Train clearing snow in NZ
 

Worth a look, 2 min film. Sound on. There are times when the crew cant see anything out of the windows.

http://www.wimp.com/trainsnow/

Great piece of film Syd. A good find. Thanks for sharing.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Great piece of footage, and no need for a snowplough! Thank you.

And think of the trouble a bit of snow caused Eurostar!

Terrific film Syd. Really enjoyed that footage and many thanks for sharing it with us
All the best
Phil

Buffer beam ploughs actually.

They would have been very near the limit for coping with that snow.
UK ploughs like those fitted to 37's are meant to be able to cope with about 2ft depth of lying snow beyond that independants should be used.

That's good ol' GE engineering right there :D

Those two DXC class locos had no plough of any kind, just the headstocks.

YouTube version (same footage):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acPX_00M9Q

Nice summer:). I wonder, how often New Zealanders need in such clearing trains.

Very interesting. We don't have that very often in South Africa, if ever :D