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Lots of snowstorms in Montreal also means a lot of ploughing the streets and parking lots. Saw this huge plough in our parking lot and it seemed to me he was awfully close to this car. I hope there was no damage done.
Rotterdamse sneeuwopruimers zijn druk bezig de straat schoon te maken met bezems en sneeuwscheppen / workers of Rotterdam city service are busy clearing the streets with brooms and snow shovels
Here we see an OBB Railjet with 1116 157 at the helm working RJ562 from Wien to Bregenz on the afternoon of the 6/1/17 on the outskirts of Kirchbichl in Austria
0Z37 Motherwell TMD (DRS) To Inverness. Class 37 (Carl Haviland 1954-2012) in Intercity livery DRS owned. Take 2, after failing a couple of weeks back due to a Control circuit breaker tripping and then being dragged back to Motherwell by 66429. Seen here at the end of its journey coasting into Inverness after being held at Cradlehall for 4D47 to pass to allow for the crossover to run straight into Needle field yard (DRS's compound) ready for route proving and snowplough duties if required.
I was just about to give up when 37405 and 37116 passed me 261 minutes late at Cogload Junction with the 7Z41 0827 Fairwater Yards to Wolverton snowplough move.
Luckily the late running gave the grey clouds time to move on and be replaced with some nice summer sunshine.
Bastian having fun in the snow... Sorry for the lack of sharpness, but I think the situation compensates for that. :)
Bastian (mixed breed), 15.01.2016
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
These photos are scans taken from prints of already dubious quality! However, I thought them worth including for the historical record. In January 1987, north Kent was deluged by up to 18 inches of snow. The north Kent lines were impassable for days and, when limited services did begin to run following lengthy use of the snowploughs, they had to be diesel hauled using Class 33s and 56s.
This is a photo of weathered paint on a train snow plough at the railway museum in Musquodoboit Harbour.
The only locomotive at Balassagyarmat, also one of the last (presumably) working Class M43 engines in MÁV's fleet is being kept ready for service in the heated shed during winter.
"Winter is... here". Or "there". And "then"! :-) Morning in Lapland.
A while back I posted a black and white version - let's see if the colour version is any better!
In honour of the hottest day of the year, and whilst trying not to sweat on the keyboard, here's some snow!
Throwback to two years ago - harsh winter weather in Lapland. We barely made our night train connection because the windshield wipers of the connecting bus had frozen and did not work. Luckily the driver got the help needed. After each snow plough that passed visibility was briefly reduced to none, driving in a cloud of snow.
37116 and 37405 are the traction for 7Z50 09.59 Norwich Low Level Sidings - Wolverton Works, taking ZZA-coded snowploughs ADB965208 and ADB965209 for their annual service in preparation for potential use in the winter months. They are pictured just west of the hamlet of Prickwillow, not far from Ely North Jn.
37116 and 37405 had moved a different pair of snowploughs from Taunton to Wolverton Works the previous day, although that had set off about four and a half hours late; today's run was only half an hour late at this point, having set off 24 late and lost a few minutes (delaying the Great Anglia service behind it).
Although I'd not actually seen confirmation, I'd guessed this was going to be moving snowploughs, and that the locos would be in the middle. So I was looking at a shot that was reasonably side-on - plus, if I was shooting at an angle, the sun direction meant I'd be better doing a going-away shot. I considered one near Mile End level crossing (on the east side of Prickwillow, where I shot the Hastings DEMU a number of weeks ago), but also looked at this spot where I'd shot the RHTT a few years ago (see this picture). As it's not often a short interesting train runs along this line, this spot won as a reasonable stretch of lineside was completely free of vegetation and I didn't need any extra height! I was wondering if I'd fit the whole train in the gap between the crossing and a bush off to the left and leave a space front and back, but I needn't have worried and I've ended up cropping this.
Manipulation notes: National Grid pylons and high-tension wires in the background have been removed.
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Colas Railfreight 37219 & HNRC Swietelsky 37419 with Independent snowploughs ADB965230 & ADB965224 are seen working south towards Laurencekirk as 1Z99 Inverness to Montrose to Inverness.
These photos are scans taken from prints of already dubious quality! However, I thought them worth including for the historical record. In January 1987, north Kent was deluged by up to 18 inches of snow. The north Kent lines were impassable for days and, when limited services did begin to run following lengthy use of the snowploughs, they had to be diesel hauled using Class 33s and 56s.
I was lucky enough to follow this dude clearing a works service track to get back to the main road after an aborted hillwalk.
37419 'Carl Haviland 1954-2012' and 37601 'Perseus' pass Bathpool, Taunton with Snowploughs ADB 965223 & ADB 965235 running as 7Z21 11.22 Fairwater Yard to Fairwater Yard via Weston-super-Mare test run. Sunday 5th February 2023.
50007 "Hercules" and 50049 "Defiance" are seen crossing over Docker Viaduct working Pathfinder Railtours "The Grampian Highlander : Day 1" 1Z72 06:05 Taunton to Aberdeen on the 24th August 2024.
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66305 & 66304 approach Weston-super-Mare on the loop line with the annual test run of the Taunton Fairwater Yard Independant Snowploughs, running as 7Z66 09.42 Fairwater Yard to Fairwater Yard with a reversal at Weston. Thursday 23rd July 2020.
Train marshalled, ready to go awaiting decisions… see what tomorrow brings and if we get out for a run.
Erst nach 6 fahren die in Tübingen zum ersten Mal.
Sonntags sollte man besser zu Hause bleiben.
Schnee und Glatteis.
Haltestelle Ulmenweg
A lucky catch today during a shift on the Kingmoor Yard pilot. Shortly after a torrential downpour three Colas Railfreight class 56's arrived in Kingmoor Yard Timber Terminal having been moved from Kingmoor Yard Up Recess Sidings. 56 090 was showing due an A exam so was no doubt awaiting the arrival of the "Man in a van" from Boden Rail Engineering while the other pair (56 049 & 051) had worked north on Thursday 22nd with 7Z77 a snowplough move from Doncaster to MOD Eastriggs before returning light to Kingmoor Yard, this pair were for fuelling as Colas have a locomotive fuel point adjacent to the timber sidings. After taking the shot it struck me this could well be the last time I see three Colas class 56's coupled and running. The operational fleet seems to have shrunk to possibly 4 or 5 locomotives from the info I have to hand so this view is over 50% of the companies active members still in traffic.
With permission from a good friend of mine to upload his phot, 37419 was called up to prove the Far North line to Georgemas following reports of snow drifts north of Helmsdale. She looks cold after blasting a few! ©Jon Bird
37218 & 37419 head through Arksey with the Beilhacks snowploughs on the 7Z98 Doncaster-Knottingley, 6.9.22.
It was a nice summers day in Scotland.: I wasn't wearing my coat, engulfed in the nice sunny warm weather while enjoying my Puffin Ale. An HST had just passed and I was thinking about the 500 miles I'd gonna be traveling the next day when I heard the noise of a tractor in the distance. I stood up to clear then road well in time when I noticed the tractor coming from the angle I wasn't expecting. I grabbed my camera and this ended up being the first shot I'd get off. Lucky me. Where the 37405 and 56049 were heading I can't remember, but I do know it was way too warm to be worried for snow.