Earl Wrote:
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> There was a wedge plow equipped engine stationed
> in Chama in the winter into the late 1930's I've
> seen pics of 464 in that service. Pilot plows did
> not appear on the big engines until the late
> 1930's. 470's had them but not the 480's-490's.
> At some point they figured that putting smaller
> pilot plows on engines was a better idea than
> keeping a dedicated engine to handle the snow
> plowing duties.
Also, I have read that the daily passenger trains could easily knock aside the snow from the light storms and keep the line open.
I guess that if the snow built up beyond the reach of these plows a flanger train would be run to push the snow further away.
Brian Norden