Train Snow Plowing mp 474

[msk578]

Great find! I've driven that stretch of I-70 dozens and dozens of times in the past 17 years and I think I've seen a train actually on the move only once on that entire stretch. Otherwise, it's just the stored cars.

For a long time I thought it was abandoned as some of the searchlight signal heads are turned away (i.e. at Genoa) but the old crossing signals still appeared to be in-use. Never seen any of them activated though.

[salutetosummer]

Where is this?

[railroad33]

This is 4 miles west of Statton Colorado.

[wyniethepoo]

if there was that much snow in the uk everything would be closed, even the tube again!

[lisacog]

I've been watching your videos for the last couple days and am fascinated. How do you know where the drifts are, and when the plow is coming through?

[railroad33]

I've worked for this railroad for 22 years and I just about know where all the bad spots are. Thanks for your comment.

[Espeelover]

what do you do you do 4 the railroad?

[microbusss]

hey what year was all these vids taken?

[railroad33]

These vids. were taken Nov.2006 Thru March 2007.

[ASSEMblerEX]

That's a really old engine /plow on the front isn't it?

[rebeltag]

a lot of times it is a old caboose modified into a plow... this one seems to be a custom job... in another vid of the same plow train, I saw a slightly different plow.

[johnnny49]

It was probably a little _COLD_. Interesting video.

[flickr5]

how hard is it to hold the camera still...

[recoil404]

well hes obviously using zoom and when your zoomed in it makes the movements more drastic.