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After last train men with shovels take to tracks to keep Otaru Station operating

Video footage taken in the very early hours of Feb. 14 shows the behind-the-scenes work involved in keeping Hokkaido Railway Co.’s Otaru Station operational despite heavy snowfall in the area. Working in minus-seven-degree temperatures, a team of 10 workers armed with shovels along with a carriage equipped with an rotary snow blower work to clear the tracks of about 76 centimeters of snow. The operation begins after the arrival of the last train at 00:38 a.m. and continues to just before the station reopens for the first departure of the day at 5:39 a.m.
Video footage taken in the very early hours of Feb. 14 shows the behind-the-scenes work involved in keeping Hokkaido Railway Co.’s Otaru Station operational despite heavy snowfall in the area. Working in minus-seven-degree temperatures, a team of 10 workers armed with shovels along with a carriage equipped with an rotary snow blower work to clear the tracks of about 76 centimeters of snow. The operation begins after the arrival of the last train at 00:38 a.m. and continues to just before the station reopens for the first departure of the day at 5:39 a.m.
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No sales to customers in China or Korea
Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Editorial #:
1130377686
Collection:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
February 14, 2019
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:00:45:09
Location:
Hokkaido, Japan
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 29.97p
Source:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Object name:
20190215snowplowinhokkaido.mov