A novel “weed-killing train” is an important adjunct of one of England’s railway lines. It was recently put into service to prevent moisture, retained by weedy growth along the right-of-way from loosening the ballast. A dry chemical carried in drums is mixed with water en route and sprayed through nozzles upon the roadbed while the train is moving. Weeds given this treatment quickly shrivel up and die.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 256, 28 September 1932, Page 8
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