Train of Thought COMPILATION - Steam Engines in the Snow

A binge compilation of some of the problems snow has presented to railways over the years and the strange solutions that have been employed to resolve said problems

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[westinbridges]

"Snow's just silly soft stuff, won't stop my locomotive from getting stuck!"
The snow: *laughs in avalanche*

[MikuJess]

Steam engines can do almost anything, but DAMN if the snow doesn't really stress-test that statement.

[ThatForneyFoamerFromDixie]

Who agrees that the Q&TL Russel snowplow was cool af

[doomeya]

“A build up of ice and snow” the game of thrones spin off we didn’t know we needed

[Zachary_jhae]

4:18 Donald and Douglas but it didn't end well for douglas when his tender broke🤣

[cmw]

funny enough, here in northern washington, the big lake we have had like 4 lumber mills along the shores back at the turn of the century, and rail lines were everywhere. To the point where in the winter theyd just lay track across the short part of the lake to save time lol


Those mills have been gone since the 60s though and same with the rail lines unfortunately

[trainlover]

Please tell me you’re working on an Everything Wrong With The Trains In The Polar Express video for Christmas.

[graythepokemonartist]

I had almost forgotten all about this new video I love learning all sorts of engine stories and these never failed to deliver

[muttproductions]

I want to call bull on the idea of the Russians laying an ice railway over Lake Baikal, which is the deepest lake in the world, but at the same time, it is the Russians we're talking about. Regardless of whether they have a Tsar, Premier, or Putin in charge, the Russians have proven to the world time and time again that there is nothing they can't build with a little bit of engineering smekalka, which normally involves duct tape, bubble gum, shoe polish, and a lot, and I mean A LOT of vodka.

[augustusimperator.avi]

In the winters of 1941-42 a d 1942 to 43, the societs built a train in the frozen lake Ladoga that ran along the road of life, during the siege of Leningrad

[SDE]

the snow on the Chilean Transandine was wild, they had to deal with 20ft deep drifts in some places every year

[reconwarroirthetrue]

Reminds me of the Scottish twins from thomas and friends clearing ❄️ drifts.

[SinistersrilankanYT]

Hey train of thought can you cover the story of SLR class M2a no.591 "Manitoba" diesel electric (Canadian EMD G 12) locomotive

[firefox]

16:22 just..make down danger.. then the weight of snow will force the signal to danger ... down danger up ok

[MelbourneComeng]

resisting the temptations to say first

[Captain_Char]

if I had access to an ice rink and a battery operated steam train, id like to see if it would even be able to keep momentum or would the wheel flanges just slip and the train stall out eventually

[worldtraveler]

During the battle of Leningrad / St. Petersburg in WWII did they not run rails over the frozen lake?!? 🤔

[slasherthedragon]

Hey train of thought can you cover my favorite locomotives the N&w J class if you haven’t yet love your videos and they helped get my young cousin into trains

[JCmilwaukee]

5:41 boom rotary at mid content railway museum wi :)

[IrobertHD]

honestly in regards to that story of the signals weighted down by snow: why wasnt the equipment build in a way that, if snow builds up on the wires and weights them down the signals go to cautoin automaticaly.