Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Snow Plow 55
This interesting little contraption started out life as a ballast spreader and ditcher made by the O.F. Jordan Company of East Chicago, Indiana. The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway of Superior, Wisconsin (The Terminal) acquired it second-hand in November 1939. Northern Pacific actually added the big snow-bucking blade on the front and the entire wooden operator's cabin too. That work was done in the NP's car shops in Duluth. It served mainly as a snow plow while on the Terminal. When Burlington Northern took over controlling interest of the line most of their structures and excess mechanical assets were liquidated including Plow 55 which was sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in January 1976. This old plow, likely built in the late teens, shows just how well things were built in that day. Leading a variety of other historical equipment Plow 55 shines on the museum's special snow train run on February 17, 1979. This same shot is featured in the museum's 2015 calendar.
Photograph by Jeff Kneipper. Thanks for sharing it, Jeff!
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Snow Plow 55
This interesting little contraption started out life as a ballast spreader and ditcher made by the O.F. Jordan Company of East Chicago, Indiana. The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway of Superior, Wisconsin (The Terminal) acquired it second-hand in November 1939. Northern Pacific actually added the big snow-bucking blade on the front and the entire wooden operator's cabin too. That work was done in the NP's car shops in Duluth. It served mainly as a snow plow while on the Terminal. When Burlington Northern took over controlling interest of the line most of their structures and excess mechanical assets were liquidated including Plow 55 which was sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in January 1976. This old plow, likely built in the late teens, shows just how well things were built in that day. Leading a variety of other historical equipment Plow 55 shines on the museum's special snow train run on February 17, 1979. This same shot is featured in the museum's 2015 calendar.
Photograph by Jeff Kneipper. Thanks for sharing it, Jeff!