Tram Snow Sweeper Model STL

A small working tram fitted for winter duty, standing on a section of track. The short four-wheel body has framed windows, a door at the side, end cab windows, a curved roof and a trolley pole. At each end, angled across the track, sits a large cylindrical rotary broom in a hood, mounted on a frame with its drive housing. Street railways used sweepers like this from the 1890s to clear snow from the rails and grooves, brushing it to the side so service trams could keep running. Many towns kept o…

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