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Sean, I'm suprised you could see the caboose under all the snow. It's a track cleaning caboose and it seems to help to keep the tracks clear for electical pickup by the locomotives. Someone suggested it recently and it does make a difference.

Yep, I've been out every day this past week playing with my trains in the snow until I have to come in and warm up. It helps being retired now.
Bob
 
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Got a bit of snow here over the last couple of days also.
Went out with a plow extra today and tried to clear my track.
Not gonna do that again!! Plow was derailing in hard to reach areas, even with a paving brick for additional weight.
Derailed on switches, rerailer section and one section of a 10 foot Diameter curve, for no reason.
Locomotives kept stalling, also in hard to reach places! But, ran fair, once track was clear, and plow was discarded.
Finding that Aristo plow may not be worth a @#$%. Because of derailing trouble!
But, MY opinion only.
 
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RJ, at least we didn't get the freezing rain. That's a real killer. I did manage to plow all of the tracks with that plow and those two RS-3's, but it was hard to control the throttle and camera at the same time. I had to move back and forth a few times and a couple of times the 0-5-0 was needed. My dog wouldn't help and my wife wouldn't even come outside.

Life is tough on the railroad.
Bob
 
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