tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post7646469691152163493..comments2023-10-31T04:37:20.113-07:00Comments on Bloviating Zeppelin: HealingBloviating Zeppelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-84529388109954459852007-03-03T20:22:00.000-08:002007-03-03T20:22:00.000-08:00Blame it on global warming. My dad used to spend ...Blame it on global warming. My dad used to spend a month almost every winter over in Cheyenne Wyoming repairing and upgrading rotary plows for the Union PacificThree Score and Ten or morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323013128311124905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-56904844595941953652007-02-28T11:50:00.000-08:002007-02-28T11:50:00.000-08:00BB-I: and, as I'm kinda pushing 60, I'm thinking t...BB-I: and, as I'm kinda pushing 60, I'm thinking that a mechanical snow blower is starting to look pretty good, though I'd use it only 3 times a year or so. I may steal that idea. . .<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-25069781489116971722007-02-28T08:54:00.000-08:002007-02-28T08:54:00.000-08:00BZ,Wow, I'll have to replace my oldSD40-2 which ha...BZ,<BR/>Wow, I'll have to replace my old<BR/>SD40-2 which has been pushing the flanger! I've been running about<BR/>20 SD70s, but keeping them for freight duty. Seriously, shoveling heavy snow that long is<BR/>'heart attack' territory..my sister<BR/>in the upper midwest has a little<BR/>rotary (std snowblower), which she<BR/>cranked up for their latest 13"<BR/>storm. I would think that at 4K<BR/>altitude, the stuff might melt before too long?BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-63717782088203762652007-02-27T20:47:00.000-08:002007-02-27T20:47:00.000-08:00Welcome back BZ... Gore says all that snow is just...Welcome back BZ... Gore says all that snow is just in your head ... it never snows anymore in your area ... LOL ... Sorry to here you got so much. This has been an extremely long cold snowy winter up here as well. People up here are just born with wider feet so we can walk on top of it... LOLABFreedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979515909350208660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-87306638948746577442007-02-27T20:03:00.000-08:002007-02-27T20:03:00.000-08:00BB-I: funnier still, because I know you're a railr...BB-I: funnier still, because I know you're a railroad devotee, I was in Dunsmuir a couple days ago, again in heavy snow, and it was VERY strange to see a newer SD70M hooked up to a UP armor-yellow ex-SP flanger. Bizarre indeed.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-43277817486251410872007-02-27T20:01:00.000-08:002007-02-27T20:01:00.000-08:00BB-I: matter of fact, last time I saw a rotary in ...BB-I: matter of fact, last time I saw a rotary in operation was at the Soda Springs crossing, and I met Richard Steinheimer and Dick Dorn shooting. Another guy was shooting video for the tape "Extreme SP." I got the tape and can hear my scanner and my chattering in the background as an older SD40T2 rumbles by with the engine room doors open. I tell you, it was a kick to meet Stein not at a book-signing but in the field, and it was an even greater kick to watch the rotary cranked up and to hear it run by.<BR/><BR/>The storm I just drove through has heavy snow down to Auburn and I would not at all be surprised to hear a rotary cranked up for this storm. I got 4 feet at my house and I'm only at 4,000 feet.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-48772759611451969972007-02-27T19:57:00.000-08:002007-02-27T19:57:00.000-08:00BB-I: don't laugh, Union Pacific still operates ro...BB-I: don't laugh, Union Pacific still operates rotaries up Donner, though they mostly rely on the flangers first and then the spreaders. But I can always hear the rotaries coming past the house, because they still have steam whistles instead of air horns!<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-1157536904266968942007-02-27T19:10:00.000-08:002007-02-27T19:10:00.000-08:00'sierra cement? If that sort ofweather continues,...'sierra cement? If that sort of<BR/>weather continues, I'd recommend a<BR/>'rotary'!!!BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.com