Train Plowing Dirt and Grading Work - Rare Track work equipment along the Withrow Sub-

[@nervousnellyterencemorton]

From the UK. Would love to spend a month in the US Rail fanning and chasing equipment like this. Fantastic footage, many thanks Sir,

[@benharleman587]

This is the best Jordon Spreader video by far on KZbin!

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!! :D

[@Ralph2]

Straight out of a Mad Max movie.

[@BranchlineGeepProductions]

Interesting to see it plowing something other than snow. Love those flared radiators on the ECO also!

[@SD457500]

Same here, and it was so neat to watch! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the comment.

[@darrelgibbs4898]

Awesome Work on the Intstate Lets Do More

[@jobot]

Great to see CP keeping up the Right of way... and really neat to see a Jordan spreader in action !!

[@jennifersmith842]

Hello jo bot How are you doing hun

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the kind comment! It was really cool to see, and amazing how easily it moved so much Earth!

[@94XJ]

I love the sound of the Detroit diesel ripping away to power the hydraulics.

[@alltrains2111]

That Detroit diesel is awesome and the locomotive is too!

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comment, and watching! The locomotive is an SD30C-ECO, and is powered by a two stroke EMD 710 V16 engine. It is some really neat technology!

[@steveparker8723]

Pretty cool seeing the Jordan spreader at work.

[@zsoren42]

What's wild about Jordan Spreaders was that they were originally designed to do this, MOW work especially with ballest. It wasn't until Jim Jordan on the Espee who figured they would be really useful with snow in the Sierras and thus what we get today.

[@SD457500]

Nailed it! Many people don't know that, and its neat to see all of the uses that this piece of has. Thanks for watching!

[@KandiKlover]

“Espee” don’t be a pansy

[@rl2699]

I'm absolutely amazed by this. I had to hit pause so I could grab a drink and some pretzels so I could sit back and watch this. I'm a bulldozer operator so I wanted to see if I could pick up some more tips

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed the video! The video hardly does it justice; it was SO cool to watch in person.

[@SF-fm9hs]

I worked for Pandrol Jackson in 1999,which was bought out by Harsco Corp in 2000. The shop in Syracuse N.Y . was building a Plow /Ballast Spreader for the Alaskan Rail Road . The shop was using prints from one of the original plows they had built in the 40s . From what I remember I was told Pandrol Jackson use to be Jackson -Jordon at one time . I believe the Plow was one of the last projects that was done at the Syracuse shop , before they closed .

[@rjbowlen7662]

That Detroit Diesel powering the hydraulics sounds sweet.

[@thesicklemodernagriculture]

a great thank you to the person who made those machines

[@cgreer9010]

Boy I love jordan spreaders. Saw one in south dakota that sat in watertown. It had a build date of 09/1923

[@THR33STEP]

Still does a great job at what it was designed for!!

[@pranavghantasala6808]

Every new thing I learn about railroads is cooler than the last. I mean, look at that thing! Great video, by the way!

[@nickh9632]

Ol screamin Jimmy running the show, you gotta love a Detroit

[@electrik_loss]

Love how that old Jordan Spreader still has some Soo Line markings! Great footage btw!

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the comment! I heard it's former Milwaukee Road too, so think of where it's been over the years.

[@Greatdome99]

A lot of RR equipment is so identified for business or tax reasons. That's why you see NYC and PRR equipment on the NS and CSX.

[@aaronryherd6607]

Around here when you see one of theses working it usually means they are trying to make a line look good for a sale. Good video!

[@larrylawson5172]

You have to love the sound of a Detroit Diesel screaming at full RPM providing the hydraulic power for the Jordan Spreader.

[@bmfshoplife118]

No you don’t. Worst sound on the planet.

[@1ROB82]

Sure can hear that Detroit singing!! Pretty cool

[@SD457500]

Sure does sound good, and especially under load! Thank you for the comment, and watching!

[@P32-8BWH]

I have never seen this before. Thank you for showing this!

[@freedomfan4272]

Gotta keep that water away from the ties even though they are coated. Proper drainage is a very important thing on railroads

[@SD457500]

Glad that you enjoyed it! This was a first for me as well, and had work ran late, I would have missed seeing this! It was sheer luck that I came across it when I saw a track block on ATCS show up, and checked it out.

[@chrisholmes6311]

Nice to hear that Jimmy sing it’s song 😃

[@gordongonegolfing7129]

I could watch that all day, does that mean it’s super interesting or am I just getting lazy. The old girl deserves a lick of paint, great video 👏👏👍

[@ernestlmorellsr]

Man they got railway equipment that do it all... time keep on slipping into the future.

[@georgew.5639]

The NYS&W once used a Jordan spreader to push trees and weeds away from a long dormant main line. They were bringing the line back into service. This was back in the late 1980s.

[@millertime8835]

I also enjoyed the Jimmy running the hyd pump

[@anthony851]

I bet that spreader has skinned lots of cables in it's life. Hi from NZ, Anthony.

[@kirkhathaway4974]

Seriously on of the coolest videos i have ever seen!!!!!Thanks for posting!!!!!

[@SD457500]

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words! :D It was a really neat operation to witness.

[@struck2soon]

Very therapeutic to watch! Nicely filmed as usual.

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate the kind words! This was so neat to see in person, and a fairly rare catch too!

[@general5104]

I like your skill, keeping your drone out of the trees and the power lines! Excellent footage Does your handle show that you like SD45's?, or is that just a coincidence? Have you worked on them or ran them, or just a Rail Fan that knows what he likes...?

[@erickleven1712]

Definitely a 2-stroke Detroit Diesel powering the spreader hydraulics.

[@hyrail73]

Oh yeah! I could listen to that all day long!

[@SD457500]

I was thinking it was a Detroit power the hydraulics, but wasn't sure. It sounded GOOD. :D Thanks for the comment, and watching!

[@hyrail73]

Nothing else sounds like a 2 stroke Detroit, same can be said of the EMD 567,645 and 710 all GM 2 stroke as well.

[@dhdisprsmith2296]

Great footage of the spreader in action. Really enjoyed it!!

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad that you enjoyed it. While I've heard of them doing this before, this was my first encounter, and it was neat.

[@espeescotty]

Neat stuff! It's more rare to catch a Jordan Spreader playing in the dirt than it is play in the snow. And as another one of your commenters said, it was originally designed as a dirt mover and trencher. That SD30C-ECO sure looks cool too. Not a unit I get to see here in Arizona. And that horn at the end, sounds like an old single chime Leslie, is my guess. Like I said at the beginning, neat stuff!

[@fiegenfiegen]

WOW! One has to wonder how frequently the wear parts on those blades have to be replaced. Railway aggregates are extremely abrasive!

[@general5104]

The rail term for the rock and gravel is BALLAST

[@mattphippen9830]

May 2-stroke diesels live forever!!!

[@davidkreider942]

Wow!! Awesome video! Superb drone camera views also! Thank you for posting this video! Very interesting! Be safe out there!!

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thank for the kind words on the video! :D

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

Absolutely the best video of this type of operation I have seen !!! Great action of a spreader working hard. Thanks. James.

[@briansmith8967]

Love the flared radiators on the 45's! My favorite loco after E and F units.

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comment, and watching! As razzle58 also stated, this is an SD30C-ECO, which is a rebuilt SD40-2 with a 710 engine and various other upgrades.

[@briansmith8967]

@@SD457500 thanks for the info. Interesting that they would use the flared style of the 45.

[@jamessimmons1888]

I remember seeing that type of equipment in use on the railroad tracks next to my house a long time ago, when I was growing up. They used it for cleaning up the ditches and banks, helped clear the cudzu off the banks.

[@StevenCasper]

That was cool using the snow plow for dirt. Never seen that done like that before. Thanks for the video.

[@wb5648]

shows how much power just 1 engine has

[@SD457500]

Nailed it!! It takes a lot of power to move all that dirt. Thank you for the comment, and watching!

[@WalkingHatTV]

I have never seen this kind of a thing in my life. Many thanks for sharing this.

[@steventurner820]

Now this is something I haven't really seen, pretty cool. I like that ECO as well

[@fredwinter7411]

I have never seen a machine like that. What a deal, great video. I suppose it works well in the winter as well.

[@Bubbarain717]

I now know what I need to get a smooth driveway and be able to plow the snow quicker.🤣 Great catch!

[@SD457500]

I mean, imagine how FAST that would plow a driveway and all the snow it could move. Thanks for the comment, and watching!

[@jasonbabila6006]

The Jordans makes great ditches too.

[@tinkermccardle7393]

All RR’s need to do this more often! Looks very good!

[@ffjsb]

$$$$$$$$

[@elijahmiller912]

Apparently you have never spread gravel before. As a builder for 33 years, they made an embarrassing mess. A teenager in a skidsteer could have done better

[@k8ble]

well done. miss it all. i worked on the CNW MPLS AND my brother in law worked the shorem yard on the soo.. great people.

[@jazzandbluesculturalherita2547]

Way Kewel! Didn't know that these types of plows were used for anything besides snow plowing! Awesome footage!

[@johnpatterson4272]

CP could stand to do the same work along the Peterborough-Havelock sub-line in Ontario. Nice to see straight tracks, no 6 ft. weeds and no dips in the roadbed every 50 ft.

[@davejudydan]

Very cool didn’t know they had that big reach. Thanks

[@toddr.4630]

Everything about a railroad is huge, steel, & MASSIVE horsepower , gotta love it 😝👍

[@wictl]

Nice video. I managed to watch the WC 315 do some ditching work some 30 years ago, well before I go my video camera.

[@heartland96a]

Yup saw the stains in the ballast of the old second track coming back to the surface.

[@carstilein1158]

This is a great video. Thanks. These guys are real professionals. They need to be careful and experienced.

[@patallen5095]

Very cool! Always thought the spreader's were mainly for snow removal!!! Saw a couple in Revelstoke BC last fall! 👍

[@wlsnpndrvs8593]

First rate footage. Good drone and optics. Quality sound. Thank you

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment, and watching! I appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@David-wu7jj]

That makes a lot of sense, does a great job and its not just sitting somewhere for 6 months

[@Zebrails]

Awesome! I just obtained an HO version by Walther's to go with a previously bought matching Russell Snow plow, also in Soo Line colors! This is a great video! John BC, Canada (nee St.Paul, MN)

[@puckhogjoe]

From Pat Mccafee Alien episode to this ABSOLUTE GEM haha I'm sharing it with all my people this is serious work and solid camera work but for real I needed to see this .we are here

[@lutomson3496]

never seen these used for gravel work nice to have a multi purpose piece of equipment, here in the west sierras we have the rotary blowers and larger plows

[@valeriebassett3107]

Great video. I saved this to watch again! Thanks for sharing.

[@dennisb-trains23]

Super cool video. Dont get to see much of this work done.

[@billdougan4022]

I haven’t seen an SD-45 in a while, and have never seen power line poles like that. Nice video.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment, and watching! The locomotive moving the plow around is actually an SD30C-ECO. These are rebuilt SD40-2s with a new powerplant, cab, rear radiators, and other things changed on them.

[@billdougan4022]

She’s a beaut!!! I just noticed the three holes in the trucks indicating a ‘40-2’. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@marknolan8052]

This is one the coolest train videos that I have even seen!

[@mrdovie47]

I lived across the street from the New York Central Yard in Detroit, and they would run a scary flame thrower that burned up the weeds along the track.

[@ericcallender1575]

Wow! Grading with a Jordan spreader. I have a 32 Eco model, now I have to get a spreader. Good catch.

[@SD457500]

It was a really neat sight, and operation to see! How did you get an SD30C-ECO model? Custom made?

[@ericcallender1575]

@@SD457500 yep. Sd40-2 plus radiators from sd70. N scale.

[@SD457500]

@@ericcallender1575 That's a great way to build it!

[@ericcallender1575]

@@SD457500 also had to adapt the cab windows.

[@charlietrece7958]

Super production. The video is amazing beyond the fact it portraits a very rare railroad footage .

[@DCNY22]

Wow that’s amazing.. that’s spreads the rock so much

[@tomristock247]

That’s a rare catch!

[@michaeldougfir9807]

•How is a Canadian loco being used for work in Minneapolis? •Does the spreader have its' own engines for everything but locomotion? •The spreader has lights. (Not on.) Does it have it's own horn? •Does the spreader have brakes?

[@royreynolds108]

1 The DP took over the old Soo Line. 2 Yes, the engine operates the hydraulics and generator for lights and AC. 3 Yes, I think that was its horn at the end. 4 Yes, absolutely. With a correct set-up of controls, the engineer can operate the pusher loco and air brakes from the cab of the spreader so he can see where he is going and doing. In the old days, a Jordan spreader was air-powered and took its control air from the train line and had a large air reservoir about where the engine is on this one. The air cylinders were large also. Hydraulics are easier and more precise to use than air.

[@fridaynighthikes]

Great video. Your time is appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻

[@timkis64]

thats quite a plow wagon there.sounds like an old 2 stroke detroit powering the hydrolic pump.

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Informative video . More of these Please !.

[@gravelydon7072]

Way back got to see one working alongside the WV Turnpike. Sadly that track is all gone now. As are the mines that were served by the railroad.

[@russs7574]

I just got done listening to the audiobook version of "Nothing Like it in the World," which is Stephen Ambrose's account of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. As I was watching this, I was marveling that everything required to build the Pacific Railroad (as they called it back then) had to be done by hand. You know, the grading, laying the ties and track, spiking them in and filling in the ballast. Also making all the cuts and fills, and building trestles. And the Central Pacific had to cut tunnels through the solid granite of the Sierras using hand drills and black powder (or nitroglycerin). It simply boggles the mind that they were able to accomplish the feat.

[@general5104]

Nice Overhead views. Thanks

[@SD457500]

Glad you liked it, and thanks for watching!

[@general5104]

@@SD457500 Question...where was this footage taken?

[@SD457500]

@@general5104 All locations are listed in each scene, and in the start of this video. This was shot in NE Mpls, MN on the CP Withrow Sub, at various crossings.

[@ChakatNightspark]

They did this in my area couple years ago first. Then started to lay new track along side of the other track. So might be possible they are planning on doing same thing in the area. Laying down another Track.

[@yardlimit8695]

THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. THANKS FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT.........

[@lexpo181]

That's an excellent video! I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing these actions. ;)

[@scopex2749]

well THATS a mega piece of kit!!!!! I was a train engineer in the UK for many years ( thats NOT the driver in the UK folks in USA - we fixed the train :) Railways always intrigue me. I lived in the US for a while I married a Missouri gal! This is a fascinating piece of kit in the UK our tracks are so small and narrow it wouldnt fit. Can anyone explain to me what the wings on the Caboose were for?? I know these are no longer fitted does anyne know what they were for? I have seen many pictures of stationary trains with the Caboose wings out but never moving. Were they for snow clearing perhaps?

[@jasonberryco7297]

never knew it was more than a snow remover! Thats awesome I wonder why this is not used more often it seems like it works so well ive seen many places near me that would drain so much better after a pass with this machine.

[@SD457500]

Great point, and question with this! I bet it takes a lot of planning, and labor, to make happen. Its a pretty versatile machine!

[@RuleofFive]

Wow you shot some great footage both on the tripod and with your drone. It was smart to put your bug on the bottom of the screen too and I also appreciate the location lower third. I like to know where these get shot. I've never seen this type of spreading or re-profiling before. Thanks.

[@buixrule]

Sounds like a little Detroit on that plow. Very cool.

[@webcrawler3332]

Hats pretty cool. I wonder why they added so much rock and gravel in the first place?

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed it! There used to be a second main there 30 years ago, thus why its so wide. When they were doing this work, they pushed a lot of the ballast from main track two off to the side.

[@jjxtwo1]

Great video. Excellent drone and editing work. Subbed.

[@SD457500]

Much appreciated, and thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video of this neat operation.

[@486kyle]

wow neat, looks like a 2-71 detroit powering the thing don't see many 2-71s outside of the railroad

[@tommyluke6407]

Damn, that’s one powerful road scraper!!

[@angelamagruder5911]

The machine looks like a giant grasshopper,great work. Amazing piece of machinery.

[@pedojoebiden]

Dirtbikes and atv s are gonna love that

[@SD457500]

They have been spotted already on it! The railroad doesn't care too much for them though. :p Thanks for the comment, and watching!

[@robertgraham1088]

Are they going to lay a second track alongside or is it just to keep the track side neat and tidy? It looks to be very wide on one side compared to the other and I guess new stone has been positioned by an earlier train at great expense. I have never seen this being done in any of the many countries I have travelled to and worked in. They just let the side be and spray weedkiller and chop back overhanging branches. Thank you for uploading this.

[@letmebackinplz5497]

More TC&W Videos please! That railroad has so much video potential west of glencoe!

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! All in time, I hope to get out that way sometime soon.

[@hypergolic8468]

Were these lines double tracked roads that were singled, or built with wide margins from day one? Very impressive, both on the equipment and the filming.

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comment, and watching! This route was double tracked until 1986, and used to be the mainline for the Soo Line. During the grading process, it revealed where main two was, and looked like it was just torn out. You can see where the ties and rail were in the last part of the video, even after all these years later.

[@hypergolic8468]

@@SD457500 Thanks for the reply. Yes: now you pointed it out I can see them (again really nice drone work). It just goes to show how much that was previously hard manual labour can be done in a minutes by a few people too. Thanks again!

[@wideslammer]

Did you know this kind of work was going to take place, or were just lucky enough to be around when it was underway? Interesting video -- I've never seen that kind of work done with a winter plow.

[@SD457500]

I happened to come across them doing this, and had all of my camera gear on me. They had worked a portion of the track earlier in the week, and I was hoping they might do more. Everything came together perfectly by chance. Thanks for the comment, and watching!

[@AlejandroRamirez-vh5qg]

AWESOME 👨‍🏭LABOR THE TRAIN 🚂

[@SnowingNapalm]

ooh i wanna look for that plow this winter 🥶❄️😀😁

[@SD457500]

You and me both! I want to get drone video of a train busting through snow drifts; that would be a sight!

[@archibalcox]

amazing machines tremendous power to push dirt like that

[@jaeFFCC]

I had never seen or known that Rare Track work equipment!!, thank you for sharing it with us👌😉 Kind regards from Mexico.

[@royreynolds108]

I saw a 1-inch or 1.5-inch scale model of a Jordan Spreader in Chicago at a MOW show that the company had built.