DL&G Rotary 01 was built in 1889, and was DL&G's only rotary snowplow. It was used to clear heavily snowy lines that could not be cleared by a spreader (Boreas Pass, Alpine). In 1899, it became Co... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and outfit train, powered by a pair of K-36 Mikados, plows to the top of Cumbres Pass on March 1, 2020. The train has almost reached the 10,022-foot pass... (more)

Smoke, steam and cinders fly into the cold Colorado sky as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and an all but invisible outfit train plows through the last bit of crusty snow before reachin... (more)

BNSF rotary snowplow no. 972554 appears to be a hybrid of an older rotary blade and housing attached to a GP38-2. Interestingly, the plow has a 5 axle wheel arrangement, combining the use of an SD... (more)

Under a high country cobalt blue sky, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and outfit train work upgrade out of Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020.

Heavy, crusty snow at the summit of Cumbres Pass in Colorado, gives Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY a minor workout as it clears the line to the Highway 17 grade crossing on March 1, 20... (more)

After plowing the former Rio Grande narrow gauge main line east to Cresco, Colorado, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY rests in front of the coaling tower at Chama, New Mexico, on the... (more)

After departing Chama, New Mexico, on the morning of February 29, 2020, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY begins to throw some snow passing milepost 329 approaching “the narrows.”... (more)

On the afternoon of February 29, 2020, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam-powered Rotary OY, pushed by 2-8-2 Mikados Nos. 487 and 484, plows its way east on the three-foot gauge railroad, up t... (more)

Plowing snow between Dalton, New Mexico, and Cresco, Colorado is Cumbres & Toltec Rotary OY and outfit train on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Pushing the steam-powered plow is K-36 Nos. 487 ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clears deep snow out of a large cut west of First View, Colorado, Colorado, on October 28, 1997. The Cheyenne-based plow was called to clear the “Kansas ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and outfit train sits briefly at Kit Carson, Colorado, while the crew fetches lunch on October 28, 1997. The plow is clearing a autumn blizzard that blocke... (more)

Union Pacific’s snow fighting outfit, led by rotary snowplow No. 900082, pauses at Limon, Colorado, before heading east on the Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific line on the mor... (more)

After a early season snowfall closed Union Pacific’s Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific or KP, Cheyenne-based rotary snowplow No. 900082 makes quick work of a drift east of Wild... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY breaks through the snowbank at the County Road 445 grade crossing at Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. The rotary was operated by the C&TS for ra... (more)