John Sweetser Wrote:
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> David Dewey wrote:
>
> > I remember seeing the last SP all-steam rotary
> being prepped in the Dunsmuir yards to go to the
> McCloud River to get them out of a snow jam, and
> that SP offered to leave it with them, but they
> turned it down and the unit was sent for
> electrification after it was returned. Around
> 1967?
>
> No. 208 was the last steam rotary snowplow on the
> SP, with its final operation under steam on March
> 2-March 3, 1969 to clear the McCloud Railroad's
> Ponderosa branch. It also did a limited amount of
> plowing of SP tracks at Mount Shasta City on March
> 2 while on the way to the Ponderosa branch. No.
> 208 was converted to electric operation in 1970.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see a photo of it on the McCloud.
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mccloudriverrailroad.com]
The 208 new resides at the WPRM in Portola. They've plowed snow with it a few times.