Summary

Here are files for a Southern Railway Snowplough. The files are drawn full size so shall need scaling to suit your model.

This weird looking beastie is a double ended snowplough, two of which were built by the Southern Railway in 1929, numbered S1 and S2. The winter of 1928/29 was particularly severe being the 5th coldest of the 20th century in the UK.

The design is double ended so could be propelled in either direction as a plough. It was normally stored with both headstocks raised (using the beam on the top), and then one headstock lowered into the body to become a plough.

Following the terrible winter of 1946/47 where the lowest temperature of -21Celsius was recorded in Kent, and the severe cold snap in February 1948 which mainly affected the South East with snow drifts and temperatures down to -18C, two more were ordered. These were built by British Railways as S3 and S4

The only difference between the SR and BR versions as far as I can see is the position of the builder's plate. I have drawn versions for each with variations with both headstocks raised for stabling in sidings or running in a train consist.

Further information has come to light and the plough was in fact a copy of a North Eastern Railway 1907 design. The NER version did not have the lifting beam.

Hand wheels are made from brass strip and fixed with dressmaking pins in the model.

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Enjoy

Jonny