The biggest problem I have with this video, is seeing UP engines there, I hate UP for taking over UP, Just as it has other railroads and have taken their individual look and and swallowed it up, making it the same, all UP. Sorry all, I'm just pissed off at UP, I'm a firm Espee Fan, and have been ever since I was a little kid. Sniper jdp, thank you for the close ups of the snow plows, I'm kit bashing an Athearn Snowplow, to make, as close as possible the SP version.
@HunterR909 Why are you so upset about SP being taken over by UP. Check SP's history it has been intertwined with UP in one way or another, since the start of the 20th century. Many railroad companies have been merged out of existance, that's tough, but if they could have survived they would have, end of story. Anyway when UP "swallowed up" SP they took on SP's corportate structure, so more of SP remains than is visible on the surface, only the name and the colour scheme is gone..
Steam still necessary to move wings in front of main rotor, Boiler inside has to be re-certified each year. B-units provide electricity for main rotor, rotary must be pushed by loco's.
The units behind each snow plow provide electrical power to the old rotary units, converted from steam to electric. The B units just provide motive power.
@sniperjdp Actually the B Units are for the Rotarys. They are what power the traction motors(used for the blades) which turn the blades of the Rotary.
@sniperjdp I think you mean power to the snow removal blades. The "B" units are referred to as "snails" meaning they provide no motive power. The only "motive" power is the two ES44ACs in consist.
man i would love to see those in action in real life. I couldnt tell you the last time I seen snow in South Florida (1978). It wasn't enough to color the ground. It melted on impact.
Wow that is like 4 rotary's
Rtchugg 1 year ago
What's the clicking sound troughout the video?
sturmtiger305mm 1 year ago
@sturmtiger305mm Water dump release valves for the air compressor driers. The clicking is very short burst of air / water mix being dumped.
ICHIBAN636 1 year ago
The biggest problem I have with this video, is seeing UP engines there, I hate UP for taking over UP, Just as it has other railroads and have taken their individual look and and swallowed it up, making it the same, all UP. Sorry all, I'm just pissed off at UP, I'm a firm Espee Fan, and have been ever since I was a little kid. Sniper jdp, thank you for the close ups of the snow plows, I'm kit bashing an Athearn Snowplow, to make, as close as possible the SP version.
HunterR909 1 year ago
@HunterR909 Why are you so upset about SP being taken over by UP. Check SP's history it has been intertwined with UP in one way or another, since the start of the 20th century. Many railroad companies have been merged out of existance, that's tough, but if they could have survived they would have, end of story. Anyway when UP "swallowed up" SP they took on SP's corportate structure, so more of SP remains than is visible on the surface, only the name and the colour scheme is gone..
26403690 10 months ago
Steam still necessary to move wings in front of main rotor, Boiler inside has to be re-certified each year. B-units provide electricity for main rotor, rotary must be pushed by loco's.
kenblacksmith 1 year ago
Awesome.
BreathDoctor 2 years ago
I guss the two b-units were to power the rotarys.
ncrailfan 3 years ago
The units behind each snow plow provide electrical power to the old rotary units, converted from steam to electric. The B units just provide motive power.
sniperjdp 3 years ago
@sniperjdp Actually the B Units are for the Rotarys. They are what power the traction motors(used for the blades) which turn the blades of the Rotary.
Espeelover 1 year ago
@sniperjdp I think you mean power to the snow removal blades. The "B" units are referred to as "snails" meaning they provide no motive power. The only "motive" power is the two ES44ACs in consist.
seabulls69 11 months ago
日本にも昔このような列車がありましたよ。
seynersen 3 years ago
man i would love to see those in action in real life. I couldnt tell you the last time I seen snow in South Florida (1978). It wasn't enough to color the ground. It melted on impact.
attlevi 3 years ago 2
Our UP yard out in Ogden had an early '50s diesel rotary plow they were restoring...it was sexy!
FoxGTR34Nismo 3 years ago 2
aaah they will bring these to donner pass
jxbud 4 years ago
i would love to see these at work.
spokybob 4 years ago