I want to make a MOW fleet where do I start

[bc6]

Very nice MOW aren't really supposed to be cool except one of those tampers or spike and tie cars.

[Kamome]

Great Timing

 

https://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/products/img/20230914-1.pdf

[cteno4]

Wow 12 car! Big train.

 

jeff

[bc6]

I was wondering if that was a MOW train guess I was right lol.

[cteno4]

It’s a long welded rail transport train.

 

jeff

[bc6]

Thanks Jeff.

[SL58654号]

Does snow-clearing equipment count as MOW? I'm mighty interested in the steam rotary snowblowers Japan had as well as the locomotive-hauled snow scrapers (what are they called exactly?) used to put snow in the way of them. Not to mention the dedicated snow-clearing DL like DD14 and DE15. 

[cteno4]

I’ve always assumed snow removal equipment fell under MOW even though it’s not really maintaining track or catenary. But maybe the purist definition separates them.

 

jeff

 

 

[SL58654号]

I share your sentiment that they do fall under it. Either way they're very cool to watch (no pun intended). 

[bill937ca]

14 minutes ago, cteno4 said:

I’ve always assumed snow removal equipment fell under MOW even though it’s not really maintaining track or catenary. But maybe the purist definition separates them.

 

jeff

 

 

It might be operations.  Streetcar systems often used regular crews (on overtime) to man snow sweepers and snow plows.

 

[bill937ca]

Orbital motor car:

A type of small self-propelled powered railway vehicle used primarily for railway maintenance work. In Japan, legally speaking, they are treated as ``machines'' for work without vehicle registration, and are not considered ``railroad vehicles.''

 

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/yoshi0749/e/cf94f7ef588030c419332affdc88d95b

 

Model version.

 

https://rail.hobidas.com/feature/386088/

Edited September 15, 2023 by bill937ca

[bc6]

This is what I have so for for a MOW train.

[ATShinkansen]

16 hours ago, bc6 said:

This is what I have so for for a MOW train.

Love the guy lying down on the job!

 

That yellow hi-rail crane looks like the one I have, but I can’t make out the attachment on the end of the boom.  Is that a rail lifter?

[bc6]

@ATShinkansen lol I forgot that I left him in the back of the truck, They are both hooks heres a close up.

Edited October 28, 2023 by bc6

[ATShinkansen]

Oh, I meant the other yellow crane.

 

This one:

 

[bc6]

Oh it probably is a tie lifter. 

[Falcon]

Hi,

here a DD13 is pushing my small MOW train with a CAT excavator near by the refinery.

[GeorgeHInch]

If you're like me and been trying to get ahold of the Greenmax MOW tamper, it's just been announced for release again. https://www.greenmax.co.jp/gm-poster/2024/02/240209b.html 

 

I know everyone talks about it being a poor runner but hey, it looks cool to bring out every now and then.

[DenshaTen]

I'm tempted to order one as they are a pretty interesting piece. I haven't been able to figure out the difference between the colours/company's though. Is anyone wiser than me able to tell me which one of the three would be the most correct to match my current JR East (specifically Fukushima) collection?

[Kamome]

Any although not sure around Fukushima. Union Construction has a main shareholder of JR East and Totetsu have contracts with JR too and are based in the JR building in Shinjuku. The Plasser one I assume is the Austrian companies manufacturer livery. 

[bc6]

I'm pretty sure I've seen the Green Tie Tamper in a video or two in some live-action videos. 

Found it!!!

 

[DenshaTen]

I'm pretty sure I've seen that colour in person in Japan so that's probably the most sensible to go with. Thanks guys!