At Wörgl station in Tyrol, the rail snowplow 9981 9592 506‑5 stands as a steel sentinel of winters past. Captured in a 2013 photo, this wedge plow once carved through deep Alpine snow to keep trains running. Today, it serves as a quiet reminder of the harsh winters that seem increasingly rare.
Rail snowplows in Austria
With milder seasons becoming the norm, such equipment feels almost nostalgic. It echoes of a time when snow buried tracks and railroads fought nature to stay on schedule. This snowplow doesn’t just clear paths; it preserves memories of a colder, wilder Austria that’s slowly fading with the climate.
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- Link Description of railway snowplows on Wikipedia [ENG]