Coal smoke and toxic gasses collected in the snow sheds causing temporary blindness, loss of consciousness, and sometimes death.
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This tunnel is actually a snow shed : the song predates the only true tunnel on the pass by 30 years.
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Southern Pacific had a number of snow sheds in mountain terrain, and locomotive crews nearly asphyxiated from smoke in the cab.
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The construction work for the snow sheds and snow fences was led by Organisation Todt, and the camp was guarded by the Wehrmacht.
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Finally, along transportation corridors, large shelters, called snow sheds, can be built directly in the slide path of an avalanche to protect traffic from avalanches.
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Guests can walk to the Snow Shed ( a base lodge with learning center ), which is a short lift ride from the main lodge.
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However, the snow shed is on the east side of the pass while Pagosa Springs is on the west side, making this sequence of events impossible.
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The prisoners that were sent from Grini to the Veidal camp to work on the snow sheds included the artist Per Krohg and the architect Odd Nansen.
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The locomotives were built as cab-forwards to protect engine crews from exhaust smoke in the many tunnels and snow sheds that were part of their usual routes.
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It cost $ 5.5 million, while a further $ 3 million were spent on track revision, which saw abandoned including the Loops and over of snow sheds.
