The Spreader works the backtrack at Hillsport pushing the banks into the ditch and bush. The conventional 'broom'/ballast regulators just dont have the reach and power.
In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CIC to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With stories of d... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm so they will be opening it up. Tod... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein back in early 2021. Past Fairbank there hadn't been any trains for a few days, but in the end the drifts were pretty minor... (more)
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)