jr west getting new snow plows

[cteno4]

interesting new russel snow plows for jrwest.

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westjr.co.jp%2Fpress%2Farticle%2F2014%2F02%2Fpage_5173.html

 

uhoh another new microace snow plow to buy next year!

 

jeff

[ToniBabelony]

That looks pretty awesome! A self-propelled snowplow! That's not something you see every day on Japanese railways. At least, not in that size or not based on the DE10.

[Krackel Hopper]

Looks very similar to the DD19 plow.. that I really wish MicroAce would release..

 

 

[cteno4]

you dude are a plow addict like me!

 

jeff

[Sacto1985]

I think JR Central and JR East could use a few of these in "prototype" form to clear out the snow from the Chuo Main Line--have you seen the pictures from Yamanashi Prefecture and further west along the line?

[miyakoji]

I thought Russel head snow plows were specifically plows that are their own little cars and roll in front of a locomotive--not snowblowers or snow throwers, and not smaller plows connected directly to a maintenance-of-way locomotive.  Not so?

[westfalen]

I thought Russel head snow plows were specifically plows that are their own little cars and roll in front of a locomotive--not snowblowers or snow throwers, and not smaller plows connected directly to a maintenance-of-way locomotive.  Not so?

I believe you are correct, I think Russell was a brand name of that type of snow plow in the USA and the name has become one of those western words borrowed by the Japanese to have a much broader meaning than originally intended.

[Krackel Hopper]

I thought Russel head snow plows were specifically plows that are their own little cars and roll in front of a locomotive--not snowblowers or snow throwers, and not smaller plows connected directly to a maintenance-of-way locomotive.  Not so?

I always thought of "russell plows" as that big wedge shape and I guess I was partly correct. The Russell Plow was a specific North American design, but not all wedge plows are considered russell plows. This appears to be a case where a specific name brand became the common name (like how some people call tissues a Kleenex, or any generic glass cleaner Windex)

 

Given that, I don't think russell plow has to be a stand-alone car, but It does need to be a large wedge plow and not a rotary snow blower or thrower..

[foxhsu]

It's coming.

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F

[cteno4]

delivery

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Frailf.jp%2Fnews%2F2014%2F02%2F21%2F153000.html

 

jeff

[yakumo381]

Any ideas where these snowploughs will be stabled so I can try and track them down when over there?