One of the members of our local NRHS chapter took a picture of a wierd pice of equipment a while back and we could find no info on it. I don’t have the picture of it in my possesion but will try to get it to post at some point.
It was like a huge blower with a headlight on the front, there was a tornado type logo on the side.
Not sure what it was for.
Most likely it sounds like something used for snow removal or tunnel ventalation.
A quick search on RailPictures.Net turned up this:
nope it was a BIG blower
…What you seem to be describing could be a rotary snowplow, but noting your location and length of time on here, I believe you would know that…
Not any rotary i have ever seen no discharge chute either. I will have to get the pictures
Well, I’ve long held that the CN blows, so perhaps you’ve stumbled upon the cause.
Either that or it was a certain CN Sr. Exec, who’s full of hot air…
Did you find a picture of this URO?
This piece of equipment you’ve described is pretty much consistent - or at least not inconsistent - with that recently completed new British 4-6-2 steam locomotive, Tornado, to be used for mainline excursion service. See this month’s (Febraury 2009) edition of Trains (upper left of this web page, above) for a multi-page feature article on her:
“They Really Did Build a New 4-6-2!
It cost $6 million and took 18 years, but the U.K. resurrected a lost mainline steam locomotive and has it running
By Adrian Brodie”
I will see if i can get the picture at my next NRHS meeting next week.
has nothing to do with the british steam engine