BNSF Rail Talk: The Inventor of the Rotary Snowplow Was . . . A Dentist?
FORT WORTH, Texas – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Leslie Smith writes about the invention of the rotary snowplow.
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Watch: Cog railway clears snow on track with new rotary plow
The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway (MPPR) new rotary snow plow, Unit 30, was clearing snow for the rebuilt cog railway for the first time on April 9.
Watch video: Rotary snowplow clears 140-year-old railroad track
To help celebrate the 140th anniversary of when the Cumbres & Toltec railroad track opened in Colorado, a rotary snowplow was used for the first time in two decades. The snowplow ripped