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)

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)

CN finally found some people and power 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 drifting ... (more)

The man-in-charge on the ground explains what needs to be done to the operating crew aboard Wisconsin Central Jordan spreader No. 315 before plowing out the railroad’s snow-covered yard at Ishpem... (more)

As yet more snow falls over the Sierra UP's snow fighters use spreader set 4032/4031 to clear snow off the balloon. At right is the now gone Truckee Snow office. In the background the second sprea... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

A Jordan spreader still wearing Seaboard System reporting marks is parked on a track at the CSX yard in Kingsport, Tennessee.