Taking a break in the house track at LaFayette Connection, an Ex-Conrail ditcher watches trains pass by on both the CSX A&WP and Lineville Subdivisions. This enormous machine when in action plows... (more)

A CSX sd40-3 sits hooked up to a Jordan Spreader outside of Hamlet Yard with CSX and CO reporting marks awaiting its next assignment.

A unique view of a Jordan Spreader. This one used to be based at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver.

Union Pacific's Jordan Spreaders work around the balloon track at Truckee, California. Truckee is the headquarters for snow fighting operations on Donner Pass. The balloon track is a key component... (more)

A well weathered Jordan spreader suns itself at Proctor Yard near Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range's engine facilities. Proctor is just west of Duluth on top of the hill that drops to the Lake Superio... (more)

The Union Pacific Jordan Spreaders, huge in their own right, are dwarfed by the sheer size of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This spreader set will work down to Fulda, where it will take the balloon... (more)

The race is on! The spreaders spent all morning tidying up the Donner Pass Route. With both main tracks out of service for hours on end, Dispatcher 74 had a back log of trains he needed to ... (more)

Wide winging at Yuba Pass… After battling blizzard conditions the previous two days on the Sierra finally a break in the weather greets Union Pacific's snow fighters as they dig out Union Pacifi... (more)

Winter professionals prevail…… After a long day on the hill Union Pacific's spreaders come home to Truckee after having returned the flow of commerce to Union Pacific's Sierra Crossing. After ... (more)

Snow fighting across a continuous ridge…… When selling his crossing of the Sierra to Central Pacific's 'Big Four' Theodore Judah promoted the idea that his railroad would follow a continuous r... (more)

11 miles south outside of Huntsville, W908 comes around the bend working away as it pushes the snowbanks away from the right of way.

Panning the Jordan. We pace right along side at 10mph, W908 works its way north up the Newmarket Sub to Huntsville.

After a day of spreading, the work train heads light back to Heron Bay dropping the operators at Marathon on the way by.

Stashed away somewhere in MacMillan Yard and having not been used in 10 years, CN 50948 was called upon for duty and finally got to spread its wings. With more lake affect snow in the forecast and... (more)

With the mountain again clear after a early morning run west to Shed 10, Union Pacific's 'lead' spreader set drifts through Soda Springs, following closely behind the 'broken wing' spreader. The s... (more)