Rock_Island_Snow_Plow_No._95580

Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580

Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580

United States historic place

The Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580 in Limon, Colorado is a railway snowplow which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

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It is termed a "Single-Track Wedge Plow". It was created as a snowplow by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1951, rebuilding from a retired steam locomotive tender. It was transferred to the Union Pacific Railway in 1981 and assigned to serve from Oakley, Kansas.[2]

In 2018 it is located at the Limon Heritage Museum, which is in the former Rock Island Depot, in Limon, Colorado.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Weekly list". National Park Service. July 27, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "UP Wedge Snow Plows". UtahRails.Net. March 13, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. [3]
    https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2018/NR_Agenda_0.pdf [bare URL PDF]

Further reading

  • "UP's Ex-Rock island Snow Plow" by James L. Ehernberger, The Streamliner, Volume 8, Number 1, 1992, page 32


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