BNSF Snow Blower in Aurora, NE

[SoccerBoy77]

i need to borrow that....for the worlds most hardcore snowball fight XD

[Koaslice191]

Hey, LAZER-LIPS! Yer mamma was a snow-blower!

[CheckDare]

Quick; someone tip off the Coen brothers!

[cypresscoach]

Damn, looks like a little of that snow is blowing back into the track, behind them. That's some hard snow. You could likely drive a small car on that stuff.

[wullu5]

The evidence of how deeply ingrained the nanny state is in the comments here is truely disturbing. So is the utter lack of basic engineering knowledge.

[brokepro]

Do like most of these armchair CEO's want it done and you would be broke down all the time. I would think that this would be a project better suited for guys that know how to do the job right. Some things you just have to finesse...OF COURSE you do not know that because you do not, or are not; capable of working for a living...YET...

[LieblichGedeckt8]

Yes- why not constant power to the blower- this does not seem to make sense ?

[jdcatman45]

Can,t the governor be set up better than that.

[99XM]

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEU GET SOMETHING MORE EFFICIENT. AND ITS EASY.

[irelandbloke]

Great video

[DirkDiggler1711]

It's all cool to be standing in the plowed area, until the consist backs up without warning and you've got nowhere to go

[wareni1]

You can GO FASTER... Some train snow blowers have up to 5,000 TO 8,000 HP....

(if newer)

[penn707]

This video would be a lot cooler if one of those douchebags filming the thing would fall into the blades and be ejected into the air.

[penn707]

Why don't they just wait until it melts? Much easier if you ask me.

[mercmarc]

@penn707 That could take months, they would lose a lot of money not running the trains.

[TheBackyardMechanics]

@penn707 frigan 6 feet of snow, wait till it melts? it will take a couple of monthes for that!



[red1950stude]

That is really amazing, too bad about the wind, seems a little counter productive.

[ella140790]

chuck norris playing in the snow...:))

[mrbrechtefeld]

wouldn't it make more sense to blow it with the wind and not against ?

[chesty1369]

Cool to see a video from back home. Soon i will be back.

[fyadcorp]

Cool video, I think they keep this parked at the diesel shop in Lincoln when it's not in use.

[ffjsb]

Pretty stupid to be crossing back and forth in front of the train.

[VegasRedneck1]

@ffjsb Yeah, that thing might suddenly leap forward at 50mph and get him......

[ffjsb]

@VegasRedneck1 It's not that it's going to leap forward, it's that they could get stuck in the drift and the crew can't see them. Clearly an OSHA/FRA violation to be running back and forth that close in front of the train. Clearly no reason to do what they're doing.

[RustyRazor2010]

Slow going not just because of the snow depth but also because of the density. Drifts pack because of the little bit of heat created by the friction of the blowing snow. Love that "black sun" effect at 09:02.

[Hakkeholt]

wow, that's real snowplowing/snowblowing, great job filming that

[414jockey]

Could we throw a few politicians into that machine?

[sdaymer]

This just proves that Nebraska blows!

[TVdinners8579]

Cooll video !!

[fredstuckmann]

Awesome.

[stangman96gt]

WANT

[BardicSp00n]

Aaaaagh don't stand infront of it!

[yourfaceislameful]

that was fucking cool

[T163RN3TW0RK]

BNSF doing coke.

[crisnfl]

LOL, i agree who the hell cares what it is called whats the diff, it is still cool but i would say it is doing some hell of SNOW BLOWING what does everyone else think, haha.

[blasted981]

Who gives a shit what it's called. Cool video

[JVPRCNG]

13 People were Hit by the snow

[fancykhaos]

wow..that's a heck of a lot of snow to have to cut through.

[oldnaziwino]

Pretty cool but seems like it would take forever.

[booksbenji]

dany080, well, DUH DUH!!!! U see w/yr 4 eyes high the snow is, dany?? It figures he would tackle it a little a time. !! Here is sheepdkin from DUH school!!!

[gutrp]

nice video!!!

[InclusionHarp]

VERY well done! Good video and beautiful snow plume shots.

[f1freak1964]

Awesome. So all I need is railroad tracks in my driveway. :D

[slumcummin01]

AWESOME!



[Zardoz5280]

очистки треков юго-западу от Аврора штат Небраска, США

[sherrif1959]

Fantastic never seen anything like that here in UK. Great video

[dany080]

why does he do that in intervals?Is it too much load for the machine to go full throttle all the way??

[InclusionHarp]

@dany080 Yes, the snow is too deep and too thick to just steady push through. If you notice, later inthe video the plow goes a bit quicker.

[JVPRCNG]

@dany080 You Think???? Its only 6-8 Feet Deep. Maybe he just wants the O.T.

[zj360666]

@dany080 yes,dont have any experience with this type of snow removal...but I do snow service for CP...with a converted ballast regulator( snow fighter) Im assuming if you hit it head on,full throttle...something would break...I imagine it's like ice too.

[zj360666]

@dany080 Not only that,you can only feed whatever chute it ejects from,a certain amount..and depending on what kind of snow it is...feed it too much,and you plug it up....not fun to unclog on a snowfighter,can imagine it would suck big time on such a big blower.

[MrMKH2010]

@dany080 Yes. The snowblower would stall if he tried to just bull his way thru.

[chewbaca1979]

sounds a lot like my 85 Dodge pickup....so thats where it went that weekend, i was wonderin.... thatd also explain the slowness....

[LocalEffectMarketing]

Wow! That is one amazing snow blower! Powerful.

[Kalphiter45]

Damn, I need this for my driveway

[adruery]

@55chh From the point of view of someone who lives only miles from here, I'd guess that they're shooting it south (based on the sun's angle) because the prevailing winds this time of year are out of the north, and they know that even though at the time of this video the wind was out of the south, it will eventually be much stronger out of the north. At 7:50 you can see that BNSF had already been through once and don't want any more loose snow on the prevailing up-wind side than necessary.

[fishworldhacker]

soo thats how i build a snow fort 11 ft deep lol

[yerm176]

Охуенно много снега)) В России такое тоже бывает)) Мне нравится... Супер техника, круто.

[55chh]

I would imagine that the operator has the ability to steer the output from one side to the other. Why is is he throwing the snow upwind here? Seems like a lot is going the blow back onto the tracks behind the unit.

[mrrodneyalong]

why cant the line be plowed?- what criteria is used in determining when to not plow the snow?

[GRUBEDGAM1]

It doesn´t works...or?

[trainstrucksandmore]

cool



[paullubliner]

NOT A SNOW BLOWER it's a Rotary Snow Plow. That came first, use the real name.

[nwfklan]

@paullubliner rotary snow plow = snowblower, looks like a snow blower to me.

[paullubliner]

@nwfklan Not surprisingly of course.

[adrianspeeder]

@paullubliner Seems to be blowing snow to me...

[paullubliner]

@adrianspeeder That answer indicates you've blowing something else. Railroads use Rotary snow plows. They are very different in operation and mechanical design.

[adrianspeeder]

@paullubliner Know it all foamer alert.

[paullubliner]

@adrianspeeder: Know-it-All is hyphenated. But you wouldn't know that.

[JVPRCNG]

@paullubliner Based on the snow flying 40 feet in the air and 50+ feet to the side... I would say .....Snow Blower

[LoneSniperSG]

Holy shit. Look at those damn drifts.. They're huge.

[jgmagoo1]

SKI NEBRASKA!!!!

[storm24awesome]

now that is a lot of snow

[Ischaue]

Sehr schoenes Video ueber die Naturgewalten.

[Ingichs]

oh thats how those cyclones are made :D

[pharmajoe990]

This is so damn cool

[pwarren1010]

Where is Johnny Knoxville? He should be out there in the rooster tail of snow in his swim suit or something! LOL

[environmentart]

That's pretty impressive, but it's definately 'snow' (slow) going, ho ho!

[weewoodeal]

that thing is a beast

[thinkpad411]

Same technique i used to use with our 2Km driveway that filled up with 4 feet of snow every day in the winter lol. For a while before my dad bought a tractor we only had a little push blower, this is the same technique i used on those dense hard packs, break a bit up, let the blower clear the snow out, and ram it again.

[stilltuckered]

How'd you like to have that thing near your barn or home.

[SireSquish]

Ha. I like the FPS style "hungh" jumping sound at 9:30.

[MattB613]

where the hell is the track???

[Treehugger22293]

wooOOoOooahhh they're moving snow from one place... TO THE OTHER. Like seriously, what's the point of this?

[MattB613]

@Treehugger22293 You try throwing snow that far...

[moneys27]

@Treehugger22293

then why watch it, hippie?

[307OLDS]

@Treehugger22293 Because it's an amazing machine built by man. A marvel of engineering. So now I ask you dirty smelly no shower hippie, What is the point of sticking your finger in your ass????

[trainman2816]

@Treehugger22293 What's the point of clearing your sidewalks and driveways?

[BourneAccident]

When I was a kid we moved snow like that with shovels... the old fashioned way... not with this new high speed fancy machines... what wimps.

[foroke1]

@BourneAccident They're clearing a high priority class I railroad that needs to be cleared as fast as possible. Maybe hard physical labor is okay when you're clearing your driveway or something that doesn't frequently see heavy freight trains that don't have time to wait for track workers to clear it.

[duane2072]

@foroke1 High Priority pass? I am no diesel engine mechanic, but that thing sounds like it is a bucket of bolts ready to blow apart. I would be looking for a lot better unit if this is the case of needing to be cleared immediately. Waste of time and money other wise.

[IstasPumaNevada]

I find locomotive snow removal equipment to be fascinating. Thanks for the cool video.

[CaptainZster]

@TheNirvanaFallacy Why so upset? They didn't hire you on??????? or?????????

[Sommasmokes420]

how deep is that snow? looks over 6 feet.

[peanuts2105]

Why let the snow get that bad in the first place? How much of the white stuff you guys get?

[Rhyno430]

@peanuts2105 Not very much but it blows and gets stuck. These kind of drifts are very common.

[adonisaugusto]

that is amazing!

[gattosub]

When snow has sat for a few days, it gets as hard as concrete.

[merc340sr]

Impressive! However, at that rate, snow removal must take forever!

[98bennyj]

you KNOW snowblowers are a FAIL when the snow just blows back onto the track!

[flanksteak2]

@98bennyj The inch of snow blowing back onto the track makes this fail?

[daafies2]

yea you guys need something bigger

[px002]

LOL that man got his pants a little to tight.. 0:13

[videoman223]

Where was this?

That snow was DEEEEP.

[Starfield1959]

This is very interesting, Pulsing forward so as not to stall the rotary and plug it up. I always thought they just kept the pressure on the point, and cleared the main this way. If it had not been so deep a constant "rooster tail" would be seen. Nice Catch Buddy !! Where was this ? The Aurora.- Galesburg main near Bristol?

[flanksteak2]

This looks really ineffcient compared to some of the other train snow thrower videos on here.

Does BNSF need to invest in some new equipment??

[peterm3964]

I love the grunting deisel and the chopping sound of the snow

[KartKing4ever]

Can I get one for my driveway?

[skippy7399]

Impressive! Never gonna complain about shoveling a few inches ever again.

[PivotReviews]

Heck I wanna get hit by that flying snow

I always stand in front of my dads snowblower lolol

[9910steve]

why don't they blow the snow out the other direction. Seems like the wind is blowing it back on the track.

[KraziIvan]

@9910steve its the direction the rotor goes.. these are not 2 stage snow blowers. :-)

[cotyke]

YEH! my grader fills up with snow in the filtre ,right plugged to feel like frozen fuel but no smoke!! not naturally asperated!!!

BTW that snow is bitchin hard and deep

[Toedrip]

Binford!



[Gooberwalla]

Good job!

[aterv206]

Awsome video thanks for sharing this one. Love the sound of that engine.

[MrKenworthman112]

now thats moving some snow!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhatTheHeck5205]

Why were you standing in front of it at 1:25? You could have gotten killed... well, probably not, considering how slow it was moving.

[nitrousgtx3]

this video can stop me and see it every seconds !

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

Imagine standing to the side where all the snow is being thrown out.....

EPIC ANTIQUING !!!!! :-D

LMAO.

-BoomBoxDeluxe

[LIRR175]

Even the rotary is struggling!

[DH7409]

"Snow Blowers" are for suburbanites. Rotary Plows are for railroads.

[WILD4X4D]

lol, remember will smith in "hancock" the guy in prison CHOOO CHOOO Mutha facker

[redheadedduckhunter]

You would BURY your competition in a snowball fight.

[UAL012]

@redheadedduckhunter without a doubt! LOL

[AMH9217]

Legit!!!! xD

[macrorail]

WOW!! good videoo!

[wyatte123]

hmm maybe not stand in front of a train with a snowblower?

[rkd350z]

dang.. I never see those in southern California.. here it is 70 degrees

[GlobeMasterLover]

@rkd350z You can go to Donner pass in winter and see plenty of snowbloer in action! ;)

[joedrummer2010]

THANKS FOR POSTING! GREAT VID!!!!!

[clothingonly]

Must be a common problem with snow blowing on the tracks there for the trains to send out humungous snowblowers.

[TheRantingCabbie]

Those guys are standing on a snow drift that's more than ass-deep and they're not sinking into it. That usually means subzero seriously stinkin' cold snowfall for it to pack that hard. Plus some high winds of course.

[UnyieldingSeraph]

@TheRantingCabbie come to the nothern plains states 60mph plus winds and -32 without windchill or yeah snow drifts get hard, that tree break is also the reason it packed in @:55 you can see a field with no snow cover so it acts like a snow fence only against the railroad

[TheRantingCabbie]

@UnyieldingSeraph You're right, that field looks bare. Didn't notice that till you pointed that out.

[clothingonly]

Where is Aurora? Got to make sure I don't travel there in the winters.

[wantblackwolf]

@clothingonly Aurora, Nebraska it is just a snow drift if you look at the field next to it you can see that there is not much snow. Looks like the wind blew the snow off the fields and the trees caught it. No different than a big pile of snow you see in a mall parking lot.

[deetjay1]

This is why we call dedicated train people "Rails". Difficult, unbearably cold( or hot), DANGEROUS work...God bless 'em all...

[TadMoody]

Those guys just standing around yapping could shut up and start digging....

[dieseltwitch]

I'm no pro but it looks like if the re-geared the cutting wheal and the blower they could cut more so and just not this it as far. It's a train really the only need to move it 10 or 20 ft rather then into the next county. Just a thought, cool vid!

[hoggerdave]

would be cool to see a train pass there.

[FearDivinity]

So many butt hurt people on this page.."0oh!...my filter isn't clogged! Waaaaa! "

[Anonmango]

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[uncleben03]

Foamers everywhere in this video!

[gonetoworkbbackin5mi]

@muley

asshole

[muley180]

Hey morons, non unitized injeccted diesel egines smoke when accelerated, snow in the filters or not. Any time the rack is pushed forward, it will smoke. It has nothing to do with the amount of air available. The rpm change is engineer ccontrolled due to load. Remove head from sphincter then comment.

[train2589]

@muley180 stfu about my brother.

[SAMMYJS991]

@muley180 " Remove head from sphincter then comment"

WOW!! do you really got to sound like a gay idiot to make a point??

[wilzchau]

@muley180

Hey simpleton, what you need to do is to learn how to SPELL (the words) then comment.

[bottomscraper]

I would love to see that in person!

[stevegarrido]

thats normal under load from a diesel engine

[OilHist]

I think they are keeping it at a constant rpm, but they are just inching the train ahead, thus the snow is feeding in gulps. The black smoke is just typical older diesel when the load is pushed on her. Too bad she isn't steam powered.

[milwman58]

Air filters full of snow, Thats the black smoke, Not getting air.

[Akcd11r2002]

Why dont they keep it at a constant RPM?

[chris40539]

nice snowblower, its blowing a snow storm up

[jack4trains]

I love it, you tube needs more rotary plow videos! When you walked up, what was the guy saying about the left and right side of the cab?

[januarymurray]

theres stills snow in kansas and it suppost to snow again on saturday and sunday

[Caryrt]

Can you buy that snowblower at Sears? ...lols!!! Thanks for sharing the video! Awsome!!

[DivinityzBeAsT]

wow thats amazing

[C20rules]

That's awesome power!

That snow seems pretty hard also - they can walk on it without sink down.

[neoshoman]

I want one for my driveway

[llib245]

more like a tbm than a snowblower. awsome

[nvdubs250]

As long as I've been in Nebraska I've never seen one of these with all the snow around here.

[iamloudmusic]

With that much torque I wonder if they had to engineer something to keep it from twisting itself off the rails.

Cool video! Thanks for sharing :)

[dfx961]

@iamloudmusic that made very little sense...

[matchdk]

Amazing! True horse powers!

[biscuitag97]

the engineer would not have noticed if they sucked u in that would make a high rated video