Snowploughs (RWS)

Snowploughs (UK) or Snowplows (US) are devices used by the engines to clear snow from the tracks as they pull their trains during winter. They are usually fastened onto the engine's front buffers and push the snow aside when the engines run through it.

Some engines are known to hate their snowploughs as they tend to be heavy and uncomfortable, such as the case with Thomas.

Appearances
Railway Series=

The Railway Series

 * Tank Engine Thomas Again - Thomas, Terence and the Snow
 * The Twin Engines - The Deputation

Companion Volumes

 * 1984 - Thomas the Tank Engine and the Tractor and Thomas's Christmas Party
 * 1986 - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree

Trivia

 * The Railway Series was when Toby was only seen wearing a snowplough. In Thomas & Friends, Toby's cowcatchers double as built-in ploughs, but as seen in the episodes It's Only Snow and Love Me Tender, they work best with light layers of snow and particularly low drifts.
 * In the book Thomas' Christmas Party, Thomas is seen wearing a different snowplough instead of his usual blue one.
 * No diesel engines have ever been seen wearing snowploughs throughout the entire Railway Series.