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Western Railroad Discussion > Weather Contest (Snow)Date: 10/20/04 12:55 Weather Contest (Snow) Author: donner_dude1 In February 1998 Union Pacific called out the Snow Rotaries based in Roseville, Ca to clear the tracks along the Roseville Subdivision in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. On Feb 25, 1998 The Snow Rotaries are clearing the south siding in the town of Truckee California on an overcast afternoon.
 Date: 10/20/04 13:02 Re: Weather Contest (Snow) Author: donner_dude1 On February 25, 1998 the Snow Rotaries are clearing the Roseville Sub just west of Soda Springs, Ca around 11:00am. I was graciously invited to join up with Vic Neves, Ken Meeker, and 2 others where I quickly learned to position myself in the center of the arc of snow vs. at the end where chunks of hard snow and ice could knock you silly.
 Date: 10/20/04 13:06 Re: Weather Contest (Snow) Author: donner_dude1 BNSF's trackage rights train M-STDVJ led by BNSF 981 is grinding upgrade at the east end of Shed 10 on snowy December day in 2001.
 Date: 10/20/04 13:24 Re: Weather Contest (Snow) Author: donner_dude1 A late running Amtrak #5 is westbound through Stanfords Flat in the heart of Coldstream Canyon just west of Truckee, California on a cold November 2000 afternoon. The road into Coldstream Canyon is still navigible at this early season date which allowed me to venture far into the canyon by SUV and snowshoe the remainder of the way to Stanfords Flat.
 Date: 10/20/04 15:56 Re: Weather Contest (Snow) Author: NH2006 donner_dude1 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- >The road into Coldstream > Canyon is still navigible at this early season > date which allowed me to venture far into the > canyon by SUV and snowshoe the remainder of the > way to Stanfords Flat. Snowshoes, hardcore! I love the new style ones I have, though I need to get 12 inch tails to carry me in powder.... Date: 10/20/04 16:59 Re: Weather Contest (Snow) Author: donner_dude1 I purchased the plastic lightweight kind at REI for around $90 on sale. They have extensions that you clip on for deep power. Snowshoeing is great excercise as well.
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