Leafs on the line.

[carlos]

brush attached behind each train wheel?

[Stubby]

brush attached behind each train wheel?

 

Or even in front ?

[openspaceman]

Until the end of steam on 1965-8 depending on location in the country, the lineside was well managed by the sheer expedient that steam engines started fires and burnt everything off.

 

Other countries have the same problems, they just choose to spend their money differently.

 

 

There were some massive damages paid out by the railways from setting corn fields alight that very soon into their active life they were managed by gangs of men with fagging hooks. It took 40 years of doing nothing before problems from trees were recognised by which time the public kicked up a fuss when they were cut down.

 

Which other countries used 3rd rail conductors? I suppose the problem is lessend with overheads (as well as increased efficiency).