Ezra Stewart stands with other men on top of the rotary snow plow clearing the railroad tracks on its way into Breckenridge, Colorado, in April 1899, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899. View of Bald Mountain in the background.
UnidentifiedRailroad snowplow locomotives
11 Archival description results for Railroad snowplow locomotives
Men watch the rotary snowplow clear snow from the railroad tracks on Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten on the reverse: "Clearing Boreas Pass Big Snow 1899".
UnidentifiedRotary snow plow leaving Breckenridge, Colorado, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899. Between four and six helper train engines were required to push the rotary because it was not self-propelled.
UnidentifiedThe rotary snow plow and several train engines are stopped in a deep drift of snow covering the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado, in April 1899. A well-dressed man stands on a rock overlooking the tracks, while shovelers dig out debris buried under snow that could damage the rotary's blades. View of snowy Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedPlumes of smoke rise from the rotary snow plow and helper engines on the way to Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Because it was not self-propelled, the rotary snow plow required four to six railroad locomotives to push it through deep drifts of snow. Men stand on the side to watch the rotary throw snow from the tracks. Tenmile Range in the background. During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA rotary snow plow and four or five helper engines prepare to leave Breckenridge, Colorado, and begin the slow ascent to Boreas Pass east of town. Snowy Tenmile Range in the background. Circa February 1899, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899.
Westerman, OttoRotary snow plow clears deep drifts of snow from the railroad tracks along Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Helper engines were required to push the rotary snow plow, throwing snow as much as 30 feet away from the tracks. Undated.
UnidentifiedMen watch the rotary snow plow clear deep drifts of snow off the railroad tracks near Breckenridge, Colorado. Probably during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedPeople on or above the rotary snow plow stopped in one of the cuts through the deep snow drifts at Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Standing on the tracks below, a man holds a shovel high against the exposed side walls to show the snow depth. With him is another man and a boy with two dogs. Circa April 1899.
Westerman, OttoA convoy of train engines on snowy Boreas Pass head for Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten on the reverse: "Probably the relief train comi[ng] on top Boreas Pass heading for Breckenridge 1899".
UnidentifiedPlumes of smoke rise from the train engines pushing the rotary snow plow through deep snow covering the railroad tracks on its way to Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa April 1899.
Westerman, Otto