The early train out of Reading Depot does not wait for weather, which is exactly why L&J Landscaping starts hours ahead of it. Plow work, hand-shoveled walks, cleared steps, salt down the path — the whole route from back door to car to street handled while the town is still dark. Storms here often flip to sleet by morning, so the first pass is almost never the last one. Beyond Reading the trucks reach Wakefield, North Reading, Woburn and Stoneham. There is a plain, unfussy pride in a driveway that lets somebody leave on time.