Snow Business, December 2017
LAST WORD Clearing the rails VIDEO MIGHT HAVE KILLED THE RADIO STAR but it works just fine for snow and ice contractors and suppliers who use YouTube BY LISA LEHMAN channels to educate entertain and network Visit www sima org library for a story on how industry professionals like those featured During a recent vacation to the Canadian Rockies I got to witness trains cutting through these amazing landscapes I also had the opportunity to chat with a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer who is based out of the small town of Field British Columbia His job below have developed an online following requires him to complete trans Canadian routes despite any amount of snowfall Our conversation begged the question How do these trains keep rolling after a winter storm drops 6 or more feet of snow We reached out to Minnesota based photographer Jerry Huddleston for this sample gallery of train plows JORDAN SPREADERS Developed by Oswald F Jordan in the early 20th century the spreader not only can clear snow with its massive wings but it also can dig and clean ditches and regulate ballast RUSSELL PLOW Russell plows were manufactured after World War I Designed for use at high speeds they were equipped with wings attached to the outside of what was known as the tongue the wedge device that actually plowed through the snow ROTARY PLOW Developed in the late 1800s the main advantage of rotary plows was that they could move deeper heavier and wet snow easier than a wedge These were originally driven by steam engines which could move slower but required a full crew to keep the train operational WEDGE PLOW One of the first and most common types of railroad snowplows wedge plows operate at high speeds They were pushed by locomotives and required spotters to help with navigation 56 SNOW BUSINESS DECEMBER 2017 www sima org snowbusiness Source American Rails com
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