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Snow plow rail car to pass through Bangor, Ellsworth on Thursday

The unique snow-parting rail car is one of two being given to the nonprofit Downeast Scenic Railroad.

By truck and crane, a train track plow makes its move

HANCOCK — If all goes as planned, the Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust will receive a very special delivery this week.

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Historic 42-ton railroad plow will cross eastern Maine this week, on a truck

The front of the car consists of a large vertical, C-shaped plow that lifts snow off the tracks and shoots it off to either side of the train.