Nostalgia & History > Milwaukee Road Rotary Plow in Action, 1938

This photograph and caption are from the Minnesota Historical Society's Online Collection.

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad "snow train."
Dates Content: 1938
ID Number: HE6.43 p6



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/14 15:59 by MartyBernard.

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The problem here isn't snowfall. It's the wind. Coming in strong from the right.

One pass with the rotary has already been made, to the width of the plow. Then hand shovels were used to knock down the edges of the cut so the plow could make another pass.

And, the wind keeps on blowing. There's a snowfence a hundred feet or so parallel to the track, intended to break up wind patterns so the snow will pile nearby rather than on the track. It isn't doing its job. Created a ridge between the pole line and the track, but that isn't enough.

Cold. Bitter. Snowy. Grainger railroading on its worst day.

-John



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/14 17:14 by LarryDoyle.

Good memory John! (-:

Marty