Illuminated by the rapidly setting sun, with swirling snow looking like a seething firestorm, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 tries in vain to throw snow to the north side right-of-way. U... (more)

As the “blue hour” settles in at sunset on New Year’s Day 2007, eastbound Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches Wallace, Kansas, on UP’s Limon Subdivision, also simply known as the “... (more)

The ingeniously-designed, simple cutting blades of Colorado and Southern rotary snowplow No. 99201 light up brightly in the afternoon sun of November 17, 2014, at the Colorado Railroad Museum in G... (more)

Don't mess with a rotary snowplow. CN 55361 is a rotary snowplow built by MLW in 1928 and now preserved at Exporail. In time for Halloween, Exporail has seen fit to decorate the business en... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 pelts the grain elevator at Weskan, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. This plow extra operated east from Denver to open up the Kansas Pacific line to Salina.... (more)

Shooting snow over a setting sun
After a very early blizzard in October 1997, the eastern plains of Colorado were heavily drifted with snow. Union Pacific found that it needed to call t... (more)

CN 55361 is a rotary snowplow built by MLW in 1928 and is now preserved at Exporail. For more train photos, click here.

With this year's winter, maybe CN wishes they had never retired this snowplow.....CN 55361 is a rotary snowplow built by MLW in 1928 and is now preserved at Exporail. To the right is one of a kind... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow ope... (more)

NP steam-powered rotary snowplow No. 2 was constructed by the Cooke Locomotive Works for the road in 1887 and is believed to be the oldest example of its kind in existence.

The cab of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 allows the crew to operate the motive power back in the train as well as the operations of the plow itself. The unique “marine windows” are spec... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 resides in the Steam Shop at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. During the winter months, the plow is readied for service and stands by in case it is ne... (more)

More snow into the night
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. A portion of the track being cleared... (more)

Winter’s blue hour
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007, during that magical time on a snowy winter... (more)

A closeup of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clearing out a cut as it approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007. The circular windows are special snow-fighting wi... (more)