2026-01-11 21:47 UTC
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@RedRobyn@mastodon.nz 2026-01-11 22:20
@Susan60@aus.social Isn't that why it's a good train? @collectifission@greennuclear.online
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social 2026-01-11 22:23
@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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@Sorchus@stranger.social 2026-01-11 22:26
@Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online Looks like anything less than a large tree is ignored. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7QCnv0Qpfg
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@ottaross@mastodon.social 2026-01-11 23:14
@Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online the trees are kept far away from the tracks. Ongoing maintenance.
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@mewsleah@meow.social 2026-01-12 02:53
@Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online splinter shower!
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 2026-01-12 06:56
@Susan60@aus.social @collectifission@greennuclear.online it is not on the track long ;). (Also, this is the prairies, trees?) But mostly the first answer… https://youtu.be/u7QCnv0Qpfg?si=7bHqFmrXyIDn7WzM