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Coming from PA (8 years ago) and after a 2' snow fall with power out for 1 week I don't miss the cold weather at all but decided I would like to have a snow plow just for fun!

So far, I am looking at two - both Union Pacific, as that's my favorite RR now in CA:

Lionel 6-18466: https://www.lionel.com/product...plow-900080-6-18466/

Or the new Atlas unit:

Atlas 3009974: https://shop.atlasrr.com/p-618...189-brown-white.aspx

The appeal of the Lionel unit (from 2002) is that it is a little motorized unit with a rotating plow. Of course conventional control, but I have no problem while I have Legacy, I can also run conventional.

Trainz has the Lionel one on eBay and the Atlas is due at the end of he year. Interesting that they are both about the same price.

All suggestions are welcomed!

Thanks!

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Dont forgrt older MTH Premier [which is what the Atlss O unit was] as well as tge Railking line of a Gondola with a wedge plow and weights.

I slso have to mention the old MTH premier Jordan Plow/speader.

It biols down to your preference. Do you want t he cutsie faux lionel unit or the more realistic scale like MTH premier units? Ho we about the MTH Railking rotary, that also rotates the blades!

Here are two Lionel self powered units , No. 18458, and the No. 81443. Rio Grande units, obviously. Both have TMCC. The newer one (No. 81443), shown at the bottom, has a can motor (actually, two motors), and the 18458 has a Pullmor motor. They're a lot of fun to operate. The 81443 will let you can remotely start and stop the rotary, having a separate motor for its operation. They haven't made a UP version yet, but may in the future. It would be pretty easy to paint out the Rio Grande lettering and replace it with some Union Pacific decals, though. It's already painted in yellow, close enough to pass for a UP unit! If I wanted a UP version, that's what I'd do. Eric Seigel had a good review of the 81443 in operation here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LtxC6djzJQA

No. 81443

  • Command Control equipped – able to run in Command Control Mode or in Conventional Transformer Control Mode
  • Vehicle motion, ElectroCoupler, and spinning plow blades are operable from any CAB remote in Command Control mode
  • Snowplow has its own motor with On/Off Control
  • ElectroCoupler™ on rear
  • Directional lighting
  • Spinning plow blades
  • Traction tire
  • Die-cast metal frame
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