About an hour into its second trip over Donner finds the SPMW 209 cleaning up the leftovers of an Eastbound Spreader set up Main #1. This single Rotary set included the SPMW 8208 "snail" for elect... (more)

Finding one rotary in Willmar a few weeks prior to this was a treat (click here to see that image). Having the 972554 joined by h... (more)

Melting snow leaves this rotary on the sidelines to await the next call to duty. This is the last rotary snow plow that ALCO built, delivering it to Northern Pacific back in 1937.

To see this run again ...

This old Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rotary Snow Plow sits on a spur track on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This unit has seen many years of snow fighting on the CB&Q and early Burlingt... (more)

Oh, why must the gem of the Cumbres & Toltec fleet sit unused on a storage track on the east side of the Chama Yard? Excuse the play on words...uh...letters, folks. You are looking at Denve... (more)

Stored serviceable but with a doubtful future.

This plow and it's power unit were in transit to work after heavy snow fell in southern Colorado the day before. This equipment is still lettered for the BN.

Westbound BNSF rotary plow on former Milwaukee Road east of Bowdle, SD. This is a former CB&Q plow that was then based out of Lincoln, NE. A former Northern Pacific F9B provides the power for the ... (more)