1962, Philadelphia Giant Snow Plow, Odd looking

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1315209717309626&set=a.538497801647492

a meter of the fluffy stuff fell in the Alps, and getting the roads clear is a interesting thing to see

Packard snowplow with tire chains

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/274

I am sure not many of you are familiar with plowing snow, but for everyone that has spent years mowing lawns, it's very similar, and cathartic, relaxing, therapeutic. Or maybe that's just the way it feels to me, because I like the effect of the messy to perfect work, like sanding wood

https://www.tumblr.com/coolthingsguyslike

Snow plow proof mail box!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1324024463102823&set=a.557572846414659

and the winner is...

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25546125804986975&set=a.105179276174978

Let's hear it for all the snowplow drivers and winter service vehicles out there who are working long hours around the clock in these snowy weather conditions day and night to clear and salt roads and highways. Thank You for keeping us safe.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=923090896484364&set=a.722006859926103

Minnesota "Name a snowplow" contest winners of the past 3 years.

 https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2022/12/minnesota-name-snowplow-contest-returns.html

If you need a big OLD Cat, grader, etc - even for yard art at the farm driveway entrance, there is a good size collection for auction... lots of old iron eye candy, and a couple of mills and big lathes

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/3446-jueneman-collection

it took 18 years to restore the R12 steam engine powered snow blower for the Swiss railway

 https://roguemechanic.tumblr.com/post/705658286754725888

I don't remember ever seeing a train with a single side snow plow... interesting to watch in action, in Donner Pass

https://gvwire.com/2022/12/14/see-donner-pass-railroad-tracks-cleared-after-massive-snowstorm/

Brandon Clement used a drone to capture the majestic sight of Union Pacific clearing the train tracks at Soda Springs, California.

Clement is an Emmy award-winning independent photojournalist, aerial cinematographer, storm chaser, and documentarian. Follow him on Twitter: @bclemms

early version of a snow plow for the streets near the railroad tracks in Detroit. Year unknown

I see a swing arm and chains to move the planks to where they could get some snow moved alongside the rail car... but why there's nothing on this side of the railcar? No idea

https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A150051

a snow plow, in Yellowstone Natl Park in 1924, that belonged to the War Dept? How does that make any sense?

it was replaced by this snow blower by 1933 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MontanaHistoryConsortium/permalink/2113475178794028

standing applause for David Gehrke, who was out clearing roads at 4 a.m. in West Bend, Wisconsin last Friday when he found a 5-year-old boy who wandered away from home in subzero temperatures, alone and cold without a jacket or shoes.

For some reason a babysitter was in charge, at 4am on a Friday... odd. But anyway, the kid decided to head outside.... 

and the city snowplow operator, David Gehrke, was not just on the job, but on alert for problems... and hey, he most likely saved the kids life. 5 year olds ain't going to last long until hypothermia gets them. 

https://abc13.com/snow-plow-driver-child-found-saved-reduced/10350414/

the word is that the kid woke up, thought he was alone, and went out to walk to his nearby grandfathers

a snow blower for the railroad

https://www.facebook.com/RWRRMuseum/posts/4653492128054162

The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway will receive a new snow blower as part of its renovation of the tourist cog railway, with the capability of cutting through snow drifts up to 10’ tall and 20’ wide.

The 47.2-inch-diameter cutting reels can cut through 4,200 tons of snow per hour and have the ability to blow snow 50 to 100 feet off the line. 

The new snowblower will be delivered in Spring 2021 with the first new train set.

The complete renovation (track, rail cars and depot) and renaissance of the famed Colorado Cog Railway, which reaches up to 14,115 feet and is the highest railway in America, has less than 1 mile of track left to complete. 

The Railway is still on track for with a May 2021 reopening.

https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/11/23-pikes-peak-railway-getting-new-snow-blower

mail box revenge

Every time it snowed, the snow plow would take out his mailbox - and only his mail box. And just to be clear - it was done intentionally. No one knows why, but the driver of the snow plow would target his box and mow it down. He’d call the DOT to complain, and would get an earful of excuses that amounted to “not our fault you have a wimpy mailbox.”

Fast forward to the next winter. First decent snow starts falling, and every kid is hoping for a snow day. It was right around 4:30 am that the whole neighborhood was woken up to this loud CLANG and the screech of tearing metal. My dad made it to the window first and started laughing his ass off.

Sitting out side was one very totaled, and almost ripped in half, snow plow. And these weren’t little pick-up trucks with a blade on the front

Well, turns out over the summer, my dad’s neighbor got himself a backhoe and sank a steel I beam into the ground in his front yard. Then he covered it with a decorative wood sleeve and topped it with a brand new mailbox. When the snowplow driver tried to mow it down it was a bad case of immovable object meets unstoppable force - and the mailbox won. With the plow firmly impaled on the I beam, it was very clear that the driver had gone out of his way to hit it.

Naturally, the DOT wasn’t happy, and the neighbor’s reply was simple: “Not my faulty you have a wimpy snowplow.” 

 They did try to sue him for the damages, but as he had gone to the town, gotten approval for the post and its installation, and made sure everything was up to code, it was thrown out pretty quick.

https://im-the-princess-now.tumblr.com/post/632179220987150336/glyndarling-aerylon-loloftheday-lets-see