@collectifission the spice must flow

@collectifission There aren’t even any rails, it’s just ploughing through the countryside regardless.

@collectifission What a neat demonstration of the Doppler effect.

@alexanderdyas hahahaha

@collectifission @rhelune I thought you might appreciate this >_<

@evdelen @collectifission the LIRR uses flames to keep the switches from icing up, I think. (Thanking the universe that I'm not commuting anymore!)

@collectifission actually, this is a train in extreme distress because the tracks were not adequately salted and now they can't stop.

@akamran @collectifission

Yeah, it's a common method in areas that don't get the conditions that would cause switch icing frequently enough to warrant installing blowers.

@Susan60 @collectifission the trees are kept far away from the tracks. Ongoing maintenance.

@crowbriarhexe @collectifission That's how its done, a plough in the front!

I attended a concert of a Norwegian singer, and she was mocking the Dutch for their lack of preparedness, and then sang a love song to snow. This is a recording from the day before, but she did the same thing in Rotterdam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4VeTQkwlbc

@collectifission I recall March 2013 back in Ukraine, when ca. 0.5 m snow fell in a day, the country was half-paralysed, and railway was the only more or less reliable(!) mean of transportation. Like, well, 1-2 h delays on long-distance trains could happen, but given the conditions, it didn't even count...

@controlc @collectifission Meanwhile in Halifax, sorry everyone no ferries today, one guy called in sick and there are no other ferry captains.

@collectifission and what a lovely doppler shift too!

@collectifission that's some sorta ... like ghost train or sumthin

@collectifission The sound of that oncoming horn made me expect the engine to break into the William Tell Overture

@alexanderdyas @collectifission I mean, it's a big country

@collectifission “where we’re going, we don’t need eyes to see”

“Ah, so, Canada”

@collectifission I love this!

@collectifission @andrew This is how I feel like when I’m #running through fresh snow.

@collectifission best argument for mass transit