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 rotary train is only used when snowpack levels reach incredible heights or only a couple of times each decade. Thanks to ‪@JonathanPetramala‬ for the amazing ground video and audio synced...

2024年2月5日 · Given sufficiently treacherous conditions, you can end up with snow and ice under the plow, resulting in derailed equipment that needs to be rescued. When that happens, it’s time to call out the big gun — the rotary snowplow.

2017年3月21日 · These amazing locomotive propelled monsters are nearly 100 years old, and still able to clear snow better than any other vehicle.

2023年1月1日 · The rotary plow is a time-tested tool in the snow-fighting lineup. The rotary concept is credited to Canadian dentist J.W. Elliot, who developed the idea in 1850. Elliot’s idea was a machine that could move mounds of snow based on rotary motion.

Two K-36 Mikado steam locomotives powered the rotary up the 4% grade in an all-steam extravaganza! These scenes were taken from our program "Steam and Snow: Rotary OY on Cumbres Pass." It is...

Weighing in at more than 150 tons and equipped with an 11-foot fan that can cut through deep snowdrifts, rotary snowplows play a crucial role in BNSF’s winter action plans. The slow-moving, snow-throwing rotaries were originally steam powered, debuting in …

Southern Pacific Rotary MW208 -- The WPRM is one of the few museums in North America that features a working rotary snowplow. Our ex-SP plow was built in 1927 and was the last on the railroad to be converted to diesel power.

This is the largest and heaviest rotary snowplow built. It is 56'2" long, 17' high and weighs 376,400 pounds. (That's the same as 62 African Elephants!) Its 12' diameter cutting wheel could throw snow far to either side of the track as it was pushed forward at four to six mph.

2015年3月25日 · These machines grind and toss the snow more than 150 yards into the air! This clip shows Union Pacific’s Rotary # 900082 attacking drifts in the Sharon Springs area of Kansas. The engineer can move the train at speeds varying between 4 …