Garden Railways – August 2019

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STEEL-FRAME

SNOW PLOW

by Mike Lafond ■ Woodstock, Ontario

PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR EXCEPT AS NOTED

PART 1: Plow design and frame assembly

AFTER LIVING SEVERAL YEARS in a region that

receives quite a bit of snow during the winter, I decided

to build a working snow plow for my railroad. While I

love the look of rotary plows, I wanted something less

complex, still visually interesting, and functional.

My collection of reference material held the

answer. That’s where I found a suitable model in

a book about the Bradford, Bordell, and Kinzua

Railroad (Bradford, Bordell, and Kinzua, The Elma

Press, 1971), a 3' narrow gauge line that served the

early oil fields of McKean county, Pennsylvania. This

plow has a caboose-like rear platform, a stove pipe

sticking out of the roof, and an odd little cupola.

When I couldn’t locate a plan for this specific plow, I

simply created my own drawing based on dimensions

for Fn3 scale rolling stock (45mm gauge).

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