CN 2519 pushes the spreader towards Longlac where it will tie up in the Kinghorn Spur after doing all sidings from Armstrong.

Judging by the graded right-of-way, particularly north of Oak Creek, you are looking at an original piece of (unpatched) Rio Grande equipment that is still being put to prime use. I'm only sorry ... (more)

The Donner Pass Route is famous for the incredible amount of dense-wet snow that buries this line every winter. Keeping this line open during the winter is up to a small group of dedicated men and... (more)

Outside of Quinwood, Rainelle train and work crews carefully observe vehicle traffic below as they cross over Route 20, dumping over a foot of snow on the roadway below. They've managed to success... (more)

As the wind blows and light snow continues to fall, it's difficult to judge exactly where the right of way lays, using only the G&E Milepost 9 as a reference point. The Rainelle based train and wo... (more)

Near Bellburn on the G&E branch, Rainelle work train H037 plows snow drifts left behind by Hurricane Sandy. The train is only seven miles from Rainelle, and slightly less than halfway to the end o... (more)

Leaving Manhattan flooded and much of the New Jersey coast destroyed, Hurricane Sandy left behind nearly 3' of snow in the eastern mountain counties of West Virginia in late October 2012. At nea... (more)

Under the cover of darkness, UP ran a Jordan Spreader over the Geneva Sub. Here it is sneaking through Elmhurst running wrong main.

The lead spreder wide winging through the s curve between the Norden shed and the Soda Springs grade crossing.

The sun sets on this Delaware & Hudson relic.

DME's Jordan Spreader comes through a cloud of snow after clearing a drift near Wells, MN.

A UP Spreader is working westbound on UP's East-West Mainline. Here the spreader nose plows as they past thru Lisbon, about 20 miles east of Cedar Rapids. Spreaders on the double track mainline ar... (more)

The CN is working east towards Chicago with its Jordan Spreader. Here the spreader nose plows the siding at Dyersville. A foot of snow, along with a day of high winds has the railroad drifted in. ... (more)

Taking the Christmas holiday off, but likely to see some work in the new year!

The 1st snow storm for the 2010-11 season has the CN bringing their Jordan Spreader out to nose plow and flange the subs west of Ft Dodge, IA. Here the plow extra blast thru a cut at MP 424 that h... (more)