Men on the ground help out with snow removal around a switch as Wisconsin Central Jordan spreader No. 315 waits behind them in the yard at Ishpeming, Michigan, on December 29, 1996. Finding and di... (more)

NN spreader 360 under a clear Nevada night sky

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is just out of the Waterloo city limits as they work north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. The drifts however were pretty minor for the middle of February u... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts however were pretty minor for t... (more)

Well it looks like the Jordan Spreader will only make 2 trips for the CN in Iowa this winter? Within 4 weeks all this snow would be gone with 50-60 degree weather that came in the 1st part of Marc... (more)

Ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) and CN 2845 approach the 275th St. Grade crossing, where they will briefly stop to grab some lunch before continuing down the line.

CN 2845 pushes ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) through drifts from Manchester, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA on the CN CR line. This photo (taken south of Manchester, IA) shows the crew “flangingâ€... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. The drifting wasn't terrible, but it was time to push some of th... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. Here the crew works south on the Cedar Rapids Sub at MP 10 after... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. Here the crew works south on the Cedar Rapids Sub at MP 10 after... (more)

In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CRANDIC Railroad to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With... (more)

Alittle heritage can still be found along the Iowa Northern's Oelwein Sub between Waterloo and Oelwein. This was the Chicago Great Western's mainline to Kansas City from Oelwein. The CGW once had ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts were pretty minor for the middl... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is at the end of the line. They are a few miles north of Oelwein and stopped short of highway 3. North of here is just the elevator tracks for Viafield on this ... (more)

CN finally found some people and power today to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The dri... (more)