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Any idea who is standing there in front of the loco? Bruce
Fantastic Paul
A day later they would be pushing through even deeper drifts as the Blizzard of 1978 took hold. Coming south one of the most difficult cuts was about two miles north of the station. Looks like a steel van bring up the rear. Great photo.
Good morning Bruce. The gentleman in front of CN 1323 is my father Wilfred J. O’Shell. At the time of the photo he was the CN Roadmaster headquartered in Jarvis. He held that position from 1969 until 1985 when he retired.
Thanks Michael. I appreciate your comment.
Good eye on the van Terry! For many of the years we lived in Jarvis, the way freight had an old wood van on the tail end but I guess by 1978 they had moved up in the world!
I was stationed in Capreol during the Blizzard of 78′ and have photos from there showing 4+ feet of snow and higher drifts. Sure made railroading a challenge!
Good job bringing this photo back to life Paul. If you’re like me, it is kinda neat having your Dads stuff get one more viewing by an audience. And, in this instance, it’s a big audience.
This is really awesome.
I love this type of winter photo, they remind me of my early years on the CPR. On CP, SW1200RS often had plywood panels applied in winter, on the front railings to prevent radiators from being packed with snow. Also, it was always interesting to use one of these units cab forward to plow snow. I took Some Super 8 film in the early 1970s of that very thing, when I was working the Woodstock/Port Burwell wayfrieght.
The comment about the incandescent bulbs was interesting. I’ve seen ditchlights melt through packed snow too. And, I also have wondered how LEDs will fare under similar conditions.
Led’s do basically nothing as they have 1/10′th the heat output
They can melt snow Judt not as fast and most certainly not much of it. But it will happen.
LEDs for the most part are not used as headlights on rail equipment, mostly on modern passenger trains. I believe incandescent bulbs are mostly used still
LED’s are making inroads though. Some shortlines have begun deploying them because LED’s last far longer requiring less maintenance.
The three NSC switchers all seem to have LED lights too.
Some GEXR motive power also has LED’s.. some…