WEEDS ON DM&IR ARE TOUGH AND TROUBLESOME ... BUT HERBICIDES, SPOT SPRAYING GET THE JOB DONE

The vegetation control program of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range is described. While six different chemicals were formerly used, the Minnesota line now finds that two give satisfactory results. Contractor works during the short growing season.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40-41
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Herbicides; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Maintenance practices; Planning; Vegetation control; Weed control
• Identifier Terms: Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164441
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM