Double Snow Plows

[Trainman119]

I found a photograph of an unknown J94 in the snow with double snow plows attached. Does anyone know what type of snow plows would fit a J94 and how they were attached??

[Gordon A]

Is it possible to post a copy of the picture - copyright?

The GWR had a system of bolting a snow plow direct to the buffer beam of the loco if that is of any help.

 

Gordn A

Bristol

[Adam]

By calling the loco a J94, I assume you mean a BR machine? Very few industrial systems had provision for ploughs so far as I know (few had the route mileage to justify them). In which case, is this part of the forum really the place? You might well get a better response (you will certainly achieve greater visibility) posting in the prototype questions forum. If the photo is published, a book title/page reference might help, if not, posting it here might (copyright issues permitting). certainly tank engines were occasionally used for plough duties - 3F tanks on the Somerset and Dorset, for example.

 

Anyway,in terms of parts from the trade, I don't think that anything is available (in 4mm scale at least) except possibly spare ploughs from a class 60 diesel and I've no idea whether these would be even an approximate match. It is possible that they might: bufferbeam mounted ploughs were mounted to 8Fs and Tim Shackleton used LIMA class 60 plough to represent one of these which looked about right.

 

Adam

[rope runner]

If it was an industrial locomotive, there's every possibility that they were home-brewed

 

I must admit I am unfamiliar with such a picture, however

 

Paul A.

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I think some Austerity 0-6-0s were built/modified for ploughs when they were WD machines - 'Our' Austerity (at the Pontypool & Blaenavon) has additional holes on the front bufferbeam, which I understand were for the fitting of a snowplough. It's the general opinion that this would have been when it was a WD machine.

 

I can see if I can dig out a photo if anyone wants to see.

 

Mark