[HD] Rare! Pan Am Railways Plow Extra 2/13/17

NOTE I do know the plow numbers are number 77 (Par painted plow leading) and number 90 (Maine central plow trailing.)
After reciving around 2 and 1/2 feet of snow today Pan Am Railways sent out a plow extra running as WA-1 from Waterville north up the Hinkley branch to clear it for Sappi-3 and Sappi-4. After browsing on-line i saw they had left to go east from MP110 around 10AM. I rushed to Newport where they where just breaking through major drifts at Christies Campground crossing in, Newport. So i set up my camcorder and gopro and filmed them as they narrowly miss a broken down plow truck at Tent village rd. I hope to catch this guy when he goes back through.
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[@Dash7Studios]

Nice Duck horn Leslie A200 on that Plow!! Woah they were moving fast!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks! And yeh we that horn was awesome! And I've never seen them go that fast.

[@Dash7Studios]

I've seen them go faster just once. I remember back when I first started railfanning, shortly after I moved to maine, there was an engineer up that way, very railfan friendly. He would always come up to our car and talk to us, he even let us in the cab of #305 once, let me rev the throttle and blow the horn. Anyway, one day, he had #371, plus two GP9's and two or three more GP40's, on NMED. He came blowing up through Fullers Road in Carmel at 25 MPH! I have never been so scared of a train, those cars were rocking all over the place!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Think about if they did that on the bucksport branch!

[@fredlohmann1448]

I MISS HEARING THAT HORN! ITS BEEN AT LEAST SINCE LATE 1980'S EARLY 1990 SINCE I HEARD THAT HORN! I USED TO HEAR THAT HORN ALOT IN MINNESOTA!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks for watching! And it's one of my favorites!

[@fredlohmann1448]

i wish i could hear it in california, but i dont know.

[@b3j8]

Used to hear those horns on the old PRR F units in the PC era! God, THAT is a crapload of snow! Great video...but you can keep the snow.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Don't worry I want it because it brings out these trains!

[@leverettrailfan5414]

Man, this is awesome. I remember when I was perhaps in second or third grade, there was a pair of B&M plows that were residing on the spur track at ED they usually reserve for non-revenue cars. For a long time I never saw them again, then maybe a few years later they showed up again, along with a third one, different style that was painted yellow, and a Jordan spreader. I can't say I've seen them since, but I figure Pan Am just keeps them elsewhere now.

[@Maine_Railfan]

They moved them to Ayer and that would be a Mec plow and Mec 799. They had 4 of those BM double track plows two went to MBTA.

[@9005067]

thanks for posting quite the snow storm

[@Maine_Railfan]

That it was!

[@johnmoore8016]

Loved the horn sound on the trains.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks for watching!

[@apmazurka]

Great video!
Love That Horn for some Reason.

[@Maine_Railfan]

I do as well, you don't see too many A-200's anymore.

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

really spectacular !!! James.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks! Hopefully I can catch another one, since if CSX takes over the plows will likely get axed not long after.

[@maineman11]

Aside from the shaky footage part, it was a great video.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks, I would have set my gopro up on another tripod rather than wear it on my hat, but I couldn't find a tripod mount.

[@robertwalton7307]

The old B+M had a rotary fan plow in the 1960's.Living next to the Lexington Branch for many years 1962 or 3 it came by at 2AM with a terrific roar,the only time anyone ever saw one.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Very interesting! I heard they had one at one time but haven't been able to find a photo.

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks to everyone for 1,000 views!

[@cabovercody4314]

Very nice catch!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@litlanternproductions1293]

Sweet! Fallen flag plows and a Leslie a-200! What could be better?

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks Brett! Im hoping now that the crappy el nino is over hopefully this will be more common.

[@carnivaltriumphhh3604]

Only that horn is rare that comes like alot in startford but we have are own one

[@SunsetRailMultimedia]

now *THAT* was cool!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@MattHovey]

Awesome catch!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@JTR_Bricks_Railfanning]

Nice Video!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevinmcculley9327]

Epic video!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@krystian97127]

Nice video

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks

[@TheGraduateApple]

I heard this train on that exact same day, just later when it got darker but wow :0

[@Maine_Railfan]

Where?

[@TheGraduateApple]

Somewhere near one of the vets

[@Maine_Railfan]

The Graduate Apple must have been Pittsfield.

[@TheGraduateApple]

@@Maine_Railfan replying super late years later to clarify what I meant by vets back then, I meant one of the veterinary clinics near my area in Penobscot county, obviously not saying the exact town for privacy but yeah it was definitely more northern than where you caught it that day, essentially you could say the Bangor area

[@9005067]

Thanks again the snowplow horn sounds like a bullmoose in heat A great video thow .

[@Maine_Railfan]

No problem!

[@rainmancw9022]

That is awesome

[@Maine_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@Garylee17]

Very nice video.... How come have a 2 snow plows on 1 Locomotvie for??

[@Maine_Railfan]

So they could plow going both ways.

[@Garylee17]

ok... thats is good plus NBSR have a one plow front of the Locomotive!!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Nbsr leases a CMQ plow now and again.

[@Garylee17]

I dont know plus My friend did told me on facebook early tonight the snow plow is going
to St john NB here tonight sometime because my friend is working on the
Railroad!!!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Be shure to catch them!

[@terrysaunders8948]

nice i have a friend thet works for pan am

[@Maine_Railfan]

Nice! Where on the system?

[@terrysaunders8948]

@@Maine_Railfan waterville

[@eoinpkav152]

Ex new haven?

[@Maine_Railfan]

No, Maine Central.