February 9, 2015: Jet plow

[Undertoad]

And now this update from my own back yard:

To prove that Philadelphia is battle-ready for a massive snowfall, Knueppel pointed to three of SEPTA's secret weapons: a jet engine that attaches to a rail vehicle and aggressively blows away snow; a large snow-thrower the size of a front of a train; and rotating brooms affixed to trolleys to sweep away any accumulation.

From Newsworks

But it doesn't matter, snow was last year's problem. This year's problem is cold, and guess what,

Extreme weather conditions have caused 60 regional line train cars to break down, a SEPTA spokesman said. The transportation authority's entire regional fleet is made up of around 350 train cars.

Well it doesn't have anything to do with the IotD, but 60 out of 350... SEPTA's fleet is too (c)old.