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Uploaded by on Sep 4, 2006

Film of a run around the baloon track at the Portola Railroad Museum by a former Southern Pacific Rotary Snow Plow.

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  • Are there two engineeers? One for plow control and the other for pusher control?

  • @operazanotaijin

    Controls are duplicated on opposite sides of the cab for purposes of visibility. The snow ejection chute is adjustable on these machines, allowing snow to be thrown either left or right. (Snow is always thrown to the downhill side of the tracks.) However, whichever side the snow is being thrown to will experience white-out conditions from the ejection plume.

    Therefore, whenever the chute switches sides, the operator must do the same.

  • whats that blade in the front for??

  • @jbdadizzle That's the snow plow blade. Essentially, this machine is a 100+ ton snowblower on rails.

  • cool does the front always spin?

  • The short answer to your question would be "No."

    The blade is controlled by its own throttle, and has a top speed of 250 rpm. Power for the blade is provided by the generator car behind the plow. (In this case, a converted F7B diesel locomotive.)

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  • the audio sucks ass

  • nice vid

  • Best watched on Mute.

  • great film, but the sound is apauling...sorry!

  • the guy you show at :45 is my girlfriends dad lol

  • nice audio

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