ARRT'S ARRCHIVES

 


SNOW

CREATED JANUARY 20, 2002 - Revised 1/23/02.


MARCH 13, 1888 - TRAINS SNOWED IN AT ROCKAWAY JUNCTION.
THE SPRINGFIELD BRANCH (N.Y.& ROCKAWAY RAILROAD) LIES UNDER THE SNOWBANK AT RIGHT.
NOTE THE TWO ARM SEMAPHORE HOME SIGNAL PROTECTING THE SWITCHES.


THE EQUIPMENT



THE 1905 ELECTRIC ROTARY SNOWPLOW - A NO GO


EVERY WINTER A NUMBER OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WERE EQUIPPED WITH LARGE PLOWS.










W83 - "JAWS III" - AT RONKONKOMA


JORDAN SPREADER


B40 BAGGAGE CARS WERE CONVERTED TO CHLORIDE CARS
FOR CLEARING AND COATING THE THIRD RAIL.




MP54 NUMBER 1691 BECAME ALCOHOL CAR W84
FOR CLEARING AND COATING THE THIRD RAIL.


ALCOHOL CAR W85 WAS L.I.R.R. P74b COACH NUMBER 7526
qq IN 1958 OR 1959 FROM THE BOSTON AND MAINE WHERE IT WAS THE 4590.


THE   ROTARY





FIGHTING THE SNOW


NEW HYDE PARK JANUARY 1899.














continued on ----> EASTER SUNDAY 1915 AND LATER STORMS

return to ----> HOME PAGE

RETURN TO TOP