Re: Pilot plows

The D&RG had many different snow plow pilot designs for both narrow gauge and standard gauge locomotives including the early diesels which did not come equipped with plows.

The D&RG shops could easily build plow pilots. If they could build complete cars and tenders, a plow pilot would be a piece of cake. The plows on RGS 2-8-0s were not built specifically for K27s, but were a general design that the shops modified to fit specific engines.

Following is a list of some of the D&RG plow pilot design drawings.

Pilot Snow Plow, Narrow Gauge with Old Pilots L-245 January 7, 1902

Pilot Snow Plow, Narrow Gauge L-245 April 6, 1912

Pilot Snow Plow, Narrow Gauge L-345

Pilot Plow, Standard Gauge Engines L-245 November 2, 1899

Jerry Day
Longmont, Co


FordCVP71 Wrote:
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> Ive seen a couple pictures of 4-6-0 T-12's with
> small plows. Were the plows the rgs used on 41 &
> 42 K27 plows? What happened to the k27 plows did
> they get scrapped along with the rgs?