Trains - Awesome snow plows

[HarryW]

Stumbled upon this looking at trains after being inspired by a recent visit on my local Watercress line steam train. Never will I be able to take announcements about the wrong kind of leafs on the track seriously in the future.
For once a YouTube a title of awesome lives up to its name. Call me sheltered but I've never seen a snow plough train in action before, awesome....

http://youtu.be/hzZk1cZGQZs

[Nickyboy]

Or don't even bother with a snow plow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yja2VmZOfdA

[227bhp]

Great footage, Youtube as ever pulls you in from one link to another, currently watching "Worst railroad tracks in the world"

[matchmaker]

PLOUGH!

[HarryW]

matchmaker said:

PLOUGH!

But did you enjoy it......

[matchmaker]

HarryW said:

matchmaker said:

PLOUGH!

But did you enjoy it......

Of course!

[W124Bob]

First 2 clips are US wedege plows(deiberate spelling) whilst the the next 2 are in Japan and is a purpose built bit of kit. The steamer is on the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania as well as running tourist trains they operate revnue freigth with steam(plenty of clips on Youtube).Then back to Japan before a couple of Canadian National in Illinois, finally a Burlington Northern, now Burlington Northern Santa Fe (owner Warren Buffet) rotary plow.

[Willy Nilly]

I saw them doing this in Kansas in 1997. IIRC there were 4 or 5 power cars/locomotives coupled together with the lough on the front. The front loco was like an iceberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenN5DVuLtw

One of the voices on the 2 way sound familiar.