Passing under the Hall signal bridge on its way East
Passing the old RI station in La Port City, Ia
Just a bit of snow can make the show
Running ahead of the Ditcher, the local is hitting more snow than the plow is.
After a train ahead gave up it TW the Plow set heads for deeper drifts South just north of Mason City,Iowa
Lot of wind makes for drifting, Seen here working a deeper one with the wings out all the way and at a slow walking speed, It is leaning from more snow on the North side
And with the temps about 35 the snow is sticking to everything, Time to clean up the windows , Horns and give the train ahead time to give up its track warrant.
With the front blade down flanging, working about 2' of snow at a speed of about 30 MPH or 48.2 KPH. it throws the snow clear of the ROW. With the plow set following the local ahead there is less... (more)
No snow plow = cracked window and a headlight bulb, Stopping short of a grade crossing and the siding to stay off crossings in town and clean the windows off.
CN's G843 is Plowing plenty of snow across the Dubuque Sub today as seen in the photo they are just hitting small ones at speed at this point on the East end of Beth siding. They could of used a ... (more)
Cleaning up after the plowing the day before, plows work best at 30 to 40 MPH as you can see.
Flanging with the wings out, cleaning up after the plowing the day before
Crossing Bloody run creek at MP 11 about. and still some snow to plow
Crossing Bloody run creek at MP 12 about
