A fast way to shovel snow...use a locomotive

[BunnyMcGee]

EPIC CATCH!!! Dashing Thru the Snow - CN Train 406 West at Salisbury, NB (Feb 3, 2015)

I shoveled this weekend for a couple of hours, this took a few seconds!

[3catwoman3]

1. IFR.

Instrument flight rules.

[BunnyMcGee]

2. Really! I wondered too about the engineer seeing the signals

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. There's a vid on YouTube of a plow in operation and the audio indicates they have a chase vehicle...

With a guy on the radio who can clearly see what is ahead, and talking to the engineer. Telling him it’s OK to accelerate, etc.

I looked but I can’t find it.

But it seems to me that if they need to call out a plow, it is safe to say they have a clear and open line!

[BunnyMcGee]

6. I think, these days, a belief in technology, ie. crossing gates.

Smaller roads could use a spotter, I've heard of that.

[brush]

3. Holy crap. Good thing the train was on rails because how could...

the engineer see through that cloud of snow? And that sure was a long train.

[BunnyMcGee]

5. I think I would be white knuckled on the break and throttle thinking of the possibilities.