Steam era weed spraying equipment

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THE EVOLUTION OF RAILROAD WEED SPRAY EQUIP, Ralph H. Bogle, Jr.
https://ucanr.edu/repository/fileaccess ... 0&p=UNQJCZ

CHALLENGES OF RAILROAD CONTROL ARE LONG DAYS AND CONSTANT CARE (ca 1979)
https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/wetrt/a ... 9sep89.pdf

A Sept 1950 Maine Central magazine article on weed spraying, including a photo and details about operations:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... 950-09.pdf

Someone chased the Bogle weed spraying train(s?) on the W&OD in the late 1950s (I think). Photos pop up frequently on FB and elsewhere:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/9e/1c ... 8b96d2.jpg
http://www.geocities.ws/purcellvillehis ... tation.htm

RHBX 301 Louisville, KY 1950
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=749557

RHBX 303 9/14/1965, Schiller Park, IL - Marty Bernard collection
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129679309@N05/21095460245

RHBX 301 Weed Control Car Etowah, TN in July 1978
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/5381231137

RHBX 305 on the EL at Voris Street in Akron, Ohio in early 1972
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/ ... 11,4143857

More RHBX equipment: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsList.aspx?id=RHBX

NALX 110 C&EI, Glover, Illinois, 1959 J. Parker Lamb
https://live.staticflickr.com/1603/2468 ... g%EF%BB%BF

NALX 118
https://archives.nauer.org/BRHSLIST/201 ... 00110.html

At the 5:16 mark in this video you can see one in action at Griffith Crossing near Chicago.
https://youtu.be/cYTp3dLADyQ?t=316

The GNHS produced two related resin kits at their 2008 and 2009 conventions. You can see info here: https://www.gnrhs.org/sold_out_kits.htm

Here is a link to an assembly DIY of the GN Historic Society X-1853 weed sprayer resin kit, with some add'l info https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/37917

A post here about NALCO weed sprayer & cars https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/52157574