My wife works for a moving company. These photos were emailed to her from a fellow employee who works with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe RR in Nebraska.
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To: smokingfrog
Cool.
That thing can shovel your driveway in like 0.003 seconds
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02/06/2010 12:38:57 PM PST by
Responsibility2nd
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To: smokingfrog
Holy moley, it looks a train version of the Planet Eater from Star Trek TOS!
3 posted on
02/06/2010 12:39:08 PM PST by
freedumb2003
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To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
Oh My. I remember when I worked in the law department at UPRR in Omaha NE . . . there was a death case in which they were clearing snow and one of the workers was on the side of the train, the train came of the tracks and crushed him between the train, the snow and the building. IF I recall, this is the case where his widow “settled” right after the funeral, within 2-3 hours.
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02/06/2010 12:40:10 PM PST by
Qwackertoo
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To: smokingfrog
8 posted on
02/06/2010 12:41:06 PM PST by
BunnySlippers
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To: smokingfrog
Great pics!
Lamh Foistenach Abu! 9 posted on
02/06/2010 12:42:11 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
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To: smokingfrog
10 posted on
02/06/2010 12:43:00 PM PST by
missnry
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11 posted on
02/06/2010 12:44:13 PM PST by
1rudeboy
To: smokingfrog
Great photos. Thanks, and thanks also for the graphics warning. That was thoughtful.
Some folks are on slow dial-ups. These pics wouldn't even load completely on some connections.
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02/06/2010 12:46:07 PM PST by
BlueDragon
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To: smokingfrog
Really cool. Somebody (not ME Jeffy!) needs to start a rail fans pinglist.
14 posted on
02/06/2010 12:46:28 PM PST by
Clemenza
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To: smokingfrog
amazing. thanks for sharing them!
15 posted on
02/06/2010 12:46:44 PM PST by
Katya
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To: smokingfrog
Both the BNSF and UP tracks come through our town (Rochelle, IL) and cross each other on the West end of town. You can view our track cam at
Rochelle Railroad Park. Just scroll down, it's toward the bottom on the left.
We get our share of snow, but not enough to warrant these babies...
16 posted on
02/06/2010 12:47:09 PM PST by
bcsco
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17 posted on
02/06/2010 12:48:12 PM PST by
Gene Eric
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To: smokingfrog
Exceptionally awesome photos. Thanks!
To: smokingfrog
They use the same device to clear the tracks over Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe.
20 posted on
02/06/2010 12:49:45 PM PST by
notpoliticallycorewrecked
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To: smokingfrog
23 posted on
02/06/2010 12:55:22 PM PST by
Berlin_Freeper
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To: smokingfrog
24 posted on
02/06/2010 1:03:50 PM PST by
Hexenhammer
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GREAT photos and a great thread, thank you very much for posting!
This has nothing to do with train track snow removal per se, but I thought that readers might also be interested in this fun FR thread about how a beautiful steam engine 'rescued' British passengers in December after the modern electric trains couldn't work during a heavy snow.
UK Steam locomotive takes home passengers stranded by snow-delayed modern trains
25 posted on
02/06/2010 1:07:56 PM PST by
Stoat
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To: smokingfrog
In England a few months ago they had a problem snow and te modern trains on I think a more rural line. They brought out s steam train and it handled it without any problems.
26 posted on
02/06/2010 1:11:07 PM PST by
Frantzie
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