A Steam Snow Plough.
Submitted by vaughan on 22nd January 2012
I'm sure this will qualify to be accepted for inclusion on Steam Box as it is steam powered!
Refering back to my posting "On the Rio Grande?", Pete makes mention of a film he saw of snow ploughs in action on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in New Mexico. Well, the one shown above is at Chama. It is numbered (lettered?) "OY", and built in 1923, from the look of it, I'm not too sure that it is in working order. I took the photo in the summer of 2007. You may think that there is no use for a snow plough in the middle of summer - well maybe not at this altitude, but driving over the Monarch Pass (continental divide), altitude 11,312 feet, we encountered a snow storm!
Vaughan.
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Vaughan, Yes thats the one that I saw in the dvd, but I don't know the age of the video but at 11000 ft. I'm sure it is in annual use, Regards Pete
PS. seeing it working in the dvd I think it will qualify for'smoke- box' as well
Vaughan- it would appear that the snow-clearing dvd was taken sometime in the 1990's and now they use a tractor type machine with a front bucket as it is easy to get it in position with Highway 71 running almost alongside the line! Long live the memory. (again!) regards Pete
Pete,
Not unlike my G-Scale garden railway - only I use a dustpan and brush!
Vaughan.