Mysterious Face Appears While Pushing Snow With Our Freight

A mysterious face appeared while pushing snow with our freight train.
I never noticed it until my conductor pointed it out to me on the replay. I thought I'd share it with you.
Just click on the YOUTUBE link provided
Hogger01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox-EfwU6-Yk

I enjoy your videos. Just an operational question....Does lack of track visibility (under the snow) cause any running concerns? Although I suppose up North, the tracks are under the snow for a good part of the year anyway.

Hi CJPat
Actually once the snow plow or regulator cleans up the snow after a storm we can see the rails just fine.
It does get tricky running a train in a snow storm, if your train is not equipped with dynamic braking you have to start warming up your air brakes more ahead of time then normal. If you don't you could find yourself running by a signal or switch.
Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!
hogger1

Hi Hogger1 ! Does impacted snow ever jam a turnout's points causing you to "pick the switch", and the turnout's signal is either not visible or stays green due to the fact that the point just opens up enough for a flange to sneak in ? Thanks.

A properly adjusted switch will not latch if there is that much snow that it would cause a derailment. Similarly, properly adjusted signal apparatus would not display a green signal if the point gaps that much.