snow on the tracks and clear the roads quickly. It came to the USA through the MBTA (Boston Transportation Authorities) for this same ...

  6. Rolls-Royce Derwent - Wikipedia

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    The Rolls-Royce RB.37 Derwent is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine, the second Rolls-Royce jet engine to enter production. It was an improved version of the Rolls-Royce Welland, which itself was a renamed version of Frank Whittle's Power Jets W.2B.

  7. Winter service vehicle - Wikipedia

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    A snow blower consists of a rapidly spinning auger which cuts through the snow, forcing it out of a funnel attached to the top of the blower. Snow blowers typically clear much faster than plows, with some clearing in excess of 5,000 tonnes (4,900 long tons; 5,500 short tons) of snow per hour, and can cut through far deeper snow drifts than a ...

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