Plowing Snow With Geared Steam
| November 26, 2012 05:58PM |
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Here we see Baker White Pine Lbr. #3 Plowing snow on the SVRy mainline. This may have been in conjunction with the 1916 heavy snow event or at another time. BWP #3 was the only NG Climax factory equipped with a pilot plow. The second engine appears to be a Heisler. Notice the additional wood being carried on the flat. The crews could always shovel snow in the water tanks, but when the fuel is gone and all the wood piles trackside are fozen down and under deep snow, the situation would have turned very grim.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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