This band was founded in 1968. A friend used to play me their records from his massive record collection, now he lives in another country. Now we share youtube links which isn’t quite the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)

I have always had a fondness for trains. Traveling by train in far away lands can be fun and always seems to improve ones sense of adventure. All those adventure films like Indiana Jones, James Bond, etc usually involve trains. When I was a little younger I read all of Paul Theroux’s excellent travel writing books, many of which prominently featured trains. His book, The Great Railway Bazaar is a good book to start with. The Iron Rooster is also a good one to start with.

My father worked for the Canadian National Railway (CNR) for 30 years. I don’t see much snow where I live unless I go up into the mountains to ski. When I hear a train whistle blowing I usually get chills. Its a good feeling.

Anyways -- here are a series of videos of trains clearing snow. There is something beautiful and awe inspiring in these videos. Witness massive amounts of horsepower clearing snow. In the final video, a bunch of locomotives team up to get a snow plow train free from the grasp of the snow. Thomas the Tank Engine had better step up his very expensive wooden toy game! The Island of Sodor could use this power. How can you tell I have nieces and nephews?