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Operational rotary snowplow Xrotd 9213 on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland. A rotary snowplow (American English) or rotary snowplough is a piece of railroad snow removal equipment with a large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the ...
The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow.
The Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580 in Limon, Colorado is a railway snowplow which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [1] It is termed a "Single-Track Wedge Plow". It was created as a snowplow by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1951, rebuilding from a retired steam locomotive tender.
Cumbres Pass is 10,015 feet (3,053 m) above sea level. The high elevation and various other factors lead to many terrible snow storms. This prompted the railroad to purchase "rotary snowplows". The two that were used on the Cumbres Pass line were Rotary OM and Rotary OY.
One of the most notable is the 100-short-ton (91,000 kg) antique, steam-powered rotary snowplow, Southern Pacific MW206, built by ALCo in November 1923 with serial number #65353, [9] that was used to remove snow from the tracks between Klamath Falls and Eugene, Oregon. The rotary snowplow was moved to Train Mountain on November 16, 2008.
Snow plow blades are available in various sizes depending on a vehicle type. Service trucks usually use a blade sized 96 in (2.4 m) and more. Common blade size for pickup trucks and full size SUVs is 78–96 in (2.0–2.4 m). Smaller ATV snow plow blades are 48–78 in (1.2–2.0 m) wide. [citation needed]
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Snow avalanches blocked the rails all along the route since the Ruckers had not yet procured a rotary plow. [18] A number of mining and timber companies complained to the Washington Public Service Commission seeking an order to force the railroad to restore service.