Rotary Snow Plow Union Pacific 900082 Blizzard 2006 Action

[1xsooliner]

nice video!!!!!!



[stopthesoftkill]

that thing is freaking awesome. I always wondered how they got the snow off of rail lines

[billburrsucs]

Rotary plow???????? We call those Snow blowers!

[09ICCE200]

@billburrsucs wrong, thats a fan-like contraption

[Zardoz5280]

Ротари Атаки Плуг сугробы до 10 футов в районе Шарон-Спрингс штата Канзас США 1 января 2007

[rabbit98999]

SkipW Thank you for posting this...Fantastic! I really wish I could see first hand something like this.

Some questions for RR'rs if I may:

1) Can it handle obstacles like tree limbs, etc.

2) Does the rail roads post when these are going to run so people can watch?

3) What was the temp outside that day?

Again..beautiful video!!! Thank You so much!

[inyourfacedouchebag]

where was that thing last Feb not in the eastcoast i kno that much

[SuckerTrucker]

Why not use a showel!?

[RamblinAround]

It's very cool to actually see one in action. I have a video of the inside of the #900081, but I've never seen one actually running...aside from this video of course.

[jgmagoo1]

SKI KANSAS!!!!

[bourkland1]

Don't apologize! This is a great video!

[JamesTyreeII]

Thanks for risking your life. Too bad you don't get paid for this...or do you?

[geomodelrailroader]

UP does a nice job getting rid of snow they have plows all over the system three from fallen flags Denver North has an ex Rio Grande spreader Donner Pass has two rotary plows and two spreaders from SP Steam Shop owns the 900082.

[zozey1231]

Dear Santa...

[cooldylanperson]

@read2rock yes your right i was just saying that the accual blade part doesnt move by it self it get pushed by separate locomotives

[killerlolz101]

that is a mean piece of equipment i wish i had one!!!!

[little123456788]

Imagine getting hit by that train?

[tke279tke]

Living in sunny Southeastern US I will never experience this feat here. Awesome video. Thanks for freezing your butt off to capture.

[Grainexpress]

Great Video!!! 5*'s! Thanks for getting out and capturing this event. I know you froze you hind quarters off getting it. :) All kinds of train vids in warm, sunny weather but these winter scenes are the best. Ranchers loved this weather too, NOT! LOL

[amarkanders777]

yeah; I (retired RR) never worked one of these, but wonder how the engineer blew for crossings, etc. Snow obvioulsly covered the whistle-posts. Visibility must have been a Major Issue!

[Tigerskunk]

@amarkanders777 As far as I know *model railroader*, there is a cab on top of the rotary which controls the other engines through MU. If you pause at 1:15 you can see three round things just behind the chute. Those are rotating windows, that are use on ships. They spin to keep snow and rain off the windows better than wipers can. As for the horns, I think they are the lead engine horn that are used. But I can be wrong on that.

[cooldylanperson]

It's a 16 cylinder diesel that powers the blades in front about 3000 hp and it's pushed by usually 2 or 3 locomotives

[Rheems1]

So how is one of these things powered?? It is electric powered from the generators or is it PTO powered off of the diesel motors??

[beaman220]

NOM NOM NOM kid NOM.

[BIGNASSTAY]

sure this thing isn't called the meat grinder? lol. That thing is wicked!

[robertgift]

@TheRandomMoments2011 Would love to, but too far away - not worth the trip, how would one know those conditions exist? and how would one know the snow plow would be coming through in daylight?

This is why this botched opportunity is especially unfortunate.

[HoosierWX]

Cvlvmvmvovkvhb.

[gsxr1131]

Now that is a snowthrower! Thanks for sharing!!

[kclooser]

kool



[fltplnmaker]

Since there are only 2 bridges that cross the UP line, it looke like that is taken on the brigde east of town on US40, actually closer to Wallace.

[800hennessy]

Don't try to cross the tracks in front of that hahah. I could just imagine what that would do to a car.

[biebs37]

i use that thing to shave my bushy nutsac, then i gotta get all my friends to help me haul my pubes to the fire pit.

[hitman748]

@robertgift this is the gayest comment I have ever seen. Seriously? It was after a blizzard and the guy was probably freezing his nuts off...I highly doubt he was thinking..."yess, I need to be artistic with this youtube video of a train mmmmkayyy.." Robert...I hope you leave moms basement eventually.

[robertgift]

@hitman748 Haha. If you're going to bother to go out and video this, THINK a little and do it well.

All of us here wanted to look down and see the front of the blower. But we could not.

Same withe other side - we wanted to LOOK DOWN and see the machine, but could not until it was futher away.

Why?

Why is 1/3 of the frame useless horizon? We'd rather see thequipmenthan the sky. Get it?

Oh, and one might want to PREPARE andress warmly if going to drive out and do this. Duh!

[hitman748]

@robertgift If by "we" you mean yourself, mom, and her 6 cats...who fucking cares...If you TRULY wanted to see all this shit you just typed out...get off the chair, put down the cheetos and KFC and go outside and find one for yourself, you over opinonated ass

[robertgift]

@hitman748 Haha. Since I WORK and cannotravel to such distant places for something this unimportant, it would have beenice to see it here. (I wish there were something close.)

Nice, steady tripod-mounted video! But you can pick up the camera and tripod and aim down or loosen handle a little and tiltripod table down.

[over-opinionated]

[coolman1558]

why is everyone being hateful on this video come on i didn't come on this video to see someone complaining about camera angles and another throwing out insults left and right. come on, doesn't anyone here have anything better to do than be hateful?

[robertgift]

@coolman1558 No hate. Complaining that we wanto look down and see detail, but are not allowed. Instead, for some unknown reason, we must wait until the rotary plow and engine travel away and get into view. Why not show it while it is close and we can look right down and see everything in detail?

When you video, showhat you want to see. No trying to be "artistic" 'as it disappears in the distance' nonsense.

[ypsidixit]

@robertgift My, you are rude. And don't speak for everyone. I didn't even think of wanting to look down; I liked it just as is. And I also liked the pretty sunset sky in the pic. Your opinion is neither universally shared nor fact--just one guy's opinion. Please express it more politely in the future. Goodness.

[robertgift]

@ypsidixit I state directly. I don't sugar coat. Several here also wanted to see down, but for some reason we're not allowed. You can see "pretty sunsets" many times. Here is ONE opportunity to look down and see close-up what is happening. But we can't. Is this a video about sunsets or a rotary snow plow?

[ypsidixit]

@robertgift Nonsense. I have read all of the comments and there is no chorus of wanting to look down--that's made-up. And even so, you were rude in whining for your particular preference when this guy, who works like you and me, took the time to show us a cool thing. You owe Skip an apology. And please be more polite to those who post videos in the future.

[robertgift]

@ypsidixit You obviously don't knowhat intelligent people here where I work said. They want to see detail - close-up. They all said they kept wanting to look down, but of course, they can't. (I also felt same desire.) I could not care less what other commenters say.

Missed opportunity because camera wasn't aimedown. I would have caught your "pretty sunset" AND pannedown to get as much detail as possible. Unfortunate thathe concept evades you.

[SkipW]

@robertgift Stuck in snowshoes on the edge of a snow drifted in bridge, about 30 below zero with windchill and frostbite setting in over 300 miles from home at sundown... sorry, i was just trying to survive at this point

[WilliamsBallMusic]

@SkipW You big sissy....nice work! Wouldn't want to get caught in those blades.

[SarraPiyopiyo]

Shoulda hitched a ride in the train, and warmed up a bit.

[ppatt]

@SkipW atta boy i thought it was an excellent shot

[princenoah21]

@SkipW Don't listen to him. He's just being a crybaby. Love the video by the way

[princenoah21]

@SkipW Don't listen to him. He's just being a crybaby. Love the video by the way

[soulgazer1]

@robertgift Shut up ya git. 

[kanga1234567]

@robertgift Why don't you get over there and do better then!

[robertgift]

@kanga1234567 If I could, I would. But I'm not driving all that distance to see something that may not even be there.

[russellmantz]

@robertgift  What an ass

[501video501]

@robertgift dude why cant people be greatful anymore? atleast he filmed it to begin with

[robertgift]

@501video501 Good point! Better than not videoing or not posting it.

Rabbit, tree branches have been caught and broken and expelled outhe chute.

The railroad does notell the public. They do not want people getting in their way or getting hurt by something getting thrown - like a chunk of tree branch.

[bowhunter2439]

Hey that guys blowin snow on my potada fields.....WTF....!!!

[kanga1234567]

@bowhunter2439 LOL

[gogglesntophat]

ultimate snowball fight winner

[kakerot0]

A snowman's worst nightmare.

[darthfurious80]

is that a F7 B-unit I see in that lashup or no?

[darthfurious80]

now that's a snow blower. (a la crocodile dundee)

[aaronzack14]

can i barrow this for my driveway???

[GeeGee7]

I have a couple of questions. One is how the heck can the engineer see what's going on up front, do you know? The other is how in the world did you record this, ie where you on a bridge, top of a truck, in a helicopter (LOL).. I have never seen anything like it. Really cool! thank you for sharing!

[SkipW]

@GeeGee7 on a bridge in Kansas

[505LaxMan]

@GeeGee7 Truely, you cant see whats ahead of you, you gotta count on those dispatures. But out here in the midwest, its awful hard to miss a train rollin in on the plains.

[KingstonRailfan123]

@GeeGee7 The engineer actually sits in the front, and controls the engines from the cab in the rotary plow.

[KitireFel]

@GeeGee7 possibly a camera?

[fishworldhacker]

@GeeGee7 i can answer all these except the ones already answered number one he can see from the cab in the front of the plow hes inside controling it while he has the engineer in the one of the four locos pushing it

[darkhound891]

@GeeGee7 the engineer sits in a compartment inside the ploy the locomitves are tied on and controlled by the engineer from the rotary snow plow

[azimuth361]

Imagine all the margueritas you could make with that thing.

[zsimi80]

it is like a big worm :)

[oryxfreeride]

holy crap its a rain. couldn't figure out why they were plowing a straight line in the middle of a field..

[MrBenjamin1983]

So what happens if there is a damsel in distress tied to the tracks in front of this monstrosity?

Also "The Spice must flow!"

[tsunamirob1]

need one of these for my driveway

[tsunamirob1]

need of these for my driveway

[h2ofowler16]

in one of this years UP calenders the month of January shows a picture almost identical at the part 3:21, same place i assume just different person took the photo

[Imor76]

Honey where is the dog?

[bowhunter2439]

@Imor76 Rover got ran over....!!!

[carfan1312]

damn its a snowblower on steroids, i need one of these for my driveway lol

[32cricker]

very cool

[dawahproject1]

wow thats beautifulll

[costateguise]

boring

[killersushi99]

Cow on tracks = Red snow.

[jsncrso]

I wanna see one of these things hit a cow like in some of the other train videos!

[dumperchauffeurke]

the DUTCH RAILCOMPANY could learn a lot from u guys!! super work

[JeffBilkins]

@dumperchauffeurke echt :p

[gpfordstang302]

also serves as a good zombie defense mechanism! :D

[DangerousDude2010]

You really don't appreciate how deep the snow is until about 2:10! WOW!

[handyreis]

At the rate they are moving at it would take 2 weeks to get across montana???

[kevin0070]

Nice

[aloisbembel]

WOW! I want to see the CPU hidden behind that fan :-D

[marshalt]

geez! hate to get my pecker caught in that thig!

[chefbard]

give him a heart attack and put a can of cherry juice in there

[staydput]

The TWO very last STEAM powered rotary blowers stood at the ready even into the 1970's...

FINALLY retired due to 1980's oil cost.

Highest performance ever, in a rotary.

Steam was used to make sure the active elements never iced up.

They stood idle years at a time awaiting a truly terrible drift.

From the WSJ archives.

[cftigerz]

holySHITGIantfan!

[UtubeLeeOh]

Now if southern pacific had a rotary the 5pt vid with like 5-6 engines would've been way shorter bc it wouldnt have got stuck too soon unless the snow was say 12 feet deep

[bluemanwolf]

way too cool....awesome

[SFLRailFan]

Wow!!! Very impressive. 

[Postal67]

That would have made a good addon for the movie, Unstopable!

Love seeing those, need more....

[Chris1234109]

Awesome !! very nice 

[strobx1]

Ah, Nothing like the sound of EMD & GE diesels. Next best thing to EMD/Alco.

[farmall51]

I bet that thing is sucking some diesel . but the Railroad can afford it im sure haha

[boardthis]

If only the snowmaking machines at the ski resorts worked that well ! Awesome, thanks for the vid.

[StacjaKrzepielow]

Zajebiste :)

[rajbaria]

Dats a Video Thanks for Posting And Hats off to the camera man for giving us this awsome vidieo

[Mostlyfun]

Cool, thanks for posting.

[microbusss]

I think this one is stored in Cheyenne,WY at the roundhouse idk lol

[SkipW]

@microbusss that it is correct

[hujipher]

its a train?

[MercuryFanatic]

Great footage guys! Talk about some serious snow removal. We get storms like that up here in Canada once in a while. Would love to see action like that live up here. Again...great job.

[isorry4strokin]

@swertinge07 I was trying to dumb it down for you a little but you obviously didn't get the joke.

[swertinge07]

@isorry4strokin Very funny... And an awful excuse, the sad truth is that you can´t handle your own language.

Look, I don´t have time for you any more. Stop picking (you know this word, I hope) fights on Youtube and do something more useful with your time, like playing on the train tracks.

[isorry4strokin]

@swertinge07 It takes to to fight smart one.

[isorry4strokin]

@swertinge07 I would also like for you to know that you called yourself an uneducated nobody. Good job.

[isorry4strokin]

@swertinge07 I was not trying to be grammaticality correct, I was simply trying to show that what you said made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

And by the way, din mamma är en billig hora som suger kuk för små belopp.

[swertinge07]

@isorry4strokin Nä, hon tar jävligt bra betalt...

Om du inte inser sambandet mellan videoklippet och min kommentar, ja, det säger ju en del om din intelligens. Skaffa ett jobb och sluta hoppa på folk på nätet, din lilla, lilla fegis.

[auronnne]

jadore le froid

[swertinge07]

God, what I hate snow. YEAK!

[TheTrainguy10]

wow thats disel?

[nocluewhere]

Driving to a crossing with that coming along you'll have 2 feet of snow on your car as well as the 20 cars behind you.

[fightingwolf18]

Aren't some of these units from the 40s and 50s?

[SkipW]

@fightingwolf18 - it was built in 1971 and has a 2500 hp Diesel - I belive

[train2589]

@SkipW 3000 hp. We got to go in it and it said on the diesel 3000 hp

[staydput]

@SkipW

The VERY last steam machines were rotorary snow plows!

[alexnefi]

@SkipW we got electrics with 10000HP ;3

[chevy668]

@SkipW I think there was one manufactured as a steam engine, but retrofited with a diesel

[tropicalfishswim]

@fightingwolf18 UP rosters older rotaries that aren't used as often that have diesel motaors for the blade, and a steam boiler working wing joints and providing heat.

[Jaco5138]

@fightingwolf18 heel mooi

[KenMacMillan]

@fightingwolf18 From Wikipedia "Southern Pacific rotary snowplow MW208 is preserved in operational condition at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California. This rotary was involved in the 1952 City of San Francisco rescue. The Northern Pacific Rotary 10 steam snowplow built in November, 1907 is currently owned by the Northwest Railway Museum and is on display in Snoqualmie, Washington."

[KenMacMillan]

"Rhaetian Railway still have one of their rotary snowplows in operating condition. It is mainly used on show runs for photographers, but when there's lots of snow it is still used to clear the Bernina line." It's steam powered.

[117ReApEr324]

3:34 thats what she said

[dwp39]

pretty cool video, we dont see these around kansas city, pretty sure our main line is bnsf, but i've seen up and csx locomotives come through, where did ya shot this footage?

[SkipW]

@dwp39 This was shot at Sharon Springs, KS on New Years on Day 2007 around 4pm cleaning up after the Christmas Blizzard of 2006

[dwp39]

pretty cool video, we dont see these around kansas city, pretty sure our main line is bnsf, but i've seen up and csx locomotives come through

[colliecandle]

Great film - nice to see something like this . I'd have watched that all day!

Thanks for shaing

[colliecandle]

Great film - nice to see something like this .  I'd have watched that all day!

[Jackle61]

Okay then,,,, I guess I'll have to lay some track down the middle of my driveway before run out and get one of these. 8-)

[YTBYlover]

I wonder what road kill would look like.

[SkipW]

@YTBYlover I suspect that they might have been worried about some stray cows stuck down in the drifted in cuts, that would have been some real fine, fresh and frozen ground @round.. hamburger !

[marcducati]

@YTBYlover small....

[TheDullahan]

@YTBYlover This one time...I saw a Goat take one of these on.

Damn. I love Pennsylvania.

[soag87]

There are 3 cars between the distributed power - out of curiosity, what are those? Weight perhaps?

Nice video - those engines are doing some serious work!

[SkatingIsMyWayOfLife]

that would be a really bad place to build a snow fort

[mocus1]

Boy that thing does a better job than 1 man with a shovel could....

[impulsw]

That would suck if it hit a person and it wouldn't even be their fault because they can't even see the track I'd be like What the heck there's a train coming at me and wherever I would run, the track would follow them and before they knew it, vroooooooom and woo hoo guts are being distributed though the air!!!

[coashddjj2]

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before. Wonder if it heats the tracks, too.

[sing163]

great video, thank you!

[zestyguy87]

wow! always wondered what they did about all that snow on the railways, now i know. Impressive

[DH4Hobbies]

The motor that runs that blade, I want it in my truck.

[BIILYBOB999]

@DH4Hobbies forget about truck throw that sucker in my snowblower

[TheGayNiggha]

xDD das eisstückchen zwischen xP will ich mir garnet vorstellen wie weit und wie schnell die fliegen

[impavitus]

Dan Barker!!!!!

[AnarchistAaron]

Go play chicken with that!

Messy lol

[kieranmullen2]

How is this video copywritten? It is video taken in a public space.

[Workingwoods]

@kieranmullen2, you have a serious misunderstanding of what copyrights are and how they work. 

[federalbecz]

that is some DEEP fucking snow.... 2:30 on

[kenblacksmith]

I helped prepare Rotaries for the winter season @ Roseville, very serious work. Powerful machine... 4 traction motors power the main rotor.

[bwhitson13]

that is the very 1st time i've ever seen a GE in snow fighting service.

[masluxx]

very cool, thank you for sharing this.

[OMGITSI]

ouch, snow hittings you right in the face...

[LaughsWontHurt]

This would be one method for cleaning up the rails. The other would be you getting a spoon and remove it :-)

[Jaket2000]

This should be a mod in GTA SA a mix between a train and corn harvistor

[GWR4079]

for some reason i allways wanted a deer or summat to be pulled in lol

[myskateboard16]

what a monster...

[david121170]

this must an awesome site to see

[userunavailable3095]

Man, you wouldn't want to get caught in the path of that. It looks like a nightmare out of Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Reckon this is where he got the idea?

[CubsFanJohn]

Even though I don't like trains at all I found this one very cool!

[mustang6603]

That is simply just Awesome. The distance it throws the snow. Way cool.

[JoeSixString]

Very dramatic vid.

[DL2045]

goodbye fence

[UtahMike41]

These things are beasts! Anything gets in the way it's done for.

[tazyx]

How about train with huge flamethrowers?

[baldwin427]

how many horsepower? its  so huge!

[UP5314]

Good Video Skip I saw this Plow with #844 on the Extreme Trains Episode Steam Train. 3985 was there to

[wannalayya]

It's kinda of an irony have that big cooling fan attached behind the snowplow

[bloodynuggets]

@wannalayya

That's the same way I think when letting my car warm up in the winter in -20 degree F temps when the radiator cooling fan turns on...

[The4LA2Baker0]

living there must suck ass