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... (more)
Waiting for the next big snowfall, a pair of Canadian Pacific plows are on a siding in Smiths Falls, Ontario. One is in its Canadian Pacific livery, while the other has been updated with CP Rail m... (more)
The Green Mountain Railway Russel Snowplow waits for the next big New England snowstorm at the Vermont Railway's Rutland Yard along with some of the railroads newly acquired GMTX GP38-2's.
The Union Pacific Wedge Plow 900000 sits along a spur track at Ririe, Idaho along a former Union Pacific Branch, now part of Watco. The plow seems to have not seen service in quite sometime.... ... (more)
After a 30-inch snowstorm, Kyle plow MWK 06 zips through the white stuff as the extra works west on the Phillipsburg Subdivision west of Brewster, Kansas, on January 2, 2007.
Over 30 inches of snow blanketed parts of western Kansas in late December 2007. When winds combine with a snowstorm, cuts on a great plains railroad soon become full of the white stuff. Soon after... (more)
The winter of 1985 apparently wasn’t too bad, as CN plow 55501 doesn’t show too much wear since being released from the paint shop the previous December.
On January 2, 2007, a westbound Kyle plow extra derailed on a icy crossing at Kanorado, Kansas, and fortunately no one was injured in the mishap. Kyle plow MWK 06 derailed at the crossing and head... (more)
CP 401005, propelled by OSRX 6508 (FP9A) and OSRX 175 (GP9) kicking up the snow approaching Plank Line
A harsh wind blows fresh snow around Stratford, Ontario as a yard crew prepares a three unit consist to take the wedge plow out on the Guelph Subdivision.
Working west towards St Thomas, the OSR's plow extra with 1927 vintage CP plow 401005 blasts through snow west of Putnam.
Heavy Artillery. The P&W normally does its winter cleanups with light engines clearing the snow. After the Blizzard Of 2015, however, more than two feet of wind-driven snow covered... (more)
The OSR's CP plow is hitting a crossing at speed on the St Thomas line.
Looking like a classic Canadian plow train with a pair of F's and a former CP plow the OSR is clearing the line south to Tillsonburg.
1927 built CP 401005 plowing it's way to victory over the snow, OSRX 6508 (FP9A) and OSRX 175 (GP9) provide the power for this move
