More snow into the night: Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. A portion of the track being cleared of snow b... (more)
Winter’s blue hour: Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007, during that magical time on a snowy winter evening w... (more)
Union Pacific coal trains have been stranded for several days in Sharon Springs, Kansas, after a 32-inch snowstorm combined with high winds on December 29-30 buried the town in white stuff.
A closeup of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clearing out a cut as it approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007. The circular windows are special snow-fighting wi... (more)
Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Closely following the rotary is another snow train with more locomo... (more)
Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow ope... (more)
Snow and ice: During a crew change at Sharon Springs, Kansas, Union Pacific’s rotary snowplow No. 900082 gets serviced and cleaned off of accumulated snow and ice. Trains have been stranded here f... (more)
UP 6327 still wears Southern Pacific paint but with a UP patch job as it departs Sharon Springs with a Westbound coal empty. In the distance, the rear DPU motor on an Eastbound loaded coal train s... (more)
Winter’s battles: During a crew change at Sharon Springs, Kansas, Union Pacific’s rotary snowplow No. 900082 gets serviced and cleaned off of accumulated snow and ice. Trains have been stranded he... (more)
Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is westbound out of Westkan, Kansas, and digs into drifts that cover the tracks on the way to a crew change at Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007.
Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is westbound out of Westkan, Kansas, and approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007.
After a major January snowstorm UP brings out the snow fighting equipment. It was worth the four drive to catch this train in action.
On the first day of 2007 UP brought out the rotary to clear the KP line. Here we see the view from the rear of the train.
UP's rotary snow plow clears the yard at Sharon Springs on the first day of 2007
