Date: 04/10/2021

Sheffield University engineers say pellet-blasting system removes leaves more efficiently and will reduce delays. Dry ice will be blasted on to railway lines in northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods. University of Sheffield engineers have developed a leaf-clearing technique that will be 'trialled' by the train operator Northern on a passenger service in the coming weeks. [Dry Ice has been used in Scotland since 2020. -RS]

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Northern Trains solution to leaves on the line: dry ice pellets

The Guardian

Sheffield University engineers say pellet-blasting system removes leaves more efficiently and will reduce delays

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Tags: x Dry Ice x Leaves x Northern x Leaves on the line