as pointed out by several, diesels idling in bitter cold don't really warm up. Big rigs (and some diesel cars and light trucks have provision for blocking air flow to the radiator. Ideally, there are better ways to warm it up than letting it idle: block heaters, heated lower radiator hose or "percolator" heater in the cooling circuit (which can be propane fired if electricity is unavailable.) I would avoid dipstick heaters which tend to burn the oil; magnetic/stickons are a little better if you must heat the oil pan rather than the coolant. Whichever way you warm it up, heavy loads are not a good idea until it is close to normal operating temps.
I have a lot of different diesels: F350, MB 300D and 280D, Isuzu I-mark, Jeep Grand Cherokee, and Jetta TDI...and happened to notice that the TDI has glow plugs in the water jacket as well as in combustion chambers!