We had a day out to the GC gala at the weekend. I always like to buy something but all that caught my eye was a pair of kitmaster 08’s at £1 each.
I’ve always had in mind to make one of the snowploughs if I ever came across one of these.
A trawl through the internet doesn’t produce much showing them actually in use, in fact the only thing I found seemed to indicate they were more of a liability than anything else.
Were these meant for clearing depots and sidings? The wheels with their balance weights but no connecting rods must have made them ungainly ponderous beasts when out clearing main lines.
The large independent snowploughs had some restrictions as to locomotives that could propel them. Was there similar restrictions for these ploughs?