SCRAP LINE....................... 1 of 2

THESE ARE OLD C.P.R. SNOW PLOUGHS, TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AS THEY ARE OLD AND OUTDATED. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE " WELLAND " YARD BACK IN 1994 WHERE THEY WERE ONE BY ONE CUT UP AND RETURNED TO THE BLAST FURNACES IN HAMILTON AND MELTED DOWN AND TURNED INTO OTHER PRODUCTS. THESE SNOWPLOUGHS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND WERE USED TO CLEAR THE LINES THAT RAN BETWEEN THE TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY WOULD BE HOOKED UP TO A COUPLE OF ENGINES THEN PUSHED DOWN THE TRACKS THE FLANGES PUSHING THE SNOW OFF THE TRACKS AND INTO THE GULLYS EITHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS. I HAVE SEEN GUYS WHO ARE SO EAGER TO CAPTURE THE PLOUGH IN ACTION THAT THEY FORGET OF THE EFFECT THE PLOUGH HAS AND HAVE BEEN BURIED IN SNOW AS SOME OF THESE ENGINES ROCKET BY THEM AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THAT MY FRIEND CAN CAUSE A HELL OF A LOT OF SNOW BEING PUSHED AHEAD OF THE PLOUGH AND IF ONES NOT CAREFUL CAN BURY YOU IN SECONDS. ONE GUY WAS FILMING AT THE SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND THE PLOUGH CAME DOWN THE TRACK AND BURIED HIM AND IT TOOK US JUST OVER 10 MIN TO DIG THE POOR BUGGER OUT. HE WAS NOT HURT BUT HIS CAMERA WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND THAT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO FIND AND IT WAS RUINED.
Read less