Jerry Day Wrote:
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> S.B.A. Wrote:
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> > Hello everyone, i was sifting through some
> > pictures of the RGS between 1945 and 1951 and
> the
> > snowplow fitted to locomotives 41 and 42 look
> very
> > similar to a K-27 plow. Did the RGS fit a K-27
> > plow to the 41 and 42? Thanks.
>
> Forgot to mention something when responding to
> this posting.
>
> The reason the RGS applied plow pilots to the 41
> and 42 was that Plow-Flanger 03 was destroyed in a
> runaway in February 1938. Prior to this accident,
> 41, 42 and the other RGS power regularly used 03
> to plow snow and therefore did not need plow
> pilots.
>
> Jerry Day
> Longmont, CO
They still had the PF02 and the Rotary until it blew up in '49. But it would make sense to equip more engines with plows after the 03 was wrecked. Seems like the 03 was always rolling down some hill. It wasn't as compact and well balanced as the 02 from all accounts.