Colorado & Sothern operated this rotary snow plow from 1899 to 1965. As the rotary head spun around, snow was sucked inside a chute located behind the head and then it was directed out the side o... (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.

Rotary Snow Plow #99201 was built in 1900 as Colorado & Southern #3 by Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works, which built steam locomotives as well as snow plows until it closed in 1926. #3 was later ... (more)

SPMW 7221 has been donated to the City of Roseville, the Roseville Locomotive Facility has repainted the rotary in classic SP black with red blade, here a Caterpillar high lift moves the panels th... (more)

SPMW 7221 has been donated to the City of Roseville, the Roseville Locomotive Facility has repainted the rotary in classic SP black with red blade, here it is during the last part of its move onto... (more)

SPMW 7221 has been donated to the City of Roseville, the Roseville Locomotive Facility has repainted the rotary in classic SP black with red blade, it was moved to its display spot on June 14, 201... (more)

Pressing toward Log Cabin. Having left the really deep snows behind them at White Pass, the rotary fleet has been cruising north through British Columbia and a snow pack that is mostly just... (more)

Controlled Violence! White Pass Master Mechanic Dave Sorrell watches the controlled explosion of snow and ice from the relative safety of the pilothouse, as Rotary #1 attacks the "Canadian ... (more)

Waiting in the summertime for the next snow

Various equipment at Roseville loco depot in 1998, including 2 rotary snow plows.

An SP rotary sits on display at Train Mountain

Back to the barn. Nevada Northern's Rotary B comes back to the East Ely Engine House after her first significant movement in decades. Cosmetically restored for the 2013 photo shoots, the ... (more)

One very unique spot. In all of the roughly 150 miles of ROW on the Nevada Northern Railway, there is probably only one spot where you can photograph a train coming through a grove of trees... (more)

In the Pilot House. Crew member Anthony DeBellis keeps the watch from the pilot house of Nevada Northern's Rotary B, as his plow extra heads out into a desert snow storm for some line-clear... (more)

Nevada Northern Plow Extra. Nevada Northern's Rotary Plow Train returns to the East Ely Yard after a day-long mission to clear some drifts in Robinson Canyon on the Keystone Branch. The tr... (more)