Great catch Dave, as those plows were "dashing through the snow"! Also, on the last clip, after the pick-up of the plow leader, great sound of those GEEPS TAKING-OFF!
You really have some of the best winter/snow vids I've seen. We certainly can't capture any vids like what you have down here in central Texas. I like your work and your efforts.
As a kid who grew up playing in the ball field behind the second crossing, I'm bummed that you didn't mention New Gloucester in your video titling. I'd recognize that intersection in Lower Village on RT 231 any day. Great video, of course.
I was wondering how the cleared snow off the tracks. Once I clicked this video I was like of course they use a train. They are so heavy there ain't nothing that's going to stop then once they get going.
The last train with the huge plough....could it push snow as high as the blade & if so, for how long, I mean how many miles of show that high could it push etc? I know nothing but find it absolutely fascinating. Here in England, 1 inch of snow & the country's roads close down!!
Much of the height is there to provide a path for the snow to go to get it up and in the air and moving to the side. Depending on how heavy the snow is, it may go through snow that deep. Most of the time where they run into a situation where this would be used would be drifts on the plains. Those can run into long distances, but usually don't. There are other snow removal trains, including rotary snow blowers that are used to clear even deeper depths of snow. A huge part of why this happens and trains still travel in this part of the US, where such my not happen in England is that of late, an inch of snow in England is a rare occurrence that your road crews don't have the experience to be ahead of. We see that at many places in the US as well where an inch of snow is far more than places like Atlanta are prepared for. On the other hand snow that will bring Minneapolis to a standstill is more or less expected and planned for in central and northern Canada.
I wanted to comment on your vid....it's fantastic!! You were in the right places at the right time. Good work! Could you provide a little info on the oil train? Does it run on any kind of a regular schedule? Does it usually go into Brunswick? I live in Augusta and would like to be able to see the train, but I would need some kind of an idea of when and where to be to see it. Thanks!
Totally AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Darn what great footage, well done. I guess you can tell I love snow plows. Wish you could see the old S.P. rotary snow plows working the Sierra. Loved the footage! Bob
you have to have a buffer between the locomotive and a hazmat car. A tanker car is considered a hazmat car. Depending on the contents and the plaque determines how far away that car needs to be from the locomotive. Some cars have a minimum buffer zone of 6 cars. And some have a minimum of one.
Buffer car is for in case of accident. For example if the locomotive catches on fire or crashes into something, you do not want the oil or chemicals in the tank cars to catch on fire also.
I'm aware of that, and I thank you for your concern. It's too bad what has become of social media in situations like this where people can't appreciate a video without stealing and reposting.
Charming blonde - conductor tells about the trains ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RTLXkMnoPms.html (RUS); ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TmIPhoNGi3A.html (RUS); Compartment cars and SV cars, produced by the German production plant Ammendorft, were captured in the videos www.breintrans.eu/en/Products.html . Couchette cars, captured in the videos, were built in the Soviet era and recently went under reconstruction in Belarus.
I saw one on RU-vid last year, from some palce un the United States where they hit a tree and bent the handlerails on the front of the engine up pretty good.
All modern trains that dont use cola to make steam have diesel generators that spin a generator and then there electric motors on the wheels thats how they all work anymore
