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WEBMar 22, 2017 · These amazing locomotive propelled monsters are nearly 100 years old, and still able to clear snow better than any other vehicle.
Union Pacific Runs Rotary Snowplows on Donner
WEBFeb 9, 2023 · DONNER PASS, Calif. — For the first time in four years, Union Pacific has dispatched its former Southern Pacific rotary snowplows to clear snow on California’s Donner Pass. This week, the rotary plows — SPMW 207 and 222 — were working between their home base in Roseville, Calif., and Truckee.
Union Pacific's Snow Plows - UtahRails.net
WEBFeb 15, 2019 · As technology and engineering techniques improved, separate wedge plows were mounted on flat cars, and by the mid 1880s, Union Pacific and its subsidiary companies was one of the earliest users of rotary snow plows.
4k: Union Pacific Railroad Rotary Snow Plow at Troy, CA on
WEBOn Feb 9th, 2023, Union Pacific Railroad operated its rotary snow plow over Donner Pass. A spreader set worked west between Soda Springs and Cisco, plow, plowing snow onto the #2...
Union Pacific's Rotary Snow Plows - UtahRails.net
WEBMay 26, 2024 · UP Leslie-type Rotary Snow Plow (2 plows) Research suggests that following the harsh winters of 1948-1949, Union Pacific approached the locomotive builders to design and purchase a modern rotary snow plow.
Rotary Snow Plow Operations - Union Pacific
WEBFeb 27, 2017 · Union Pacific's most powerful snow-removal machine, the rotary snow plow, was in full operation this past weekend during the third snowiest winter in the Sierras in recorded history. The plow cut through snow that reached depths of 13 feet, across 14 miles near the Donner Pass.
4K: UNION PACIFIC'S ROTARY SNOW PLOW ON DONNER PASS …
WEBEnjoy footage of the rotary snow plow running on the Donner Pass.The last time these mammoth machines ran was in 2017, before that as 2011.Today's purpose wa...
Avalanche! | Union Pacific Rotary Snow Plow on Donner Pass
WEBAvalanche! | Union Pacific Rotary Snow Plow on Donner Pass. ** Get a FREE DVD: https://Railfan.Video** This show: 1 Hour, "Rotaries, Avalanche on the Mountain", https://rfd.video/SnowRotary...
Union Pacific's 'Sierra Snow Fighters' Give Mother Nature a Run …
WEBUnion Pacific’s Rotary Snowplow – A Giant Snow Blower. When Mike Upton spots a news crew from The Weather Channel in downtown Truckee, California, the senior manager for Union Pacific Railroad knows it’s all-hands-to-the-plow time in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range.
Rotary Snow Plow to be Unveiled - Illinois Railway Museum
WEBUnion Pacific 900075, one of the last steam-powered rotary snow plows ever built, will be officially unveiled on October 2 and 3, 2021 following a three-year restoration effort.
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