Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Union Pacific Rotary Snow Plow


This rotary snow plow from 1966 is both  massive (167 tons) and powerful (3000HP).  Note that all that power goes towards driving the cutting wheel -- as this unit is not self propelled, it must be pushed by 3 or 4 locomotives.  Typical speed of operation was 4 to 6 mph.  It was in service in Wyoming through the mid 1980s.

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