Snowplough 101 - what not to do.

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2ZPRmocs4

Post by **codrivermike** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:58 am

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"

AlistairW · Post by **AlistairW** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:22 pm

Now thats a snowdrift! I wonder how they got themselves out of that one!

photons66 · Post by **photons66** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:58 pm

Just a small aside, those SD-40s sure sound like 66s.

jamesinbolton · Post by **jamesinbolton** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:03 pm

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??!

LNERandBR · Post by **LNERandBR** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:20 pm

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.

TheAmateurBasher · Post by **TheAmateurBasher** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:07 pm

When that happened, did the snow freeze quickly around the plough and the locos? Or is there another reason why they got stuck?

MoonKid47 · Post by **MoonKid47** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:24 pm

TheAmateurBasher wrote:Or is there another reason why they got stuck?

Stupidity...

Pompeyfan · Post by **Pompeyfan** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:02 pm

MoonKid47 wrote:
TheAmateurBasher wrote:Or is there another reason why they got stuck?
Stupidity...

americans.....

sorry didn't mean it offensivly...

6rdfar90 · Post by **6rdfar90** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:25 pm

It's thomas the tank engine all over again

except even these powerful machines werent able to move the snow!!

TheAmateurBasher · Post by **TheAmateurBasher** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:27 pm

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!

TrueScotsman · Post by **TrueScotsman** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:05 pm

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

TheAmateurBasher · Post by **TheAmateurBasher** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:36 pm

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?

NickBrad · Post by **NickBrad** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:29 am

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.

alexnick · Post by **alexnick** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:51 am

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

Atomic Systems

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