Portola Railroad Days - Rotary Snowplow Demo

Portola Railroad Museum ran the ex-Southern Pacific rotary snowplow during the Railroad Days festivities. It is powered by traction motors, electricity provided by an F7B unit behind it which you can't see but hear notch up.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Southern
• Pacific
• snowplow
• Portola
• Railroad
• Days
• Feather
• River

[ThomasRivette]

How loud was it?

[cchan006]

Loud, but not painfully loud.

[trainboy94]

I was planning to attend this years, so I was wondering if you could tell me what to expect.

[cchan006]

The museum's focus is Western Pacific, so you'll see many 2nd generation diesels (1950s, 1960s, 1970s) on display. They'll be offering caboose rides on the balloon tracks.

[tylerakawings]

quick!! i need some ice cream, milk, and a shit load of fruit

[Svendiesel]

Thats actually Jack La Lannes new juicer.

[Hetierd]

Id love to throw my wife into that.

[geomodelrailroader]

UP when they merged with SP bought two of there plows one of them is here the other two are on Donner Pass eating the snow off the tracks.

[ganymedeIV4]

hahaha damn man.

You ought to have more of a gate in front of that then something meant to hold back goats and drunk people.

[KosaiAvonej]

There is one of these currently sitting around in Chatham Ontario in use by the Canadian National and CSX trains.

[TheCottonTop]

@TheCottonTop No smoke too.

[TheCottonTop]

Sounds electric. Not the original diesel motor.

[Dproud2700]

WOW, I did not know that one of the old SP rotary plows is up there. Nice to see one of the units preserved.

[danwat1234]

@brutformen Aeuhhhh it would spew blood everywhere!

[mbc2915]

this is what chuck norris uses to make his smoothies