As the “blue hour” settles in at sunset on New Year’s Day 2007, eastbound Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches Wallace, Kansas, on UP’s Limon Subdivision, also simply known ... (more)

In October 1997, Union Pacific called out rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train to clear the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado. Here it is in Arapahoe, Colorado at sunset.

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 pelts the grain elevator at Weskan, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. This plow extra operated east from Denver to open up the Kansas Pacific line to Salin... (more)

Shooting snow over a setting sun
After a very early blizzard in October 1997, the eastern plains of Colorado were heavily drifted with snow. Union Pacific found that it needed to call t... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

The cab of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 allows the crew to operate the motive power back in the train as well as the operations of the plow itself. The unique “marine windows” are ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 resides in the Steam Shop at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. During the winter months, the plow is readied for service and stands by in case it is ne... (more)

More snow into the night
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. A portion of the track being clear... (more)

Winter’s blue hour
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007, during that magical time on a snowy wi... (more)

A closeup of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clearing out a cut as it approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007. The circular windows are special snow-fighting ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Closely following the rotary is another snow train with more loco... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

Snow and ice
During a crew change at Sharon Springs, Kansas, Union Pacific’s rotary snowplow No. 900082 gets serviced and cleaned off of accumulated snow and ice. Trains have been str... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train clears the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado. The snow thrown from the rotary reached the edge of Highway 40 where we were standing... (more)