SPMW 209 ducks under the last remaining searchlight signal bridge on Donner Pass. Meanwhile, skiers enjoy perfect snow conditions at the nearby Sugar Bowl Ski Resort.

Hey, buddy! Rotary snow plows are NOT allowed on the platform! I'm not sure I had ever seen a photo of a rotary plow being used to clear a station platform, nor could I recall ever hearing... (more)

Spring Cleaning. On its fourth day of operation, the White Pass Rotary Fleet completes the 2011 spring line-clearing operation, as it removes a 9 ft. high drift that has accumulated in fron... (more)

Rounding Ptarmigan Point. After flailing away for nearly 30 minutes at a long, deep drift on the west shore of Lake Fraser, the White Pass Rotary Fleet finally rounds Ptarmigan Point and he... (more)

On to Log Cabin. Charging north from Fraser to Log Cabin, the White Pass Rotary Fleet encounters little resistance from the generally thin cover of snow in the wide open spaces around Lake ... (more)

Shadows and Highlights. After stopping for water (and lunch), the White Pass Rotary Fleet leaves Fraser Station, bound for Log Cabin and eventually Bennett. As the train curves off to th... (more)

"Dispatch, the Rotary Fleet is at the summit." The radios crackle with Superintendent Hanousek's announcement that his rotary train is at the actual summit of White Pass (2,940 MSL) and is ... (more)

Thanks to a late Winter blizzard the week before, Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport Branch still had some roadside piles of snow left for a chase during the morning of March 18, 2016. With only ... (more)

Van Buren Bridge Company (Bangor & Aroostook) #152 snow plow is kicking up the snow through the Eastern Townships at Eastman on a snowy day.

Snow Plowing Winter Storm Stella

Operating as BH-X an NYS&W road crew along with a team of maintenance of way workers were tasked with clearing up the CNYK Southern Tier after ... (more)

Russell Plow on the Southern Tier

While daylight freights are an uncommon occurrence on the Southern Tier they seem to happen a few times per year given various circumstances c... (more)

White Pass Rotary #1: Up close and personal. White Pass Superintendent E. C. (Ed) Hanousek signals for his pusher locomotives to pick up the pace, as Rotary #1 climbs out of a deep, snow-fi... (more)

Kicking Up Snow in Cochecton

An NYS&W plow extra continues down the Southern Tier as snow is effortless brushed away from the tracks. The Russell Plow is making one of its firs... (more)

Southern Tier Plow Extra

The New York Susquehanna & Western, like most railroads throughout the Northeast was heavily affected by winter storm Stella. Two days after winter sto... (more)

A glorious sight! White Pass Rotary #1 plows the main line between White Pass and Fraser, BC, pushed by White Pass Steam Locomotives #73 and 69. The "White Pass Rotary Fleet", a... (more)