Lets See Your Snow Removal Rail Road Equipment

Well, if you are going to have snow removal equipment, ya gotta have snow! Here is my take:

The storm blew through last night and dumped a little over 24" on top of what was already there. The sun is shining, but schools are closed, so the kids are out playing.

 

However, the trains still have to get through, so the super calls out everyone and everything he can get his hands on.

On the 3 track main line, on the far left is a Jordan spreader with the wings out. An RS11 provides the muscle. Clearly he has his hands full!

 

 

On the center track, a double track plow takes what the spreader pushed his way and throws it over another track. Although you can not see it, power for the double track plow is an old but reliable F3A.

The crew getting the worst job has the rotary on the far right. He has to throw the snow from both tracks 2 and 3 as well as his own. The rotary is a former steam powered unit converted to electric. Power to the wheel is supplied by an F3B. Pushing the whole thing is a GP30.

 

The job is complete and the three crews pose their equipment.

 

Chris

LVHR

 

 

These pictures were taken at my train club's open house in December 2000. We have since redone the snow covered area. That area now has an old western ghost town, complete with ghosts.

 

 

RichO,

Thanks for that link. Its the first mention of the plows I've come across. If you ever see a photo of them, or find a description let me know. Please!

 

Khayden,

I do still have the other half, non-extended, if your serious.

It is a Williams dummy, no details(ladders, pants, lenses, etc.)

Powerable? Maybe by a Frank Timken conversion?

(Mine is going to sit around...prototypically)

Its either cut one in half, and extend the end for 2 units, or a slice at 60% but get one.

I wonder how a scale one would work out?

Let me know, trade, $, "what eva". Feel free whenever/whatever, mails listed.

Santa Fe-Tiffany has a warp-y Lionel GG-1 body she isn't happy with. I wonder if she might be talked out of it ???  

 

Nice one

Snow sweeper...

 

Here's my setup.

 

Awesome

Scratchbuilt plow motor

 

Dealing with SNOW -

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...ture=player_embedded

 

Awesome

Thanks!  That one was fun to do - wood, styrene, resin cast ends, brass blades, and all sorts of other stuff.

 

Chicago and North Western and Chicago Great Western engines working hard pushing C&NW snowplow!

This is from my Christmas layout. I custom painted it for use with the Polar Railroad GP7. The Donor car was a black NYC Jordan Spreader.

 

Emile

 

 

I have the same type of consist as MrHorst, except mine is in NS Livery and only used for M.O.W service. I also only use Railking engines because they can navigate any curve I have from O-31 to O-81. It's like putting the R17's for MOW service on all the lines, IND, BMT, and IRT. My friends call it my "tunnel thinking" coming into play.

 

  Here is my NS Jordan Spreader with my Railking NS SD90MAC

Awesome photo

Thanks Khayden93. Here is a closer look at the Jorden Spreader.

 

Emile

 

 

Wow nice photo

 

No snow in the valley now, but heading up to clear the pass...

 

MTH Jordan spreader, Lionel GP-9 and MTH waycar (with Atlas trucks).

 

Deja Vu!?! 

MORE SNOW PLOWS - Northeast and Northwest

 

 

Haha!

Here's the photo that inspired my setup. No snow tho...

 

 

MORE SNOW EQUIPMENT - WESTERN ROADS

 

 

JORDAN SPREADER

 

 

 

 

A Long Island favorite, "Jaws":

 

 

-Dave

Dave,

  Jaws is BADAS! 

Emile

 

 

 

Here's one for mwb to tackle!

 

 

 

After giving years of reliable passenger service, this old E7 with mismatched paint, rusty trucks and leaky wheel bearings has been modified in the Santa Fe shops for MOW duty.  It even looks like the rear door came from a freight loco. 

 

The plow is made of tinplate on this junkbox beauty, so the rust on the blade is 1:1.

Awesome

Nice job looks great

That E is a prime example of what you can do with "junk", and some imagination

Here is a Reading G scale plow train

 

A G scale rotary snowplow

 

And the real thing

 

Thank you, Adriatic.  I've had a lot of fun doing projects along that line.

 

This particular shell was so bad that I was using it as a paint test surface (for plastic compatibility, color, etc.)  One side had a big blowout and the pilot and fuel tanks were gone.  When it was made into a maintenance-of-way item, I put an old Marx motor in it and it actually runs very well.

 I live for "junk" builds. Way more fun than store bought for me.

  I have 4 weathered soup can roofs on my layout. 

 

 

       
       


It does, and still works perfectly! I always forget which keys control each function and inevitably end up spending the first 5 min punching random buttons to figure it out. When it goes back in the box this time, I am including a cheat sheet/quick start guide!

Has been some great pics posted.

 

While it has been warm and sunny here on the west coast end of Canada for a few weeks and lots of flowers out trees in full bloom, no snow here locally this winter, local mountains Ski hills where they had the 2010 winter Olympics a few years back have been bare no snow during time frame we had the Olympics a few years back. Good thing no Winter Olympics this year .

 

I came across some photos from a few years back where we had a snow fall and I had pushed the snow off the roof over the train room for this pile of snow.

Here was my snow plow train; Click on pics for a larger view.