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Allan In NE

01-04-2007 17:23:50




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Guess they are diggin' out down in Goodland KS. :>)

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NEsota

01-05-2007 06:09:37




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
Bob-Wyo, Do you know of any books that have a lot about the 49 blizzard?



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Rauville

01-04-2007 19:05:15




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
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Though this isn't the correct picture, I can remember the big steam rotaries that they used on the Milwaukee line. Those were "snow moving machines"!



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NE IA Dave

01-04-2007 18:09:05




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
Thank you for the pictures, something you do not see every day or care to as a matter of fact.

My father always told of a freight train with about twenty cars behind it being wedged into a snow drift. This was in 1936 and it stayed there till spring. He said grandpa and many neighbors used to haul coal and firewood so it would not freeze. They lowered buckets on ropes to the tracks and guys would chip ice and fill the buckets. After they pulled the ice buckets to the top they would dump the buckets on bob sleds with dump boards then haul it away and dump and return. Grandpa was paid well for his work, but he lost the farm shortly there after anyway. He noted that by the time it got wedged the snow was packed pretty hard, then the hot engine would always melt the snow to ice. This with more weekly snows drifting it shut again kept it there till spring. Yet he always refered to the good ol days. Go figure. NE IA Dave

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No tools

01-04-2007 18:00:04




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
well i guess they run off the tracks!

Got kinda concerned.Had'nt heard from you thought maybe you going to stay for graduation. (FARMALL)shop.

Bill



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Greg in PA

01-04-2007 17:26:00




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
Hey Allan--How the heck do you see doin that



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Allan In NE

01-04-2007 17:31:27




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Greg in PA, 01-04-2007 17:26:00  
They don't. :>)

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Bob-Wyo

01-04-2007 19:24:53




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:31:27  
Not sure why, but if you get to pushing to hard on one side it can turn a rail and put you on the ground.
Looks like the one I helped rerail in the Wyo mountains years ago except the snow was 12 feet deep and they were useing a wing trying to widen the cut when it turned a rail and put 2 units on the ground, not a fun 2 days with only 1 D8 Cat. Most impressive snow plow is UP's big rotary, has been known to send tie plates over 1/4 mile, and does a real job on ties left to close to the rail too. They got a good work out during the 49 blizzard when 1/3 of the US was buried under snow. With 6 stalled between Cheyenne and Sidney, Ne, mostly all near Kimball. 1 stalled east of Kearney, Ne. 3 stalled between Seneca and Broken Bow with 200 passengers. 1 made it to within 100 yards of the Alliance depot. The City of Denver Zephyr stalled at Nunn,Colo. At least 50 trains were reported stalled between Pocatello, Idaho, Salt Lake City and Omaha, Nebr.
1000 people stranded on 6 east bound trains near Green River, Wyo. This does not take in to accout the cars and bus's stranded. Wyo figured at least 4000 total by Jan 3. Probely more than you wanted to hear, but thought might be interesting to some. Bob

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NE IA DAve

01-04-2007 18:18:22




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:31:27  
Allan, I just re-looked at the photo, why would it have derailed there? In the photo there doesn't seem to be hardly any snow. You can see the tracks. Perhaps I'm missing something. Never the less I still want one of them there snow plows to show off with to my buddies, cause they sure don't have one of them. NE IA Dave



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Sloroll

01-04-2007 17:25:53




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Allan In NE, 01-04-2007 17:23:50  
It could be worse... It could be in Grinnell



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swms301

01-05-2007 07:30:16




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to Sloroll, 01-04-2007 17:25:53  
Are you from that area? My aunt lives in Grainfield (moved to town from Gove). My other aunt called and said they might not get power back on for two weeks. She has wood stove and oil lamp so is apparently doing okay, except for water. We got 12"-18" here in Albuquerque and it basically shut us down for last week.



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Bob-Wyo

01-05-2007 10:46:23




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 Re: Snow Plow in reply to swms301, 01-05-2007 07:30:16  
NEsota yes I have one that I just found, some of that info came from it.
BLIZZARD 1949 by Roy Allerman
Nebraska Wealth.org
1803 Stagecoach Rd
Grand Island, Ne.-68801
He got his info from newspaper and persons that witnessed that winter that really started with the first storm Nov 18, 1948 that hit and tracted across most of Kansas,New Mexico,Wyoming,South Dakota and Nebraska. The storms behind that one covered even a greater area Hope this helps, good book.
Bob
PS I sent you a email.

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