Canadian Train Plowing A HUGE Snowdrift

Great Western Rail Train clearing the tracks near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan Feb 8th 2022.

[Ricky-eoym]

Looks like he has taken a couple of runs at it already just slowly working his way through.

[HavelockYard]

So cool seeing it from the air! Nice work !!

[hgodtx]

Damnit! I wish we could see the completion! Looks like another train was working it from the other side.

[Cecee]

So so beautiful. I love this. Not the train getting stuck. But what an amazing sight. Thanks for this! ❤️❤️

[JaredMysko]

Wow great view, there must be some major challenges for rail travel this year. Seems like snow is extra deep in many areas of the prairies.

[analogueandyx]

Was it really stuck? Definitely stopped but wouldn't he just have backed up and took another run at it? Would love to have seen more.

[ExploringCanadaInfo]

Too bad for that crew, but you were there at exactly the right time! Great capture Chris! 👋🏼🇨🇦

[underthebluesky]

The fence on the left side is causing the drifts, doesn’t help with the fence on the right side of the tracks either. A snow fence farther out on the left side of the tracks in the pasture would help reduce the drifts and keep the snow where it does some good.

[FullSizeBronco]

That's gotta be the coolest job on the railroad.

[kanchoo]

I've driven with a wedge plow like that before but never that deep that's a wild snow drift. It's fun, back up and then ramming speed and repeat till you bust through the other side. Wish the video was longer so we coulda seen them get through it.

[squiddy]

Canadian train to snow drift: "sorrie! Just gotta move ya outta tha way here"

[chantal]

That was soooo cool. It’s like Snowpiercer in real life. Haha.

[JohnSmithZen]

So they throw it in reverse and charge again?
How long does it take to reverse and get back far enough?

[boydwalker]

As a kid I’d try to run my Lionel train down the track after putting corn on it. Didn’t work until it was cleared from the railhead. I have no idea why I did that 50 years ago.

[AhmedBen-el-Douiri]

Recognized that sask landscape in a millisecond.

[annalawson]

Very cool ! Great to be CANADIAN ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[Kinsanth_]

Get another run on it and you are clear to go. But it looks really mindboggling, over 2 meters of snow just almost in one sitting plowed away

[Travis_]

That's some deep a$$ snow right there.

[grennbalze]

This is how i picture Canadians daily commute

[orppranator]

And this is why rotary snow plowing trains exist :)