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WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Museum Discussion => Topic started by: Bob Springs on January 29, 2015, 08:22:29 PM
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With all the snowfall hitting the Northeast, I wonder how did Sheepscot fare?
Bob Springs
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I saw in another thread that there is 2 ft plus at Sheepscot with another 4-6 inches expected in the next "installment."
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There's snow everywhere. Brendan was moving it today with the bucket loader. More coming on Monday.
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In Auburn, we currently have over 3'. Way to much snow.
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Which is the way to much snow? I want to go there.
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70* on Saturday, Valentine's Day
27* today and 5" of snow and still snowing.
That's Colorado weather.
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Hows this, just south of Boston, 5 feet on the ground with 12 foot drifts.
Ted
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I hear ROWMOW, Inc. has plans for a 2-foot rotary plow for next year using a Stanly Steamer engine and boiler.
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Make a video. Train fans love snow removal movies, ask Pentrex.
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Unfortunately, those plans were used to light the fire to heat the Rowmow MFG shop. So, I was tasked this weekend to come up with an idea. I have a year to figure something out and do it. It won't be a rotary...but some modifications to current equipment may be a possibility..
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(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/bbarry74/image_zps506945f2.jpg)
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Unfortunately, those plans were used to light the fire to heat the Rowmow MFG shop. So, I was tasked this weekend to come up with an idea. I have a year to figure something out and do it. It won't be a rotary...but some modifications to current equipment may be a possibility..
That will be the guarantee that you won't see any snow for years ! ;D ::)
Andre
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As we are on the subject of snow removal, I have a concept in my head about using a tractor sized snow blower attachment (60"-72") width that could be mounted on the front of one of our diesels and use either a hydraulic or shaft drive to power it off the engine - OR - a power car that would have the blower mounted to it and pushed by either a diesel or steam. Whatcha think Mike?
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Hi guys,
Time to jump in the fray here and point out some long term plans that we have held- which is to someday replicate the original railroad's wedge plow and flanger. In this way we'll be moving snow as thy used to do here, by and large. Personally, I don't favor developing other methods which may be more appropriate to other locals (anything rotary or snowblowery) or other time periods.
The original flanger had spreader wings.
We aren't yet ready for winter operations- the recreation of those pieces of equipment will go a long way towards it, but more bits of innovation will be required. 52's existing plow was meant to, and is doing nicely to get us through in the mean time. It could use a rudimentary flanger would be very helpful- this is something that we've discissed and Wayne actually sketched out a few years ago.
A spreader is really only necessary when the snow banks reach the height of the 'chute' portion of the plow- on 52's plow that's about 3 feet over the rail or 42" on the ground. At that level we don't have the power to push it. Thus a natural limit on our willingness and ability to fight snow- it usually shuts us down in late January, when, at present, we have no further reason to operate anyway.
I look forward to the day when we have an honest winter operation- for purpose- that is hauling many happy faces to winter activities and enjoying an period steam train transportation experience on the way-- all following snow removal with various combinations of 9, 10, and 11 pulling a flanger and pushing a wedge plow...
Just my thoughts...
Jason
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It's always a pleasure to see new additions to the Lamontagne Dictionary; "snowblowery" :D
-John
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Here's some serious snowblowery: http://vids.kvie.org/video/2365218614/
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Thanks for that link, Wayne, with the snow outside piled up it sure made for great breakfast viewing. Must have been a few tense seconds when they piled into that slide outside the showshed.
In contrast to our local transit system, it is reassuring that even though the UP/SP didn't need the rotaries for almost 20 years and they are older than many of us, they kept them in good shape and had them ready when needed.
And once we have #9 running, I bet we (and of course Stephen H) could make our own exciting snow fighting video, Maine Style!