Re: Where Does the Snow Go on the Hill Side

In our recent experience with major snow, we have made an interesting discovery. Our Russell plow is not equipped with wings, and the width it cuts is slightly narrower than #475's cab hand rails, so the hand rail is slicing its own swath through the snow cuts. The interesting discovery is that for the first few days after the storm, that handrail would slice another swath through the snow cuts every trip. Our conclusion was that the snow was actually sliding down the sides of the railroad’s cuts like miniature glaciers, closing in on the track an inch or so every few hours.

Photo by Mark Andrews