wings out, wings in that's the song this snowplow sings wings out, wings in it's the hundred year snowplow king
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
Funny you mention that. At the time I worked many of the plows, I was on the Conductor's Spareboard. That sparerboard was often referred to as "The King Board", I suppose because you made a lot of money working it. One of the spare brakeman gave me the nickname "the snowplow king", because I was on so many plows whether on the Woodstock branches or the Goderich line.
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
I worked with these type of plows as brakeman & later Conductor on CP during my 37 years there. I've been retired 14 years. Ontario Southland Railway still uses them & there are films on here showing them on the same branchlines that I used to work on. We also used them to plow the main track to Guelph Jct on the CP Galt Sub. At Guelph Jct the single track ended & double track began. There was a double track plow there built by CP in 1915. It threw all the snow to the right. We'd plow to Streetsville, go around the wye & plow up the other track, then grab the regular plow & clear snow back to London, ON. On one occasion the plow foreman dropped the "nose" too soon & it hit the crossing planks and derailed the front trucks of the plow. You couldn't see anything in the caboose when the snow was heavy, I heard him blow for the crossing then saw the air go into emergency. When we finally stopped, I looked out the cupola window and saw the plow leaning left with its right front wheels riding the left rail. Thanks for showing this video, it brought back some memories.
@runner3033
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! How long did that run take, Guelph Jct to Streetsville then back to London? How fast did you go? (spose that might depend on how much snow)
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
@@runner3033 We usually were called for a few days on those jobs. This was before Canada had a 12 hour limit. We would plow the lines to St Thomas, Port Burwell & St. Mary's on the first day, then stay at a motel in Woodstock. The last day we would plow east to Guelph Jct & switch to the double track plow. Back at the Jct after coming up the westward track, we would pick up the single track plow & head west to London. We usually did sidings too along the way. Each of these days usually started around 0600 (^am) and we would book off sometime around 2200 (10PM). Our nickname for snow was 'white gold". We made a lot of money on those jobs. Now there is hardly any snow & I'm long gone from the railroad game..
@runner3033
6 ай бұрын
@@rjb5847 Yeah, I remember that part of SW Ontario being pretty wild with the snow at times back then. White gold indeed - some nice OT bucks there for sure. Thanks for sharing.
@Petemonster62
7 ай бұрын
I take it the compressed air comes from the locomotive pushing the snowplow. Years ago, there used to be wedge snowplows mounted on steam locomotive tenders in Columbus, Nebraska and Montevideo, Minnesota.
@williamdobbin7827
7 ай бұрын
I know for a fact that the Columbus plow is now up in Norfolk Nebraska along with an EX. CNW Jordan Plow.
@Yamauma-No.10
7 ай бұрын
Self-Propelled and steam-driven with fitted tenders?
@Petemonster62
7 ай бұрын
@@Yamauma-No.10 No these plows would have been pushed by a locomotive. They were made from old steam locomotive tenders.
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
The compressed air came from the signal line hose on the locomotive. That's the line next to the main brake line. That kept the big air tanks in the plow filled for nose, wing & horn use.
@mechamax7919
7 ай бұрын
cool! first time seeing the moving parts of a standard plow 😃
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
These plows are a bit different than the Russel plows. On Russells the "flange" between the rail is usually ahead of the rear truck. On these CP plows, the nose drops down at the front. The beauty of that arraignment is that the snow skinned out from between the rails is then channeled up the front of the plow & sent further away for the track. Sometimes we ran these plows on CP for the sole purpose of taking the packed snow out from between the rails. That snow would act like retarders on a hump & slow trains trying to climb grades. In that situation the plow had to come out sometimes , even if the overall snow accumulation was small.
@Dave-eu4gb
6 ай бұрын
Love seeing that old plow, I see it every day at the rail yard when I fill my oil truck, would love to see it in action
@alcopower5710
7 ай бұрын
Excellent video thanks for sharing 👍
@BNSFGP38
7 ай бұрын
3 antiques here, a snow plow, scott and black 5 videos
@A3Kr0n
7 ай бұрын
Well? Let's go plow some snow already!
@fredburban8219
6 ай бұрын
There is one of these in the Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
@UTUBESUXS2024
7 ай бұрын
I loved going out on plow & spreader jobs. We had a plow like that and a air operated spreader. Some cold mornings it took forever to get the air up. especially when it was minus 50.
@rileys_garbage
6 ай бұрын
Cp rail has 3 or 4 of these on there Winnipeg yard.
@NoizeyAcres
7 ай бұрын
How cool
@waynemetevia7983
6 ай бұрын
Would like to see a video of this plow in action.
@Yamauma-No.10
7 ай бұрын
So were there any self-propelled Wedge Plows ever? And were there ever any driven by Steam?
@black5video
6 ай бұрын
None that I'm aware of.
@Yamauma-No.10
6 ай бұрын
Okay thanks, appreciate it.@@black5video
@buddycheck84
7 ай бұрын
At first I wondered why the wings are in a scoop configuration but I see the caught snow in the scoop creates a bigger wedge which forces the snow farther away from the tracks. ....... if I have that right.
@black5video
6 ай бұрын
You have that right.
@rjb5847
6 ай бұрын
Our goal on CP, especially if plowing in southern Ontario, was to shoot the snow beyond the right of way fence. It's different in the mountains though, they usually plow at low speeds.
@buddycheck84
6 ай бұрын
Thanks guys. Appreciate the feedback.
@plunkervillerr1529
7 ай бұрын
Marx guy here, I be flabbergasted.
@topcat43truffles15
6 ай бұрын
Has the warranty expired yet? 😎
@black5video
6 ай бұрын
Possibly.
@garryferrington811
7 ай бұрын
Gee, I think I could do that.
@Blake4625kHz
7 ай бұрын
Lmao
@jimc5694
7 ай бұрын
Test tomorrow afternoon at 1.
@Blake4625kHz
7 ай бұрын
@@jimc5694 😆
@black5video
6 ай бұрын
The skill isn't in how to move the wings and flanger. It's knowing when to move them and what to do when they don't move.
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