WEED=SUPPRESSION ON RAILWAYS
An experimental train employed for destroying weeds on the permanent way has recently been put into operation on branch lines of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The train comprises a locomotive, a number of rail tank waggons filled with concentrated chemicals, two special-ly-constructed tenders, and a brake van fitted with spraying apparatus. The train steams along- at a speed of from 20 to 25 m.p.h, and the spray not only kills existing weeds, but it is anticipated that after three years’ heavy treatment, growth will be so much reduced that lighter syraying will suffice in subsequent years. The The experiments are being conducted under the supervision of Mr W. K. Wallace, chief engineer of the company’s system, and, if successful, the new method will supersede existing methods of weed-suppression.—Eng-ineering.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3818, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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133WEED=SUPPRESSION ON RAILWAYS Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3818, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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