Into the night
Work clearing snow continues after the sun sets as rotary plow No. 900082 heads east out of Wallace, Kansas, on the eve of January 1, 2007. The rotary chews into some fre... (more)

In October 1997, Union Pacific called out rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train to clear the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado. The commotion caught the attention of the Cheyenne Coun... (more)

Winter’s battles
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 be... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound out of Westkan, Kansas, and digs into drifts that cover the tracks on the way to a crew change at Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007.

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is westbound out of Westkan, Kansas, and approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007.

At the end of a clear but cold day in October 1997, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train clears the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado.

High plains drifter
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 the Cheyenne-b... (more)

Can you say buried in snow.

UP's rotary snow plow clears the yard at Sharon Springs on the first day of 2007

UP starts the 2007 year off with a Rotary Plow on the KP line.

A look inside UP's operational Rotary snowplow in the Cheyenne Roundhouse.

This rotary had come south from it's base in Cheyenne, and was eastbound toward Kansas to battle drifts. It reportedly had not been on this line since 1997.

At Steam Shop Cheyenne, WY next to #3985 steam