NMRA British Region Forum

Piked up an old Blue Box Athearn rotary snow plow with rubber band drive, no tender.

Is it possible to motorize this and run it on DCC?

Yes; I've got one that I've fitted with a micro-motor and 30:1 reduction gearbox. There's obviously plenty of room inside the shell for a chip, and a speaker if you want to go down that route.
I have mine semi-permanently coupled to a "snail", in this case an Athearn F7B without motor or worms but keeping the metal wheelsets for power pickup and using micro-connectors to link the two units.
I'll get some photos and send a link to them later.

Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b3xum4unmqio ... mIFqa?dl=0

Thanks. Where did you find the motor and gearbox?
Is it an easy fix as I am very limited on skills.

It came from eBay. I'll dig out the link later.
The wiring is straightforward and for the mechanical connection you could use either a length of model aeroplane fuel line or some brass tubing, depending on what you have to hand.