Irish Rail Snowplough

[RANGERMOUSE]

I've just passed York station and there is a fearsome looking Snowplough belonging to Network Rail in the sidings North of the station. Having been on the Dromad to Dublin yesterday and passed through the snow covered countryside I was wondering if there was something similar at home?

[jhb171achill]

Nothing, Rangermouse, nor was there ever apart from a handful of small makeshift ploughs to be attached to fronts of locos. We get so little snow it isn't worth the money buying them. Northern Scotland, however, is a different matter with heavy snow virtually every winter.

[Mayner]

CIE bought a pair of mini-snow ploughs for the 071s following the blizzard & big snow in January 1980.

Dublin was basically cut off from the rest of the country for a week with most of the main roads blocked, though CIE managed to keep most of the main lines open.

On the day following the blizzard CIE ran a special from Cork with emergency food supplies for Dublin. The Sligo line took a week to clear mainly on account of fallen trees.

John

 

[Irishrailwayman]

13 minutes ago, Mayner said:

CIE bought a pair of mini-snow ploughs for the 071s following the blizzard & big snow in January 1980.

Dublin was basically cut off from the rest of the country for a week with most of the main roads blocked, though CIE managed to keep most of the main lines open.

On the day following the blizzard CIE ran a special from Cork with emergency food supplies for Dublin. The Sligo line took a week to clear mainly on account of fallen trees.

John

 

Was it not January 1982?

[WRENNEIRE]

I have some pics of them when they were delivered but not sure how to upload them from this tablet

Broadband is slow here so I might wait till I am home to post them

Unless one of you geniuses knows how to do it?

[BosKonay]

Should be the same as on your pc Wrenn, once you have the images in the ipad / tablets photos app, you can just tap the image link and find them on the device, 

 

 

 

These were posted previously by @Glenderg showing a buffer clamped snowplough (2012)

[WRENNEIRE]

Thems my pics Bosko, Cheers

[RANGERMOUSE]

Thanks lads. I didn't think we'd have something as big due to the lack of heavy snow we get. I lived near Inverness for a year and can remember trying to get down the A9 in a blizzard or passing Aviemore on the train in summer and still being able to see snow on the mountains.