tahoejeff
Train Attendant
photos and video of a track plow stuck in colorado.
http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=23...mp;ctime=071712
http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=23...mp;ctime=071712
that would be something to see. yeah, i don't know what they do when they approach crossings. blow the horn and cross their fingers?WOW!! Six engines to push one plow?!?! I thought they mostly used rotary snowblowers to un-drift and open up rails. That must be one heck of a strong and very heavy hunk of steel that they made that plow car out of. Sounded like the wind was blowing pretty hard. What was the ambient temp? How long did it take to get unstuck? Amazing pictures and videos. Thanks!
--- doing a search on that site, I found pictures and videos of a plow and three engines near Kanorado state line that shows the plow operating, followed by a derailment with two of the three units and the plow derailed and the plow buried in the snow. Whew! When the plow was running, from a distance, out in front of it, you just see a huge plume of snow flying into the air up and to both sides. I gather they have to have a chase vehicle out in front because when the plow is operating at speed there's no way the engineers could possible see anything in front of them.
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