one for the frozen train buffs

[Paul Pless]

switch heaters on the chicago METRA system
these prevent the switches from freezing shut and also prevent extreme cold from forcing bolts out of their holes. . .

[leikec]

Used every winter, but the news agencies are reporting it like it's never happened before...

Jeff C

[Jim Bow]

Used every winter, but the news agencies are reporting it like it's never happened before...

Jeff C

Civil War era technology.

[bluedog225]

Neat. Remember all those cannon ball diesel flares on the highway?

[Todd Bradshaw]

Saw this frozen train pulling about 75 ore cars up through Rhinelander a couple years ago.

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[Canoeyawl]

Neat. Remember all those cannon ball diesel flares on the highway?

I have a 1936 Ford truck with a box containg 2 of those as roadside emergency warnings! When I was first learning to drive they were known as "smudge pots".

[Kevin G]

The only things missing are the Gandy Dancers. REALLY old tech.

[ahp]

Neat. Remember all those cannon ball diesel flares on the highway?

I earned a certain reputation as a college kid working a summer job on the highway department. I could blow one of those things out.