The snow fell and fell and fell. Then the power went out. However, neither snow nor loss of power will deter the trains at Mill Creek Central. The maintenance of way crews were out much of the night clearing the tracks before the wet snow became ice as the temperature dropped to near zero. (Click on the photos below to enlarge.)
These three links are video clips: Snow1.avi Snow2.avi Snow3.avi (click to run). The clips are highly compressed to minimize download time. The webmaster didn't actually witness any of this stuff ---- he was keeping warm by the home fire. However, he did observe that the little switcher could use some help pushing the plow.