dmustu Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The links below were posted in another forum of a train on the line between Kiruna, Sweden and Narvik, Norway, that got stuck in some pretty extreme snowfall, even for that part of the world. http://www.postvagne....php?id=1097493 http://www.postvagne....php?id=1097745 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted April 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2017 That's quite some snow! Now who is going to make a diorama of that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted April 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2017 Nice looking loco there. The snowed-in train reminds me of pictures I've seen of 1947 scenes here, pretty impressive! Cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The train loco is a very much bog-standard SJ Rc6 1329, for-bearers of which (the Rc1) have been on Swedish rails since at least the 70's. The Austrians actually ordered a considerable series of a later model, also build under licence in Austria, quite a few of the later sub-series are still running there too. Not so sure about that. Austria had just ten of the ASEA locomotives (class 1043), of which nine were returned to Sweden in 2001 (and added to the existing Rc2 fleet). I'm not aware that ÖBB had home-built locos derived from them - which classes are you thinking of? (On the other hand, there were numerous local derivatives in Romania and Yugoslavia). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Thanks. I'm not sure that the 1044 class was a licence build development of the 1043. Though it did utilise the thyristor technology of the Swedish design, it was a larger and more powerful type with completely different styling (whereas those mentioned earlier from Romania and Yugoslavia closely resembled their Swedish prototypes). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The crew of these had to be rescued by helicopter, as there was no access for miles. Judging by the angle that is where the photo was taken from! There is a pair of 26's in this picture somewhere.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I remember seeing a similar image with a 33 in Kent somewhere. More rotary snow ploughs is the answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted April 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2017 I thought about the Tb class snow plough locos that the Swedish railway infrastructure company have but I realised that their ploughs are too low for that much snow! http://www.jarnvag.net/lokguide/Tb In Swedish but use the translate facility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2017 I remember seeing a similar image with a 33 in Kent somewhere. More rotary snow ploughs is the answer. Alas not really - rotaries are reputedly not particularly effective with what generally tends to be 'wet' snow in Britain and they would be even less happy with snow which has been through the typically British 'freeze/melt' daily cycles which tends to make it much more 'solid' than powder snow. If they had ever had any chance of success there's no doubt that at least one British Pre-Group company would probably have gone in for a couple of them to deal with the very deep snow they repeatedly faced during winter - but they didn't. NR of course have got one but it does not appear to be intended to operate in very deep snow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 For British conditions there is probably nothing that surpasses a couple of steam locos working back-to-back with a hefty snow plough fore and aft. Simple technology, less prone to seizure in cold weather or electrical failure compared to diesels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittenDormer Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 "My doctor has forbidden me to shovel" said the Fat Controller. "Besides, someone needs to take photos, and you lot are all too busy digging." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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