Some more clips here:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Train-Snow-Plowing

http://www.videosift.com/video/Crazy-Locomotive-Snow-Plow-Gets-Stuck

Wow, and I remember the whole "Trees on the Line" delays. Incredible durability.

Call Mr. Plow
That's my name
That name, again, is Mr. Plow

Nice hat.

It must be freaky driving that thing, having rivers of snow pouring over either side of the train while being completely unable to see anything.

I'm sorry, but I'm from New York City: they have snow in Kansas?? This blows my mind.

They have radios in Kansas?

I'm still weirded out they have electricity in Kansas...

It's making good time on the way to Nova Prospekt.

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whoever it was talking on the radio was definitely not from kansas. more like the deep south.

What a lovely video. I can hear the hazard blinkers on what I imagine to be a pickup, the quiet background music from the radio, I think even the soft hum of the heater fan. I bet it's nice and warm in the cab. there are boxcars on the siding, and they worry about the drifts, but they're fluffy and loose and squirt up through the gap between the trains and the reaction is perfect. After the blast of the whistle and the end of the camera pan the camcorder's microphone is now pointed so we hear the trucks diesel idling away. Beautiful. Like being there.

I was also surprised that the Cylons made trains. Who knew?

This is one of those videos worth sticking it out for.

I'm curious with respect to the radio conversation, who was telling the driver what was coming up? I can't imagine anyone on the train being able to see much of anything as the plow up front makes visibility rather impossible. Any ideas?

I heard a joke once about Eskimo vagina.

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Land Snow Whale?!? Oh it's just a train... I, for one, was getting ready to welcome our new snowy mammalian overloads.

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