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It's the green double barreled piece of equipment, with a yellow cab; what is it - a rail heater or brush burner?
Nice scene: the architecture, the locomotive and the contraption.
Rick
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That is a unique item indeed.
You wonder how many trackside brush fires were inadvertently started by that thing?
The brick buildings in the left and right background in the picture are also really nice.
Rod
The New York City subway system has something similar now Its a jet powered snow melter Costs alot of money to melt snow
probably a switch de-icer. Could double as weed burner.
Maybe, not seen as much, nowadays; but, a few of the reasons I like railroading -
a place where the quirky, the convoluted and contraptions dwell. A place of invention and adventure.
Rick
The New York City subway system has something similar now Its a jet powered snow melter Costs alot of money to melt snow
Didn't Lionel used to make a car something like this, but with the exhaust at a shallower angle?
Rod
Yup, they made the car. It looked different tho.
Lionel's jet snowblower in a video. These are prototypical, too. I have an old ad somewhere from the NYC showing one of theirs clearing some ice and snow from some tracks/switches. It looks very much the same.
I think that it's a weed burner. Below is a picture of a similar machine in action. 
It appears there is snow on the ground even though this photo is black and white. I'm with blueline ,its actually a switch deicer, this is also evident by the fact it is directly over a switch in the photo as well.
I've seen these in action in the winter in the past.
I've also seen gas burners mounted directly on the switch
Gas burners
Didn't Lionel used to make a car something like this, but with the exhaust at a shallower angle?
Rod
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