Hello guys, this is an open railway that after a night of extreme snowfall the snow reached the height of the train - that is 15 feet.
In this video you will see this mega Train snow blower in action and please SHARE if you're a fan of massive railway machinery.
Note how deep the drifts are by the men standing on top of the plow’s path.
As can be seen being very cold outside the snow has hardened and the Train snow blower is advancing as if it were drilling in ice.
The train snow blower consisting of a rotary snowplow at each end, with the blade ends pointing away from each other, and two or three locomotives coupled between them.
With a plow on each end, the train was able to return to its starting location even if the snow covered the tracks, it had just passed over.
An engine within the plow's carbody rotates the large circular assembly at the front of the plow .
The blades on this wheel cut through the snow and force it through a channel just behind the disk to an output chute above the blade assembly.
As you can see now if the train enters the snow with too much speed the drill is being blocked, this is the reason why it is moving so slowly
In countries which receive a massive amount of snowfall the railway is leading to delays and loss in economy since rail traffic comes to a halt.
Rotary plows are often deployed when snow is too deep or hard packed for traditional plows. The ability to operate slowly is often an advantage in mountainous regions where a high speed derailment could be disastrous.
Rotary snowplows are expensive due to their high maintenance costs, which the railroad incurs regardless of whether they are needed each year.
Because rotaries leave an open-cut in the snowbank that fixed-blade plows cannot push snow past, once rotaries have been used, they must be used for all further significant snowfalls until the snowbank has melted.
In recent years, unfortunately, the amount of snow has been lower than in the past, but there have been some areas where blizzards have accumulated Huge pile of snow. In this clip from a couple of years ago you will see such places.
Here we get to see a huge snow blower working hard to try and shift snow for keeping a railway line active and despite its large size it sometimes seems like the snow is winning!
As you can see, the snow is piled up almost level with the rotary blower; this train is working through 12-feet-high compressed snow!
These snow trains would work from end to end of the line, clearing a path for the larger passenger and freight locomotives that ran behind them.
When the snow's too high, the snow blower goes back & forward till all the snow is cleared; thankfully snow generally accumulates this way only on short strips of railway.
With 12-foot blades in the front, this turbo charged diesel engine behind the rotary car can power the blades at speeds of up to 150 revolutions per minute. The plow engineer controls both the plow and the trailing locomotives.
Rotary Snow Plow Trains Usually Have The Following:2 rotary A-units in front and back of the train, 2 F7 B- power units for the blades front and back, 2 1500 horsepower power locomotives in the middle.

Most of the rotary plows in the World have been retired in museums due to the high cost of operating.
If you have ever seen one of these rotary plows in action, I would love to hear about your experience or questions and comments below.
Rotary plows are designed for use when wedge snowplows are not feasible to use because of snow depth.
In this case, it is easy to see why this rotary was called upon.
These plows can have up to 12-foot fan blades which can generate centrifugal force to throw the snow 150 yards!
Considered the Big Guns or War Wagons of railway snow fighting, the wheel at the front spins approximately at approximately 60-90 RPM and captures snow is a series of scoops.
These 16-foot-high A-units can plow snow banks as high as 12 feet! The rotary unit can move between 4 to 8 mph.

Edited in 2022
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