Generators to support major operations

[bcp]

The railroads have thousands of large portable generators:

Winter 1998: Several locomotives were driven under their own power down city streets, with no tracks, to provide emergency power.

North American Ice Storm of 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In addition to help residents, CN locomotives (CN3502 and CN3555) were moved off the tracks and used to provide power to residents of Boucherville and Coteau-du-Lac, south and west of Montreal respectively.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/346295/

 

[3930dave]

Good point bcp.

I know that at times, ships have been used along Lake Ontario, to provide emergency power to cities and towns.

Rgds, D.

Edit - cool archival picture bcp. I'll think of that the next time I load my "heavy" gen into my truck by myself. I like the comment "So that's what left those marks on the street !" D.