Run an extra little fuel line out to the end of the duct, and you'd probably have a pretty good form of weed controlLol, I wish i haver a use for one on Cajon Pass.
Now there's a kitbash...By the way, before you laugh too hard, keep in mind that New York Central did actually build an experimental jet powered RDC car.
Yesterday I went to the westend yard here in Capreol and got a picture of this weird MOW car. It has a DC-Jet engine with a duct and is used to thaw out switches that are frozen.
David
<redneck voice> Yep </redneck voice>Isn't that how Nascar started drying out the track on rainey days.
Now there's a kitbash...
I'm thinking a 1/4 A model rocket engine would fit the bill quite nicely
As an aviaton guy, that sounds like an expensive way to thaw switches. Evidently, it's cheaper than the derailments though.
Bob i have a picture of that going like hell kicking up a shower of ballast in it's wake...