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Earl

January 29, 2017 11:06PM

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I don't know what the photographer was standing on, but a doubt it was the rotary. One doesn't ram into snow with a rotary, you ease into and power through it. Otherwise, the blade chokes up and stalls. These guys took a run at a hard packed drift and we see the result. I'm guessing a big wedge plow like the one on lead engine of the plow train behind them is one the derailed engine and is just out of the bottom of the pic.

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When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	LOGGERHOGGER	January 29, 2017 05:32AM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Earl	January 29, 2017 09:39AM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Tomstp	January 29, 2017 10:39AM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	rdamurphy	January 29, 2017 12:35PM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Earl	January 29, 2017 11:06PM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Chris Webster	February 01, 2017 10:18AM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Chiloquinruss	January 30, 2017 08:59AM
Re: When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!	Jimmy Blouch	February 01, 2017 12:44PM

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