@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

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can't have any stolen resource extractivism going being delayed now...

(' will leave any factual comments on passenger rail delays to the knowledgeable enthusiasts)

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And when that won't do the trick, there's always this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPc3ceGIleg

Though I don't know where that one is, I've seen videos of them used in Canada - lake-effect snow is crazy sometimes.

@collectifission Difference is that Dutch rail is mostly electric, maybe 3rd rail or overhead.
Diesel power in Canada is brute force without need for a good electrical connection

@collectifission so nice too watch, thanks

@cazabon @collectifission it monch

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Also, the trans-siberian railway exists.

@Susan60 @collectifission splinter shower!

@collectifission Snowpiercer is just a random December Thursday in Edmonton, isn't it?

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I took Amtrak through the Sierras, and the folks working on the train said the previous winter they had been driving the train through snowbanks higher than the top of the train

@collectifission Never saw any shutdowns in Moscow even when blizzards