Post #3203910 · Elektrine

2026-01-11 22:23 UTC

@Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online What does a tree across the track have to do with snow? (Genuinely puzzled by the question as a Canadian.) It’s wind and ice storms that take out trees not snow load. Not to mention locomotives capable of pulling hundreds of cars can clear their own routes. (The train in the video have three locomotives at the front, with the first two back-to-back, and the front one with a basic V-plow for snow that’s not super deep.) Trains here have had snow plows on front of the locomotives here for more than a century. ExpoRail — Canada’s national trail museum on the South Shore of Montreal — is having a special exhibit on *Ice Trains in Winter* this month. #Railways #ExpoRail #IceTrains #icestodon #Snow #Canada https://exporail.org/en/activities/iron-and-ice-trains-in-winter/

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@Susan60@aus.social 2026-01-12 04:28

@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online I’ve never lived n a snowy climate. I’m just concerned about the train driver having his vision impeded.

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@Jourei@mas.to 2026-01-12 04:53

@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social @Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online Tree on tracks and snow aren't inherently related, a tree can be there for any reason. Snow load is one reason, btw. I guess it wouldn't matter in this situation, the train is going pretty fast, so I bet it would hit the tree even if it was seen well in advance. I'm sure a good sized tree strike would go unnoticed while plowing the snow like this. A follow-up question would be; when is a tree too big for a locomotive?

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