Battering ram against winter
On January 30, 1996, after a major snowstorm, the one-time Chicago & North Western/Fox River Valley Railroad line south of Campbellsport, Wisconsin was plugged with drifts. A past C&NW manager now with the Wisconsin Central decided they would plow the line with a plow extra like they used to—get a couple of locomotives and run like a bat out of hell through the snow. Here, the plow extra is flying blind through the white stuff, horn blaring almost constantly because of the limited (none) visibility and the grade crossings on the line. I guess it proves a locomotive equipped with a pilot plow run at speed can be just as effective at removing snow from the track as a wedge plow! At least it was on this day… For the record, the locomotives being used as battering rams against winter plowing through Rockfield were Wisconsin Central EMD GP35 No. 4007 and a former C&NW GP7.
Battering ram against winter
On January 30, 1996, after a major snowstorm, the one-time Chicago & North Western/Fox River Valley Railroad line south of Campbellsport, Wisconsin was plugged with drifts. A past C&NW manager now with the Wisconsin Central decided they would plow the line with a plow extra like they used to—get a couple of locomotives and run like a bat out of hell through the snow. Here, the plow extra is flying blind through the white stuff, horn blaring almost constantly because of the limited (none) visibility and the grade crossings on the line. I guess it proves a locomotive equipped with a pilot plow run at speed can be just as effective at removing snow from the track as a wedge plow! At least it was on this day… For the record, the locomotives being used as battering rams against winter plowing through Rockfield were Wisconsin Central EMD GP35 No. 4007 and a former C&NW GP7.