What a magnificent sight! The Cumbres & Toltec ran a rotary snowplow from Chama to Cumbres Pass yesterday. It was the first time a rotary snowplow has run in the Rockies in 20+ years. The event was in celebration of the 140th anniversary of the year the railroad was built (1880) and the 50th anniversary of the year the railroad was purchased by the states of Colorado and New Mexico (1970) to operate as a living history museum, preserving and interpreting steam railroading. Video from Roger Hogan

Our "Sierra Snow Fighters" are firing up our rotary snowplow in northern California to clear heavy, wet snow from our rail lines. Read about Union Pacific's efforts battling winter at https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/sierra-snow-fighters-it-230203.htm?agfc=InsideTrack&agfm=Facebook&agfs=social in Inside Track! | Union Pacific Railroad

The rotary snowplow train has been put to service near Donner Pass, CA to clear monumental amounts of snow off of the train tracks. | WeatherNation

Explore Colorado’s rich railroading history at the Colorado Railroad Museum, including ❄️ 🚂 • C&S Rotary Snow Plow No. 99201 | Colorado Railroad Museum

Rotary Snow Plows are large pieces of railroad equipment with a rotating metal wheel that slices through large snow drifts and throws them to the side of the tracks, clearing the way for other trains to pass through. These days, very few of these plows exist, let alone operate. In the winter of 2020, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad operated one of its steam rotary plows over Cumbres Pass for the first time since 1997 to celebrate the railroad's 50th anniversary as well as 140 years of ste