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Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:27 pm
by Easilyconfused
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:58 am
by codrivermike
SHEER POWER !!!
And in this country????
"We apologise for the cancellation of the 09.52 FGW service to Bristol Temple Meads. This is due to a small flake of snow in Sonning Cutting"
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:22 pm
by AlistairW
Now thats a snowdrift! I wonder how they got themselves out of that one!
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:58 pm
by photons66
Just a small aside, those SD-40s sure sound like 66s.
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:03 pm
by jamesinbolton
AlistairW wrote:Now thats a snowdrift! I wonder how they got themselves out of that one!
Perhaps with a lorra lorra shovels?
Pretty awesome, but no way it was going to shift that amount, what were they thinking??!
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:20 pm
by LNERandBR
Well the way I see it there are 4 steps to clear that drift:
1) Ram the snow as fast as you can with the plough.
2) When they get stuck try to reverse out. If that don't work dig em out.
3) Reverse back to take another run
4) Repeat the process until the line is clear.
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:07 pm
by TheAmateurBasher
When that happened, did the snow freeze quickly around the plough and the locos? Or is there another reason why they got stuck?
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:24 pm
by MoonKid47
TheAmateurBasher wrote:Or is there another reason why they got stuck?
Stupidity...
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:02 pm
by Pompeyfan
MoonKid47 wrote:TheAmateurBasher wrote:Or is there another reason why they got stuck?
Stupidity...
americans.....
sorry didn't mean it offensivly...
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:25 pm
by 6rdfar90
It's thomas the tank engine all over again
except even these powerful machines werent able to move the snow!!
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:27 pm
by TheAmateurBasher
6rdfar90 wrote:It's thomas the tank engine all over again
except even these powerful machines werent able to move the snow!!
Only it isn't Thomas who gets stuck. And there's no tractor called Terance to come and pull them out!
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:05 pm
by TrueScotsman
TheAmateurBasher wrote:6rdfar90 wrote:It's thomas the tank engine all over again
except even these powerful machines werent able to move the snow!!
Only it isn't Thomas who gets stuck. And there's no tractor called Terance to come and pull them out!
Was ther not another one were Gordon got stuck when he had a snow blower
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:36 pm
by TheAmateurBasher
Was ther not another one were Gordon got stuck when he had a snow blower
There probably was, I'll have to look it up.
Staying on topic for now, how long did it take to get the snowplough back out?
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:29 am
by NickBrad
That is unreal, in a way I'm disappointed that it didn't make it, I'd dig them out though, go get 3 more engines then give it a run 'cos I'm crazy like that lol.
Re: Snowplough 101 - what not to do.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:51 am
by alexnick
Don't the US railroads have rotary snowplows for drifts like that.
I've seen rotary snowplows in use in Switzerland, where they cleared enormous snow drifts.
Nick