Rotary Fighting Snow Video at Soda Springs 3/26/11

[yuccaflat74]

VERY COMPLIMENTS FOR AMAZING VIDEO!!!GREAT AMERICAN WORK!!!from dolomiti mountains veneto north east italy!

[UPMAN2011]

You caught the UP 8444 SD70ACe on snow duty Too Cool!

[captainmorgan757]

Is this in Soda Springs, CA or Soda Springs, ID?

[BudmanPackfan]

@captainmorgan757 CA, on UP's (former SP) Donner Pass.

[froggie6608]

Amazing video! How did you manage to get to that area to film this? This is what professional videography is all about. Superb job!!!

[J3110M4N14]

how did you know the Rotary was coming

[meccaturbo]

UP had better keep these vintage SP machines on hand and in excellent working order....even UP's own equipment wasn't up for the task - not surprising that SP knew how to do the job best, after all it was their line originally

[TrainTrackTrav]

Wow! I saw a picture from a very similar angle in Trains Magazine! God bless you guys!

[FishplateFilms]

Great shot!...thats real railroading right there!!

[nkproad777]

Is that a steam rotary? Awsome vid of the snow removal action!

[SteffenReichel]

@nkproad777 No, all UP rotaries have been converted to Diesel. Steam is only produced for defrost and anti-ice purposes and for the whistle.

Usually the rotaries contained a double tandem steam engine, or a triple expansion marine like engine - but this has been removed

[madleech]

WOW! Now that was worth braving the road, snow and storm for. I missed this by a week, had to fly back home to NZ but wish I could've stayed for this. Stunning, absolutely stunning, I'm very jealous you got this opportunity. To those complaining about the snow on the lens... lol. I've been in a Donner blizzard and to get anything is a miracle! I'm running out of superlatives here :-)

[allyn788]

Good clip although the snow on lens was a bit annoying...but then again, it gives the viewer an idea of the conditions. Listening to the B unit hammering away and that ghostly whistle was magic!

[glennzkys]

Couldn't remove snow from the lens because the storm just kept blowing snow right back into it. I tried several times before it arrived and it was futile. The lens had to be pointed right into the wind in the direction of the rotary. You get what you can under those conditions. It was in the middle of a storm - not in a studio.

[MrGarrett223]

Why couldnt you remove the snow from your lens?

[sniperjdp]

Very cool video, thanks for going out there in the cold to capture the SPMW209. I heard a lot of cameras clicking there, do you have photos also?

[Squawk7600]

Wow, this is absolutely awesome!! Great shots, don't really know how you even got out to get this but thanks for some awesome views of "the monster" in action!! Can't believe the depth of that snow "trench" the train is moving through!!

[marmelmm]

Great video! Makes me cold just looking at it! ;)

[railpast]

amazing video, thanks for braving the elements

[Drewster327]

Frikin AWSOME!

[canyondogh]

Wait until the link to this starts getting around . . : >)  I've just forwarded it to another 20 people.

[hoorider13]

Hot video! Love the rotary, old B unit, and the 70ACes!

[espeeboy]

Okay, figured it out. LOL that's me on the very far right from 4:32 to 5:30 under the tree branches! I was the last one in our group of five standing closest to the Soda Springs Grade crossing!

[espeeboy]

Where exactly at Soda Springs were you? Just beyond the curve West of the grade crossing? That is where I was too but I think just behind you at the end of the curve that leads to the straight-away to the SS grade crossing. I know we foamers were blending in with the trees during the near white-out conditions Saturday afternoon but I can't even make out bodies on the right at the end of your video where I am pretty sure five of us are standing!!!

[espeeboy]

Great job Glenn - a GREAT first video upload for youtube - CONGRATS!

Like Deja Vu considering I was standing right there on that same snow bank... I think.

[BackOnTheRoad]

Amazing video. Well done!! That must have been struggle getting to just the right spot at the right time.