Snow in Minnesota

Minnesotans are used to snow. They have a lot of it every year. Here's a picture from 1881, when snowdrifts in Minnesota were higher than locomotives.

Steckengebliebener Zug im März 1881  in Minnesota 

snowdrift die Schneeverwehung, die Schneewehe 
locomotive die Lokomotive
train der Zug 
to be used to sth.  etw. gewohnt sein
to become stuck steckenbleiben