snow shed

A 20th-century painting by Howard L. Fogg of a Denver and Salt Lake Railway passenger train exiting a snow shed at the top of Rollins Pass, Colorado, USA.

From snow +‎ shed.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsnəʊʃɛd/

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snow shed (plural snow sheds)

1. (rail transport, road transport) A tunnel-like structure that provides roads and railroad tracks with protection from avalanches and heavy snowfalls that cannot be easily removed.

   Synonyms: avalanche gallery, snow bridge

   • 1950 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Snow Shed, West Highland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 719:

     The only snow shed in Great Britain is on the West Highland Railway, about 2 miles north of Rannoch Station. It is some 200 yd. long, and is situated in the deepest part of Cruach cutting, which is subject to heavy drifting during winter snowstorms.

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• snow shed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “snow-shed, n.” under “snow, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1913.
• “Floods, Fire and Earthquake: The Railway’s Unceasing Battle with the Forces of Nature”, in Mike’s Railway History‎, 2007 November, archived from the original on 25 March 2016.

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