Winter Pictures

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Its winter time here and the plow is out trying to clear the main with the help of CJandM S-4 . Off to the left a towtruck is trying to pull a car out that skidded off the road . Hope you like the pictures , will post more soon , love the snow !!!

[Anonymous]

It might be cold and it might be inconvenient but at least its cold enough to get a good nights sleep.

Rgds Ian

[underworld]

Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.

Great pics!!! Here is my Marklin....didn't need a plow with today's snow.

underworld

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Heres a couple of more shots at Romeoville station . A CJandM GP-30 is making its roundes with the daily mail train . Its cold outside but the mail must get through . The RPO car is one of the new ones from USA trains that I just got recently .

[tangerine-jack]

Cool photos!  (yes the pun is intended)

Very nice.  I always like seeing what this "snow" thing looks like on other people's layouts.  Perhaps someday I will have the DDSL under the white stuff.

Those models ain't to shabby either!

[Railfan1]

Nice pictures everybody.

[Anonymous]

Jack you have only slightly less chance than i do of ever having a snowfall on your layout and that is none at all.

I have been to Florida in January and it is only a bit colder than it is here in July.

Mate i was staying in Tampa and went all over just about is that anywhere near you?

Rgds Ian

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

I took those two pictures today of the RPO car and it was real cold and windy outside . I don't think the temperature was over 15 degrees outside . I put the stuff on the tracks and snapped the shots and ran back in . To bad you have to have cold to get the snow .

[Southwest Chief]

Great shots everyone

We did some winter running a few years back. 

[bman36]

Hey there,

     Excellent shots everyone! My line is VERY buried...trees and all. Not it is just the waiting game until Spring. Lots of work to do indoors so the time should go quick. Later eh...Brian.

 

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Hey Matt , great snow shots there ! Thats one of those USA rotarys correct ? Tell me is it functional ?

[RR Redneck]

Those are  some cool pictures. I especially love the rotary snow plow.

[Southwest Chief]

Hey Matt , great snow shots there ! Thats one of those USA rotarys correct ? Tell me is it functional ?

Yes, USA D&RGW rotary. 

It works somewhat in powdery snow.  If you look closely in the second photo you'll see the snow blowing off to the side.  But if the snow is icy or thick, the blades quickly clog up.  I wonder if it would work better if the blades were metal?  I'm thinking of installing a battery for power so the blades will spin regardless of track power.  That might help too. 

To do real plowing, I've used an Aristo-Craft wedgeplow modified and mounted to the front of a Bachmann 2-8-0.  It sort of looks like a K-27 with those huge wedge plows used on the Silverton branch.  It works great too.

[jhsimpson62]

You all posted some really nice pictures. I used to think it was neat to run in the snow. Now that I've moved south, I don't miss it at all. In fact "thank you" you just confirmed my decision to come south was right. Jack

[philtunes]

That looks awesome in the snow!  I hope to start grading on my G Scale empire in the spring.

[philtunes]

Awesome setup!  How effective is the plow in snow?

 

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Them are some cool pics, I'll have to head over to Issiac's house and take some picks. (cough, buried in around seven to eight feet of snow, cough) I think i'll photoshop a red line where the tracks are (were last he saw of them)

[Dennis Paulson]

Great winter photos , here are a couple of mine

 

 

 

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Love the snow on the roofs of those coaches . Nice pictures there ! Does that overhead really work ?

[Train 284]

Great pics! I wish it would snow here.........

[underworld]

Great pics! I wish it would snow here.........

I'll send you some from here!

underworld