Steam Train Rotary Snow Plow
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RR: cumbrestoltec.com
Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec: cumbrestoltec.org
Rotary Snow Plows are large pieces of railroad equipment with a rotating metal wheel that slices through large snow drifts and throws them to the side of the tracks, clearing the way for other trains to pass through. These days, very few of these plows exist, let alone operate. In the winter of 2020, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad operated one of its steam rotary plows over Cumbres Pass for the first time since 1997 to celebrate the railroad's 50th anniversary as well as 140 years of steam over Cumbres Pass. Come along as we see Rotary OY in action during this special 2 day event!
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Oh my gosh, those lonely whistles as they headed over the trestle...... and that rhythmic chugging sound, I love it!!!
Awesome shots. Always wanted to see what mountain railroading looked like 100 yrs ago in color HD
Very cool--my toddler said "I love that choo choo" of the rotary OY.
This is absolutely fantastic. You must have been over the moon to see this in person.......thanks for sharing
Legendary footage. Glad I found the original
Happy that C&TS Rotary OY is back in operation at the Cumbres & Toltec.
It's so cool when a railroad takes the time and expense to restore old equipment! Wonderful to watch this rotary operating. Thanks C&TSRR and CoasterFan2015.
Rotary snow plows are just amazing pieces equipment.
They sure are!
They are skookum as frick
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I grew up as a young boy in the 1940s with steam I absolutely loved this video.
Hey dude! Just wanted to say thank you for coming out! It was a blast to see all y’all on our railroad! Hope you come back this summer to see the most exciting year so far! The best is yet to come!
Pretty awesome shots that you got. Glad to see a rotary snow plow back on the combres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. Thanks for sharing. LJL
Great video! Thx for sharing it with us.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Glad that some part of the world still uses steam engines
Excellent video!
Thank you, Paul!
I didn't know there was such a thing, very cool.
Thanks, Jim!
Very cool
Awesome video! Great to see them take out this historic thing!
Thank you! It was really neat to see!
Man this a steam train a hit snow rail. That Perry Awesome Mike
Thank you!
@@CoasterFan2105 your welcome mate
Awesome video!
Thanks so much!
I took that train a few years back and it was fantastic. They have an open air freight car for the photographers, and that's where I was most of the time. It chugs along probably at around 20 mph, perfect for taking pictures. They even stop and serve lunch.
Our local regional railroad, The New Brunswick Southern Railroad uses a Jordan Spreader on the line from Saint John to McAdam, New Brunswick. This spring the Canadian Pacific Railroad return to Saint John after being gone for almost 40 years. Corporate ideas change.
Yup, things change over time. Thanks for commenting, Charles.
@CoasterFan2105 A Charger owned by CalTrans is also numbered 2105. So an 2105 will still exist after the Coaster one is retired.
It’s pretty impressive how they restored that in under a few months.
I feel like you would know the answer to this-what are the regulations on a steam rotary? Is it treated like a locomotive where it must have a 1472?
@@blackbirdgaming8147 I honestly don't know, that's a good question.
That Steam Rotary Snow Plow Is Very Awesome Mike
I Love That Steam Snow Train so Much, My RUclips-Friends. :-D
Thanks, Kev!
I seriously need to check this line out. I've been to both the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic and the Durango and Silverton, but I haven't been to either line since I was younger. I need to see what's changed in 20 years.
This is really awesome ‼️ I can watch the OY EVERY DAY ‼️ IT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO ME TO SEE THE SNOW FLY. I KEEP REPEATING MYSELF, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL ❤️👍🏽❤️👏🏾👏🏾.
Fantastic coverage! I like that you provided a little bit of background info in the beginning as to how the photo charter worked.
WOW! I thought I never seen day. A rare steam operating snow plow engine is been restored and run again! I do hope they'll keep restore those engines for many years to come around winter time.
That Rotary Snow Plow looks very cool!
Did you know the steam locomotive 3801 is fixed?
From photos railroads have used 6 or 7 locos to push the rotary up the grade and into the snow, particularly when the snow was almost as deep as the wheel. The last loco would be operated in reverse so when the outfit backed up a tender would not be in the lead to be easily derailed. Derailing any wheel while snow plowing is a royal pain. I can just imagine the sound of that many locos pushing for all they are worth and the roar of the rotary. A video of that would be priceless.
I finally found a snowblower worthy of upper midwestern winters! hahah
Watching from the UK a brilliant quality recording feels cold and you can almost smell the smoke and steam.
That was an AWESOME video. Thank you for posting
Well thanks for saying so! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very good video Mike, I have to say this was an interesting video to watch about the OY steam rotary snowplow.
Thanks for sharing this video. I've seen videos like this before. I would have loved to been with you on this trip. Would have loved to see that in person. Thank you again.
Very cool! Love it when the two locos slip and have to start over! Amazing video! Thanks!
Unbelievable! I never seen any snow plow trains in the USA.
You don't see them all that often in the US! Thanks for watching!
Devon Ray Hillary If you think this is cool, you should see Union Pacific’s Rotary Snowplow train on Donner Pass during record snowfall. It’s really something to watch. I’m sure Mike here has a video somewhere of the Donner Pass snowplow.
OUSTANDING, Thanks for posting!
My real name is Michael McCluskey. I'm a fan of railroads and trains and steam locomotives most all of my life. In my early years I spent most of my time out in rural areas of Brookpark and Middleburgh Heights from 1959 to 1965. In 1965 my parents moved to the west side of Cleveland. It took to hopping freight trains to go on adventures as I hated the city life.
Omg 😆 such an awesome machine, wish this vehicle more power and strength in its wonderful and amazing new journeys. Love ❤️ all those trains 🚂, love you guys, keep doing what your doing, best wishes moving forward and many more!!!🥰🥰😇😇😇😇🤩🤩🤩🤩
Wow what a sight! I never knew they existed. I wish Britain had some. Great videos and shots of the train!
Narrator has a soothing voice.
SO COOL N BEST Exprince 👌🌹👌🌹👌🌹👌
Mike, thankyou for capturing this for us. Beautiful job on the edit of this video as well
That is one COOL piece of RR equipment! You had PERFECT WEATHER for that chase! EXCELLENT VIDEO Mike!!
Absolutely brilliant, Mike, many thanks for making this video!!
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What is that strange contraption?
Me: you didn't see the title then
Fascinating, thanks for this !
I remember seeing this in Choo Choo Trains: Close up and Very Personal as a little kid! This brought back so many memories!
Nice work, Mike! The narration is great!
Just bought one of these for my ho scale layout, just cause they're cool.
Another one of your many most excellent videos. Thanks for sharing it with everyone.
Best steam video ever. I live 3 1/2 hours from there
Nobody: The snow plow: TSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTS *SPINNNNNNN*
Actually, one or both of the Mikes would do some spinning of drivers. The plow couldn't do that, no how.
FABULOUS! Thank you so much
Hello , It is very interesting,it entertained ,educates me,I also enjoy many landscapes. , I really like 👍🏻 trains and I really enjoy the views .❤️🇨🇦💌📮
Gosh I love that sound when the train wheel slips! Sounds so awesome! Great capture btw! Really captured the scenery in this one!
Awesome video! Is the tank car for supplying the rotary with steam water?
I enjoyed it. I've always been a railroad enthusiasts very partial to railroads and and also big rigs I used to drive them. And also work for the railroad. And heavy equipment
This was so cool. Thank you. I grew up seeing one of these snow plows parked at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. I didn't know that any of them still operated. What a cool thing to see!
I love the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. I love the Rotary OY! It was so good seeing the OY back
Great video, fantastic scenery and rotary action. Cool wheel slip audio! Thanks for sharing!
I haven’t seen this run since the 1990s
First time I’ve seen since the 1990s very cool
the only one I've every seen in operation (online because we've never visited a place with a functional rotary in winter) was WP&YR rotary number 1
wow, what a wonderful photo op! Thanks so much for sharing, great video!
Damm i never seen something like that ty for the awsome video!
They're pretty neat! Thanks for watching!
AWESOME !
I always wanted to see one of them working in the 21st century.
You can if you buy a $1200 ticket not including travel, meal, and lodging expenses. I wanted to take my 10 year old son and show him an awesome experience but we couldn’t afford it.
Just wanted to let you know that my two year old son refuses to eat unless he's watching one of you riveting train videos. Keep on doing God's work!
Oh what a really great video. You always do a fantastic job. Thank you for sharing! Love steam and really like watching the rotaries working! ❤️
Very emotional to see and hear at full volume and base! This needs to be maintained before extinction!
Beautiful work as always, Mike. Glad to finally meet you. Watch for my article in Narrow Gauge World! Bill Jolitz
cool video. Lots of pollution just to clear some inches of snow. Glad we’ve gotten cleaner and hopefully will keep getting more that way!
Dose the Nevada northern railway operate a rotary snow plow?
Brings back memories from that nostalgic DVD Marathon of Steam Volume 1 Part 2. Good on ya mate.
Sorry about the typo. I meant Volume 1.
Mom and I Saw the Rotary Snowplow at the Illinois Railway Museum 4 weeks ago!
Fantastic video, very impressive!
This never gets old to watch.
Mike, all your videos are excellent but you've really outdone yourself with this one. Absolutely amazing winter railroading and brilliantly captured here.
Great homeschool lesson for my preschoolers! They were mesmerized.
Do modern railroads even use rotary plows?
fantastic work! it was great experincing it myself. cool to see other people's POV of it as well
Great narration and filming.
Awesome Video:) Those rotaries are awesome machines.
Luar biasa 😍😍👍👍
Complimenti!!!! Bravissimi! Quanta neve
Fantastic!
That really looks like it was quite the time! Hope it happens again, I would like to make it. Another great video man.
Loved it!!!!
Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Rotary is awesome.
We love watching this video with our toddler!! We ❤ steam trains.
Nice vid
Thanks!
what an amazing experience this must've been. Thank you for sharing it!
Nice video! What a rare thing to see.
Nice video!
Great video! First time I have ever seen a K-36 wheel slip. They usually make mountain railroading look easy. I wonder if ALCO ever looked into installing turbo-electric drive on their rotary snowplows? The technology did exist in 1923.
awesome video. thanks for posting
i love how the rotary snowplow is literally just called "oy" 🤣