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[Anonymous]

How were bulldozers off-loaded from flat cars in the 1920s in the wilderness?

[Anonymous]

I dont have the answer to that but you remind me of a good question I need to ask.
Last year I was on the White Pass and Yukon in Alaska. Great experience. I read in some books that I picked up in the station gift shop, where they went from snow blowers to dozers to clear the track of snow, in its last 20 years of so of operation.
My question is, how do you get a dozer OFF the tracks without damaging the rails. It is a narrow gauge track, so I can picture the tracks between the crawler tracks of the dozer. But jut picture trying to make a move to get off the track. Thats gotta do some damage to the track wouyldent it?

[Anonymous]

Thanks Alco GE. Sounds like you have had some direct experience with this.
I got a sence on the WP&Y RR (Alaska) that the Cats went from the shop in Skagway all the way up. Not using flat cars.
I can picture how they did the job plowing snow if they simply strattled the tracks with both crawler tracks outside the rails, but how did they turn around to come back down.
Heres hoping someone else will know how they did it. Thank.

[Anonymous]

Wow, Alco GE!!
That was a well-written response that made me feel like I was there watching it happen.
Good Job.

[Anonymous]

Good. Thanks Alco.