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- RGS narrow gauge rotary snowplow number O2
- Three-quarter view of left side of rotary snowplow number O2, from front end, close view; Goose 2 behind rotary snowplow. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, June 18, 1950.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1950
- D&RGW
- View of locomotives in the roundhouse in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Locomotives are identified left to right as: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad #495, #464 (with a pilot mounted snowplow), #463, Rio Grande Southern #42 (with a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1951 August 5
- C&S snowplow
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Denver, Colo., November 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad construction--maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.;...
- 1933
- C&S snowplow
- Rotary snowplow 99201. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May, 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1918
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 800, engine type 2-8- 2
- Pushing rotary snowplow; after very heavy snow. Photographed: Denver, Colo., December, 1913.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1913.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1913
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Rotary snowplow 99201. Photographed: Climax, Colo., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow 99201; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Rotary snowplow 99201. Photographed: Climax, Colo., 1960.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1960
- D&RGW snowplow, engine number OM
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Chama, N.M., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow...
- [196-]
- D&RGW snowplow, engine number OY
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Site unknown, 1923.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1923.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.; Railroads,...
- 1923
- D&RGW snowplow, engine number OM
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Chama, N.M., January 19, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow...
- 1946
- D&RGW snowplow, engine number OY
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Site unknown, 1923.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1923.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.; Railroads,...
- 1923
- RGS narrow gauge snowplow, engine number 2
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: at Ridgway, Colo., September 1, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.; Railroads,...
- 1940
- CM snowplow
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, Snowplow A. Photographed: site unknown, July, 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1918
- Rotary snow plow, Ivanhoe, Col. Midland Ry.
- View of a Colorado Midland Railway train with a rotary snowplow on tracks beside a water tower and a frame building on the approach to Hagerman Pass in probably Pitkin County, Colorado. Men and a child stand near piled snow and utility poles. Snow...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Water...
- [between 1889 and 1893?]
- Snowplow at work
- View of a Colorado Midland Railway rotary snowplow in operation near Ivanhoe Tunnel (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows men, a boy, telegraph poles and a water tower.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.; Water towers--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver, 16th Street, great storm
- View of a Denver City Tramway snowplow breaking through the remains of a snowstorm on Sixteenth (16th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Kittredge Building.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow...
- 1913 December
- Bucking snow, Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Rear view of rotary snowplow bucking snow near Rollins Pass, Colorado, via Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road; shows huge cut snowbank with engine behind snowplow pulling flatbed cars and three men standing on snowbank.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow plows--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Clearing the cuts, Moffat Road
- Rotary snowplow #10200 on Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road, Colorado, clearing standard gauge track, probably atop Rollins Pass; a man stands on snowbank to left of snowplow.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.); Snow plows--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- D&RGW
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad rotary snowplow "OM," (2-8-2) locomotives #486, #493 and #487, water car #W499, flanger "OT", and caboose #0503 on tracks in Henry (Alamosa County), Colorado. Smoke rises from the locomotives. Shows...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Henry (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Henry--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Henry--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Henry--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 January 6
- Railroads rotary snowplow
- View of a Union Pacific Railroad rotary snowplow and train in (probably) Colorado; a house is in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1920.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--1880-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, winter 1898-9
- View of a rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. The steam dome and smokestack of a train show through deep snow and a strong blast of smoke comes from the stack. Men and equipment are ranged on the snowbank...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- Snowplow 043 @ Tennessee Pass
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad snowplow 043 clears Tennessee Pass, Lake County, Colorado; freight cars on adjacent tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Lake County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Snowplow 043 @ Tennessee Pass
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad snowplow 043 clears Tennessee Pass, in Lake County, Colorado; a beam and pulley arrangement extends from the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Lake County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Snowplow 043 @ Tennessee Pass
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad snowplow 043 clears Tennessee Pass near the depot, in Lake County, Colorado. Men are by the beam and pulley extension and plow blade; sign on the depot reads: "Tennessee Pass."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Lake County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary 99201. Photographed: Between Leadville and Climax, Colo., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- Denver & Salt Lake snowplow, engine number 10200
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Denver, Colo., June, 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1918
- Denver & Salt Lake snowplow, engine number 10200
- Rotary snowplow. Photographed: Tabernash, Colo., September 4, 1922.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1922.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tabernash.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1922
- CRI&P snowplow, engine number 95335,
- Rotary plow. Photographed: Dalhart, Tex., May 7, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Texas--Dalhart.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1934
- CRI&P snowplow, engine number 95368
- Wedge plow. Photographed: Limon, Colo., 1962.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1962.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Limon.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1962
- D&RGW snowplow, engine number 028218
- Wedge plow, built from gondola. Photographed: Pueblo, Colo., April 19, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1919
- SP snowplow, engine number MW7202
- Rotary. Photographed: Roseville, Cal., July 22, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--California--Roseville.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1938
- SP snowplow, engine number 718
- Rotary. Photographed: Site unknown, 1920s.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1920
- NP snowplow
- Wedge plow, painted "Russell Snow-Plow 22". Photographed: at Livingston, Mont., May 11, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Livingston.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1934
- CN snowplow, engine number 55233
- Wedge plow. Photographed: at West Junction, Que., August 14, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Québec--West Junction.; Canadian National Railways.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1937
- CN snowplow, engine number 55361
- Rotary. Photographed: at West Junction, Que., August 14, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Québec--West Junction.; Canadian National Railways.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1937
- RGS narrow gauge snowplow, engine number 02
- Plow-Flanger. Photographed: at Rico, Colo., June 30, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.; Railroads,...
- 1940
- RGS narrow gauge snowplow, engine number 02
- Plow-Flanger. Photographed: at Ridgway, Colo., September 7, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.; Railroads,...
- 1941
- UP snowplow, engine number 03005
- Rotary without tender. Photographed: site unknown, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1927
- UP snowplow, engine number 03017
- Wedge plow. Photographed: at Encampment, Wyo., August 26, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Encampment.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1946
- UP snowplow, engine number 062
- Rotary. Photographed: at La Grande, Ore., July 29, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Oregon--La Grande.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1938
- UP snowplow, engine number 06
- Wedge plow, made from Vanderbilt tender. Photographed: at Denver, Colo., May 30, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1950
- UP snowplow, engine number 900099
- Rotary. Photographed: at Denver, Colo., 1970.
- Locomotives--1970-1980.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1970
- Rotary snowplow
- Blown snow from a locomotive and rotary snowplow on probably Great Northern Railway tracks in King County, Washington.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.
- 1911 [?] May 20
- Rotary snowplow
- Blown snow from a locomotive and rotary snowplow on probably Great Northern Railway tracks in King County, Washington.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.
- 1911 [?] May 20
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific R.R. wedge snowplow 95598, Limon, CO
- View of a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific wedge snowplow with a gondola car parked in the yards at Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. A headlight is mounted on the top of the plow. Letters on the plow read: "R.I 95598." Railroad stock cars are in the...
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- )--1960-1970.; Limon (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad snowplow locomotives.
- 1964 December 23
- Rotary snow plow near Hagerman
- View of snow drifts and a Colorado Midland Railroad rotary snowplow locomotive and train on the approach to Hagerman Pass near Pitkin and Lake County, Colorado. Railroad tracks and pine trees are seen on the mountain. Men with hats pose in and atop...
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Pitkin...
- [between 1889 and 1893?]