snow time

[edblysard]

Now for something completely different.
I know, nothing to do with pen turning, but I figured you guys don’t see too much snow there, so I wanted to show you what an American Mid West snow storm can do.
By the way, the locomotive is 14 feet plus tall from the rail head.
If you want to see how we get it out, let me know.
Just though you would get a kick out of this.

[Simomatra]

Way to go Ed, we could do with some of that snow right now

[edblysard]

Thats right, I just realized it is summer time for you guys, or close to it, right?

[BoomerangInfo]

Yeah send it over. It wouldn't last long though. When i got back to my car after work at 5pm the other day, the thermometer said it was 38 degrees C (100.4 F) outside.

Russell.

[wm460]

Great picture Ed, I wiil bite how do you get out of it?
I have never seen snow.

[edblysard]

We get like that in August...100 degree F days with high humidity.

Here is the BNSF railroads version of a snow blower...

[Rum Pig]

It snow's in Darwin all the time

It just melts before it hit the ground

[edblysard]

Great picture Ed, I wiil bite how do you get out of it?
I have never seen snow.

Ya dig some...

I have been in snow..you can keep it.
Nice for a few days, but living in this stuff for 4 to 5 months a years is nuts.

[BoomerangInfo]

It snow's in Darwin all the time

It just melts before it hit the ground

I don't think the head on a beer counts as snow really...

Russell.

[edblysard]

To give you an idea of how deep snow can get..that is a GE Dash 9 locomotive, 4400 horsepower driving six axels..
It weights 440,000 lbs, thats 220 tons, plus the weight of the train behind it, stopped dead by the mass and weight of the snow.

[Ozkaban]

It'd be alright if you were delivering snow , but it does look to be a bit of a job getting that loco out...

Fun to see - I have been to the local NSW snowfields (only twice!), but there's more man made stuff there than real snow, and never anything approaching that deep. Looks fun to visit, though I do imaging 4-5 months would be a pain!

I'll swap you some for the 40+ deg days we've been having...

Cheers,
Dave

[rsser]

G'day Ed,

As a XC skier your pics look magic!

But I agree, nice to visit but not to live in.

Believe it or not, we have one of the largest Nordic ski resorts in the world in SE Oz.

But the snow is usually wet and grainy.

[kiwigeo]

We get like that in August...100 degree F days with high humidity.

Here is the BNSF railroads version of a snow blower...

What's the second unit behind the snowplough (between the plough and the first locomotive)? Is it a power unit for the plough?

[mjmjm]

I don't understand snow. Never seen it.
It's OK to see a picture of it sometimes but I wouldn't want any of it outside my door. They reckon it's cold stuff.

[RETIRED]

I don't understand snow. Never seen it.
It's OK to see a picture of it sometimes but I wouldn't want any of it outside my door. They reckon it's cold stuff.

Wet and slushy too IMHO.