RailPictures.Net Photo: OSRX 6508 Ontario Southland Railway Plow at Salford, Ontario, Canada by Michael Da Costa
 
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» Ontario Southland Railway (more..)
» Plow (more..)
» Port Burwell Sub - Mile 5.57 
» Salford, Ontario, Canada (more..)
» February 18, 2025
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» OSRX 6508 (more..)
» N/A (more..)
» Michael Da Costa (more..)
» Photographer Profile 
Remarks & Notes 
Winters in Southern Ontario can be hit and miss some years. Last year proved to be a good year for storms and snowfall amounts. Nothing moves on the railroad, except when you have a snowplow. OSR's approach to snow clearing is simple, yet dangerous and dramatic if you are too close the action. Motive power takes a beating as snow gets sucked into traction motors and car body, creating ground faults and other electrical hazards, rending the locomotive temporarily useless to the operating crew. But the push must go on,
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