All the years living in Minnesota, never seeing trains plowing snow. That's pretty cool

A sincere thank you for these great videos from a disabled train nut that could never get out to see this magnificent work on my own.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your kind words, and I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. The nice feedback such as this is great to hear. Thank you! :D

@kuntekircan

2 жыл бұрын

good luck to you Alice

@kunaldahiya310

Жыл бұрын

@@kuntekircan thanks

@T128Productions

4 ай бұрын

@@kunaldahiya310 Did you just reply to yourself? Alright then… 🤷

You see the small windows on top of the plow ? In early 1980's I was riding on a snow plow in Eastern Quebec (former Quebec Central RR) beetween Tring Jct.and Megantic. That track has been removed for at least 30 years. We got stuck and had snow over the plow. We were trapped in the pitch black plow's cabin for half an hour before the conductor and trainmen reached us with hand shovels. Fortunatly, some of you may know, the doors of these plows were designed to open to the inside ! Guess why? It is a hell of a good souvenir !!! Good old days, au plaisir !

@garykoukal8682

Жыл бұрын

oh really?

@cynthiaquinn590

Жыл бұрын

Elvis passed away

@dannymcnamara2554

Жыл бұрын

@@cynthiaquinn590 😂

@T128Productions

4 ай бұрын

@@cynthiaquinn590 How exactly is that related?

Love the horn on the plow sounds menacing and scary like something outta ones nightmares

@T128Productions

4 ай бұрын

Me too. I’m not sure what kind it is (Nathan K3HL perhaps?) but it sounds awesome.

At 68 I'm still jumping up & down when I see this kind action

@donnebes9421

4 жыл бұрын

nicknorthable I’m happy you can still jump.

I can't even fathom how much power that train would need to move that much snow, just unreal o.o

@soundbyte99

Жыл бұрын

Probably less power than it takes to move a mile of boxcars.

@JohnSmith-mf3dh

4 ай бұрын

That's Diesel fo you, same with trucks, the Diesel is what gives that power...

I never knew plow trains had a retractable plow. Cool. Thank you.

What a beautiful place, that plow is amazing

@SD457500

Жыл бұрын

It really is! Thank you for the comment, and watching!

I like watching the plows here in my home state. I live in south Florida, have not seen one in 60 years.

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I was hoping to get one this year, but we had a lighter winter season.

Winter in Minnesota is often amazing...gorgeous scenery, no mosquitoes, no black flies or other irritating critters, & lots to do. Never boring.

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Thank is soooo true! You can add walking through places and not worrying about ticks or poison ivy getting you in the winter either. Thanks for watching!

@dyingforpie6879

Жыл бұрын

Its October 15 / 22 its about to start again! Love winter in Minnesota

@erbewayne6868

Жыл бұрын

Anyone remember the Halloween snow early 90's?

@dyingforpie6879

Жыл бұрын

@@erbewayne6868 🤣 That was awesome! Had to snowmobile to the store after climbing our a window- good times

@markthomas8646

Жыл бұрын

@@erbewayne6868 Yes. It was 1991. It was incredible. Got stuck in the small town of Cleveland MN trying to get back to the Cities from college for a concert. Lucky some strangers let me in their home for the night or I wouldn't be typing right now.

the snow is so deep my head wouldn't even be at the top and I love trains going over snow and plowing it.

My dad grew up in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Excellent video, love seeing Canadian Pacific coming through Minnesota.

@jackmiller7324

Жыл бұрын

I am from big Toronto area we can also see train plowing

Growing up in Rochester and traveling to Winona and La Crosse, I've never seen a snow plow train before. Great video

I bet you could surf on the waves that wide plow makes ❄️🏄

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Now that would be interesting, and a sight.

@jcarry5214

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you could surf on the sound. I'm glad we don't have those near me.

My Grandpa Mike and Uncle Ed were both switchyard foremen for the Canadian Pacific in Winnipeg; my dad put telephone/telegraph poles in with a post-hole digger (manually) on the rail line in Manitoba. He said they got to their worksite using the wheeled railroad handcar. He was also a freight checker for Canadian National, and slugged a lot of freight in Chicago's railyards, while working his way through school. My mom's folks are from Minnesota, and we've lived there during a blizzard which came up to the eaves of our house in 1960. Be safe doing your essential and dangerous work!

1:40 One of the coolest pieces of tech I've seen recently. Thank you for sharing this 🤙🏾

@billrobbins5874

3 жыл бұрын

Snow is always beautiful. It just the fridge digits that come later with it. 🌬️☃️❄️🏔️🌡️

It's really impressive how these trains can keep on pushing snow without skidding on the tracks. I live in the north so I know how hard snow can be to plow. Amazing machines!

@nonenoneonenonenone

3 жыл бұрын

They are enormously heavy.

@ogmudbone619

Жыл бұрын

They use sand also for friction on the rails

@TheZebinator

Жыл бұрын

@@ogmudbone619 never heard of them doing that over here, maybe it's a thing

i remember the winter of 2019 up here in MN. We got more snow in December than we had for the entirety of the 4 previous winters. It was a cold winter here too, the town I live in was seeing wind chills in the -75f range

@SD457500

2 жыл бұрын

That winter was brutal, and downright COLD! I don't mind the cold, as long as we have some snow, but the wind chills were insane... Thank you for the comment, and watching!

@Jakub-kw1rx

Жыл бұрын

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

Love to hear the Turbo on that EMD spool up and makeing the push💪💪.

Love to see those plows work. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

People in house. "Train is coming." "Ya, you betcha!"

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I bet you're talking about the house in the opening scene?

Just to show how ignorant I am, I had never seen a plow engine with the outrigger chutes before. That is just plain awesome!!

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Don't feel ignorant about it, seeing an active plow can be pretty rare. I appreciate the comment, and glad you enjoyed it!

@53kamichael

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 I absolutely loved it and thank you so much for making it available! When I was a youngster, I got involved with H/O ga. race cars. One of my cousins got into model railroading. I thought it was pretty cool, but it went WAY too slow for me. I had no more interest in anything in modeling. My main internet connection is on my smartphone as we have no computer. But when I saw and heard that the Big Boys, 844 and 4014 were up and operational, I decided to take a peak. After just a little surfing, I found one of them chugging and I "almost had an 'organism'!" 😉😆 Even though the sound was coming out of the little speaker in my phone, it just plain sounded like pure power!! I tried to imagine standing anywhere near it and feeling the engine throbs coming through my feet and ears and the percussive sound waves bouncing off of my chest! WOW! I only wish that I could have been there!! When I was a pre-pubescent boy, I had already started working for farmers. Plowing, disking, planting, baling, etc. I learned tractoring on Allis-Chalmers and John Deere tractors, but the biggest and baddest tractor was an ancient two cylinder John Deere tractor that only the farmer was allowed to touch. Even his three sons were not allowed. The only change from original production was rubber rear tires instead of steel "spiked" or steel "cleated" rims. Compared to the Allis, International-Harvester and smaller Deere's, that thing was a "beast!" I swear if he had a large enough chain, he could have pulled their large farmhouse off of it's foundation! (OK, I am exaggerating slightly to a man that knows about locomotives, but I have nothing else to compare!) Charley always kept a large tomato can on the exhaust pipe; he did not trust the flapper to stay seated in a windy storm. The closest thing to the Big Boys is when he would start that thing up. It sounded like an old single cyl. "hit-or-miss" pump compressor. When it first started to fire, we could always expect about 6-8 perfect, thick smoke rings shooting straight up. Well I apologize for going on and on. I guess just thinking about those unbelievably awesome engines made me a little "loco"-motive. 😊 Thank you for your corresponding. It was fun!

I live in Wisconsin, and I've never seen one of these in real life. Thanks for the video.

It is about time somebody had a snow plow video from this winter. Thanks

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! If we keep getting snow into March, we might get even more plow action!

The weather outside is so delightful, let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let it Snow ! Thumbs Up, and Happy Saturday also.

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you had a good weekend too! I love the play on the words you did there, and thanks for the comment.

@bluesharp59

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 You are welcome also.

So awesome to see 5028 down there in MN... used to seeing it up here in Vancouver, BC, hauling stuff around with a sister unit!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Those SD30C-ECOs are neat to see leading, and working trains around here. Sometimes a few of them escape from Canada. :p

First time in my life saw snow plowing the train tracks! It was very cool extra special cause I live in Minnesota! My 2 year grandson will love it more than me, cause he's crazy about trains 😄 Thanks you!

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Glad that a fellow Minnesotan found, and enjoyed the video! I hope your grandson enjoyed the video, and thank you for watching. :)

@jaredstow9011

2 жыл бұрын

Same also live in Minnesota

@jackmiller7324

Жыл бұрын

I live in Ontario

Now that's called DASH-ing through the snow!

I love your videos. I never thought about snow being cleared off train tracks, but then one of your videos showed up on my home page. I watched one, and I was hooked. It's fascinating and mesmerizing. That train with the plow extensions was awesome!! I didn't know there was such a thing. I grew up and live in New Jersey, so we don't get much snow. Thank you for making these videos.

@Jakub-kw1rx

Жыл бұрын

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

🚂🚂 THIS WAS SOME INCREDIBLE VIDEO 👍 I'VE SEEN THESE PLOW TRAINS SIT IDLE AT THE B&M BUT I NEVER SAW THEM IN ACTION THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION 👍🇺🇸

Dude that's awesome canadian pacific is always good looking in snow

@SD457500

8 ай бұрын

Their red paint really stands out against the white snow! Thanks for watching!

An awesome sight! Better get out of the way or get blown away! Minnesota is the ideal place for railfan train watching in winter!

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right, and we have a lot of variety too! Thanks for the comment.

Amazing. Having lived in Ottawa, I'd forgotten just how much snow falls!

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! We got a lot of snow in MN this year.

@dadudadu4198

4 жыл бұрын

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Sick stuff! That was a great chase.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Glad you were ale to make it. Remember how we had barley a minute to setup at the first spot?

Thanks for plowing here it's nice to watch 💖☺️😊❄️

my dad was a train engineer fot 23 years and he loved the winter bc u got to do this i was with him a few times and man it was fun watching the snow blow

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!! That must have been a really neat experience to see from the locomotive.

@rubysnowwolfgamingandmusic7417

4 жыл бұрын

Heh some of the best moments of my life

This is really interesting .... I live in extreme northern Illinois, and, of course, we get Tons of snow here .... and I live next to railroad tracks and have Never seen one of these things!

@jackmiller7324

Жыл бұрын

Bez of wet snow, Canada and minisona is cold enough for dry snow

Thanks for the video. I have never seen them use the side wings like that. Super cool.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It sure is a neat sight to see.

Great video! Beautiful white snow! Thanks for the video! It is also often very cold and snowy in Moscow!

The horn is so epic!

I've watched several train plow videos and this is the first with those side plow things. Cool.

@Ada152513

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Foley there called wings

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Yes, Ada152513 is correct, they are called wings and the RR use's them to push snow away from the tracks, and to cut through large difts.

I've noticed since I retired from the railroad they mounted the horns on the long hood of the locomotive instead of the cab roof. Many a snowy night I've spent hours clearing out the snow and ice as the horn stopped working, no horn can't cross public grade crossings. On the long hood the heat from the engine keeps the horn warm enough that the snow and ice melts allowing the horn to function if not perfectly it still functions. Cheers!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I bet it helps in the winter time with all of the heat coming off of the hood. It must be quieter for the crew too!

@tomfields3682

Жыл бұрын

Around here there are cossings on city streets where there's a sign for motorists: "Warning No Train Horn" . I love it, a warning that there is no warning! 😂

I like heavy equipment. The operator is a very good skill. Very good sound. Thank you from Japan.

What a job to have!😀

Nice.. Having snow plow withdrawals.. None yet from Donner! Watching the spreader work is cool!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Donner would be a sight to see in person sometime.

Never knew that train can sprout wings.

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Red bull can give one wings! ;p. Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for the comment.

What a great place to live as soon as that snow melts good by

I have lived in MN all my life, and only seen this type of plowing done a handful of times, its pretty cool...Really Cool, They stopped so you could get a good look at it! The Plow Unit has a diesel engine to run hydraulics, and provide electric for lights, and heat for the cabin, but I don't think it can move itself, it doesn't seem its very heavy, makes sense they would use an Engine to push it...

that has to be the most exciting and fun job ever! Keeps you on your toes I bet! I would love that job.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I bet it would keep the crew on their toes, one wrong move could cause a derailment!

@bnsfbandit9807

5 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 and wipe out a crossing or a sign!

@ramsuneelsandutt5404

4 жыл бұрын

Good yar

Saw this every winter growing up . The Erie line ran through my back yard, 50yrds from my house.

@jamesbraun9842

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know which line?

@jc6565

4 жыл бұрын

Erie Lackawanna

@jamesbraun9842

4 жыл бұрын

@@jc6565 That's the same one my family worked for.

Very cool, thanks for sharing

Crazy, crazy power......🤯😮🤯

@SD457500

Жыл бұрын

LOTS of power and force needed to move all that snow! Thanks for watching!

Great video. There is something about snow plows, they are mean and scary looking. Boy, that is a lot of snow, I love Florida.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!! It was a lot of snow, and now its all starting to melt and flood. :/

@sliderinc1

5 жыл бұрын

I love south Georgia

A hundred tons of, "Get the hell outta my way, snow!".

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Pretty much, and this snow was heavy, and in some places, packed down a bit.

its very enjoyable to see snow plows. move a hell of a lot of snow .

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! They are really cool to see, and I'm hoping to get another one this winter.

always cool to watch this. trains playing in the snow

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! This is a key reason why I love heavy snow; the big snow plows come out. Thanks for watching!

That’s some great plowing action!

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! After a lot of frantic driving, and slippery roads, it was all well worth it.

@brianhenry7983

4 жыл бұрын

that snow got plowed so fast and hard

@HaceSunnyDSol

4 жыл бұрын

I wanna plow you too!

@SssagaBenches4U

4 жыл бұрын

That's what she... never mind!

Being close to CSX in a snowy area, it'd be amazing to see this in person. Thanks!

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

It sure was as neat sight, and certainly something you don't see very often either. Thanks for the comment.

If they would ever film a mad max movie in the snow this train would definitely feature in there.

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment; I second this!

@tomfields3682

Жыл бұрын

There was a movie about 30 years ago where Danny Glover played a serial killer and somehow winds up in the cab of a runaway rail plow speeding through the Colorado Rockies. Very thrilling, wish I could remember the name.

Very cool! Thanks.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment; it was really cool and neat to see in person.

Thanks for sharing and Keep up the great work a Canadian 👍🇨🇦

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

So cool to see this.thank you to whoever videotaped and posted this.

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment, and kind words! I was the one who shot this video, and I'm happy you enjoyed watching it. It was a fun, and exciting day going after this.

Great catches ........ Spring can't come soon enough!! That's a lot of snow. Thanks for the video. Mike

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! More snow in the forecast for later this week too!

@donnebes9421

5 жыл бұрын

RImodeler79 that’s a lot of snow,,,,,if you live on the equator.

Haha, Junction Switch in Inver Grove, spent many hours rail fanning there as I used to live a quarter mile away XD

@SD457500

Жыл бұрын

That's cool, and you must know that location very well! Thank you for watching!

Someone got a new horn for Christmas...

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. They really laid on the horn a lot for the plow train, had to make sure people knew they were coming.

@oldenweery7510

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 Yeah, people are dumb enough to not pay attention at grade crossings and that spreader could leave your car in two pieces, one on either side of the roadbed!

Really so impressive snow plow machines..

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Just think of all the power it takes to push, and move that snow too.

@MuhammadNadeem-gn4in

5 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 I salute those train driver who are involve this job very risky these snow plow trains can be derailed..

I had no idea how satisfying this would be. I may be going down a train snow plow rabbit hole pretty soon.

@SD457500

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!! Snow plows on the railroad are rare, but really neat to see in person.

NEED THIS FOR MY DRIVEWAY !

That’s awesome........would be very cool to see this from the cab view

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Now that would be a sight to be seen...and image how it would feel hitting a large drift of snow while going fast.

I wish I had one of those for my driveway.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Wouldn't that be nice? You could plow your driveway in about a minute!

@MilwaukeeF40C

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think it would get everything.

@malcolmcocker5125

4 жыл бұрын

SD457500 fh

@tomfields3682

Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking about laying some track in mine!

“What man hath wrought...” Pretty cool. 😎

Watching from Queens 👸 NY. The engine is heavy & powerful. The heavy snow ⛄️ ❄️ is easily removed. Love ❤️ your video. Thank you 🙏 for uploading. I’ve subscribe.

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and subscribing! I'm glad you liked it, and got to enjoy some snow plowing action.

Never saw anything like this in Perham on the live cam on the Staples Sub Server. Love these videos, great job.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you liked it, and thanks for the comment!

Love this video great footage

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed it; it was well worth the drive down there, and chase, to shoot it.

Such an interesting video. Thank you!

@SD457500

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! This is a really operation to watch, but it can be very rare and hard to have happen.

Amazing

I am glad I don't work night shift and live in that house. :) I have plowed snow on a railroad though. We could usually keep the mainline open with our ballast regulator and wings. I enjoyed plowing snow.

@Z-Bart

5 жыл бұрын

@:20.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I bet it was an experience plowing snow on the railroad, looks like a neat operation! Yeah, I wouldn't want to work nights and live their either. :)

@Z-Bart

5 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 I was a lot younger then. It was a full time job (Trackman) but we got a two to three month layoff from 1/15 to 3/25. Best job I ever had.

Ha ha in London we get a leaf on the track and the whole country halts to a standstill.

@stichpimpuli535

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, just the same here in North Germany. More than one snowflake causes a traffic collapse.

Fantastic sight

@SD457500

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

Great video. Thank you Arthur Baker

Great to see Union Pacific 1766 still running. Union Pacific probably has I would say roughly 10 to 15 SD40 - 2 still running

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. UP has actually rebuilt most of their 40-2 fleet into SD40Ns, so thankfully, many of these are still out and roaming the rails.

Except for the E and F units, the SD 45 has always been my favorite!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I grew up around the WC, so SD45s are a favorite of mine. The unit in this video is actually an SD30C-ECO, They are rebuilt CP SD40-2s.

Nice footage of snow plow.

Yes the Canadians also came down and hooked our power up a few weeks ago in CT. More than appreciated.

Lucky! You caught two plow extras in one day!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! It sure was luck, and something you don't see everyday!

@Maine_Railfan

5 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 for sure!

2:35 Its only got 50 horsepower and A GILLION MILLION TORQUE!

I love watching this.

Good ol' CP to the rescue . We LIKE snow !

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

I like snow too! :D I look forward to winter so I can see more scenes such as this. Thanks for the comment!

@peterballan7952

4 жыл бұрын

@@SD457500 :. . . . . now, I just thought that I'd copy this onto a new 'page', 'cos, it's worth it as a separate entity. . . . OK ? Backalong, I can't remember perzakly when, there was a 'buzz' in the neighbourhood in Westboro', Ottawa, Ont. 'The new stainless steel train was coming past soon.' I was used to the ginormous steam trains of the CPR & CN, thundering past our wee station several times every day, These trains were HUGE black monsters. In the winters blue dark light, they had their big front light, shining up the tracks into the distance.. . . . . . . . . . The track was a single track, laid on heavy ballast, and stretched out towards Britannia, on the Ottawa river, close to the riverside. We kids used to pick up the ballast and lay it carefully along the rail for many yards, then crouch down by the side of the embankment, and when the loco's came along, scream with excitement as the huge drive wheels ground the ballast to talcum powder ! The drivers, in their railway caps, used to laugh and shake their fists at us, knowing that we'd get them again on their return journey. The time came, and the crowd lining the rail tracks, waited with anticipation, and then the moment arrived. Slowly, at about 20mph, this beautiful great shining, silver loco with CN red 'go faster' stripe along the side, rumbled past us, and we waved, cheered and hopped up and down in greeting to this phenomenal vision of beauty and modernity. What many of us DIDN'T know was, this was the good bye to our life long familiarity with the Steam age. We didn't know that for not much longer would we see our familiar leviathans, with the friendly driver waving to us, be with us much longer. There would have been considerable sadness, like losing a member of your family. So, for another year or so, the pot belly stove in Westboro station, in winter time still belched out throbbing red hot heat for us kids coming back from larking about on the ice or in the freezing water down 'by the beach'. and ultimately, the unthinkable happened. They closed the line. Silence along the rails. The station lay silent, the stove was cold, doors locked, and eventually, the box cars that had been left there, were taken away with their badges of the CN & CPR, SANTA FE, BALTIMORE & OHIO, and several others that I cannot remember. The silence was like a death. No spirits haunting the place. Just memories of days gone by when we , as kids, used to take shelter in the old wooden floored waiting room, where the ticket office had ceased to sell tickets many years before. Eventually, when I went back to Westboro' many years later, there was no sign of the station, the 'sidings', the buildings or anything. It had been bulldozed away and a big dual carriageway had been driven through the site. There was NOTHING to remind you of what had been there as a heart or hub of our childhoods. Progress has no heart, has it ?

I think I just found my dream job!

@district2productions

2 жыл бұрын

You will be almost never home though which is the down side to working for the railroad

Wow, fantastic!!

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! It was really fun to shoot this, and see all the snow getting thrown around.

This seems like heaven.

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing nice video! Great👍👍👍

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the kind comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I am a Canadian watching the Canadian Pacific engine!

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

It came full circle! Thanks for watching.

The plow wings are are swept further and further back as the train approaches the speed of sound.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! That's a fun way to look a it!

@ownerfate

4 жыл бұрын

I can see that, haha. you don't wanna fly away, when there is still snow on the tracks

@suebrown7032

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Astier 🤠😉

@daleolson3506

4 жыл бұрын

He blew the horn yesterday,we are just hearing it

@onesadcomputer

3 жыл бұрын

You really make my day

Wow... !!! My best friend, Wonderful upload! Keep it up! +thumb up3!

A transformer!!!🖖😁 A 🚂 turning into a ❄️🌨️ plow!!!

Seeing that snow makes me glad I moved to Arkansas after living for 67 years in centrAl MN.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I will admit, the snow has been intense this year, but getting a plow like this makes it worth while.

@TheMoistyCat

4 жыл бұрын

As much as I hate here it's such a nice place and I like it more then Arizona

Great video of snow removal

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I was really neat to see, and capture.

Amazing bit of kit.

@SD457500

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment; I'm glad you like it!

That was a blast to watch👍👍👍

@SD457500

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Good blast of snow at the same time too!