Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm.

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The sharp blast of a whistle warning of an approaching train, the powerful chuffing of steam engines, the rhythmic clicking of wheels on rail joints, the shouted communications between crew members ...