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Tuesday, April 23. 2019

Rotary Snow Plow, Sierra Nevada mountains

A bit late for snow season, but this machine is cool



Posted by Bird Dog at 18:18 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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OK, I'll bite. Where do they get steam on a diesel locomotive?
#1 snopercod on 2019-04-23 18:33 (Reply)
The steam comes from a package boiler of the type formerly used on diesel locomotives to heat passenger trains. It's essentially an oversized laundry boiler. Like the plow's powerplant, itself a minimally modified first generation booster unit, this is most likely recycled from a first-generation diesel locomotive. The plow blade itself is driven by traction motors also recycled from first generation power.

The Europeans have some very impressive new designs to do this work, but they're not quite up to the snow depths of the Sierras when it's time to call the rotary.
#1.1 Phil, Jr. on 2019-04-23 20:22 (Reply)
Thanks for the reply!
#1.1.1 snopercod on 2019-04-24 09:01 (Reply)
I've seen that beast in action because I live there. It's fun to watch.
#2 Woodsterman (Link) on 2019-04-23 19:38 (Reply)
Yes. That was a fun one to watch.

Phil, Jr. beat me to it. He is exactly right.
#3 feeblemind on 2019-04-23 22:18 (Reply)
I would have had my knuckles rapped if I had said "Sierra Nevada Mountains" (for redundancy) -- but that was a few years ago. I assume nobody cares any more.
#4 The Old Guy on 2019-04-24 14:51 (Reply)
LOL.

Yes!
#4.1 feeblemind on 2019-04-25 10:01 (Reply)

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