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

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In order to keep the tracks and right of way in good order, railroads will sometimes use a Jordan Spreader to reprofile the ballast and dirt along the tracks. This plows, and pushes, the ballast to the sides so the tracks drain properly so the track stays in better shape longer. Seeing this type of operation is pretty rare!
We first see them working near 37th Ave NE in Minneapolis at the top of Shoreham Hill. This was the Soo Line's main back in the day, and was once double tracked. Pushing the Soo spreader is a Canadian Pacific SD30C-ECO. The spreader itself is powered by a Detroit Diesel, and has a distinct sound to it. After making a few passes, we'll head down the line to Johnson St NE. We'll get to see it up close, and make a few passes. Additionally, the drone will provide us with a birds eye view, and we can see its massive hydraulic arms extended as it passes. The sheer power it takes to dig into the ground, push, and profile the ROW is amazing... One REALLY cool result of this was seeing where ties of the second main used to be. It looks like they just tore out main track two....although that's been gone for over 30 years!
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@94XJ 2 жыл бұрын

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

@larrylawson5172 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bmfshoplife118 2 жыл бұрын

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

@benharleman587 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alltrains2111 2 жыл бұрын

That Detroit diesel is awesome and the locomotive is too!

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@Ralph2 2 жыл бұрын

Straight out of a Mad Max movie.

@andie_pants 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I bought my house from is a retired rail worker, and down in the workshop he left behind a chunk of rail anvil and his old beefy s-shaped open end wrench. I cleaned it up with a brass wire wheel, and now it's displayed proudly on my "man cave" wall. It's a display piece... my tinkering would be an insult to such a seasoned piece of rail maintenance history.

@steveparker8723 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool seeing the Jordan spreader at work.

@puckhogjoe 11 ай бұрын

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

@pedojoebiden 2 жыл бұрын

Dirtbikes and atv s are gonna love that

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BranchlineGeepProductions 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rl2699 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IronGears.186 9 ай бұрын

These machines are an important part of our lives

@SD457500 9 ай бұрын

They truly are! Thanks for the comment, and watching!

@ernestlmorellsr 2 жыл бұрын

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

@pranavghantasala6808 2 жыл бұрын

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

@erickleven1712 2 жыл бұрын

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

@hyrail73 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@SF-fm9hs 2 жыл бұрын

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 .

@cgreer9010 2 жыл бұрын

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

@general5104 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Overhead views. Thanks

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, and thanks for watching!

@general5104 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@nickh9632 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mattphippen9830 2 жыл бұрын

May 2-stroke diesels live forever!!!

@holdyourspike 2 жыл бұрын

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

@freedomfan4272 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@toddr.4630 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jobot 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jennifersmith842 2 жыл бұрын

Hello jo bot How are you doing hun

@SD457500 11 ай бұрын

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

@chrisholmes6311 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear that Jimmy sing it’s song 😃

@kirkhathaway4974 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@georgew.5639 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

I also enjoyed the Jimmy running the hyd pump

@samodio586 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest country in the world and this is our hi tech train system. Other countries have 300 mph trains.

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment, and watching. While this isn't high tech equipment, you need to realize this is a freight route, and not for high speed rail. Even along high speed routes, these use machines just like this to perform the same work such as grading.

@thesicklemodernagriculture 11 ай бұрын

a great thank you to the person who made those machines

@darrelgibbs4898 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Work on the Intstate Lets Do More

@wb5648 2 жыл бұрын

shows how much power just 1 engine has

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@user-ch1zm9ks9c 2 ай бұрын

У нас в России такие машины стругами называют но они больше в два раза и две кабины , прикольная машинка , очень грамотно планируют откос !!!! Спасибо за видос

@1ROB82 2 жыл бұрын

Sure can hear that Detroit singing!! Pretty cool

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@electrik_loss 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@tomristock247 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a rare catch!

@zsoren42 2 ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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!

@lakshminarayanan5244 2 жыл бұрын

Super tecnology super development awesome

@rjbowlen7662 11 ай бұрын

That Detroit Diesel powering the hydraulics sounds sweet.

@THR33STEP Жыл бұрын

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

@gordongonegolfing7129 2 жыл бұрын

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 👏👏👍

@aaronryherd6607 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@dhdisprsmith2296 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@buixrule 2 жыл бұрын

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

@davejudydan 2 жыл бұрын

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

@FrogandFlangeVideo 2 жыл бұрын

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

@anthony851 2 жыл бұрын

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

@WalkingHatTV 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dennisb-trains23 2 жыл бұрын

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

@AlejandroRamirez-vh5qg 11 ай бұрын

AWESOME 👨‍🏭LABOR THE TRAIN 🚂

@DCNY22 2 жыл бұрын

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

@JFTravelvideos 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and its great to hear you enjoyed it!

@fridaynighthikes 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Your time is appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻

@Bubbarain717 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mrdovie47 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Pkagame369 2 жыл бұрын

Nice sharing 👍😍

@struck2soon 2 жыл бұрын

Very therapeutic to watch! Nicely filmed as usual.

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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...?

@haroldalexis4200 Жыл бұрын

I love these work trains M. O. W . I have something similar to this Bachmann Spectrum has a M.O.W. not SOO LINE but CP RAIL. Excellent video.👋👋👋👋👋👍✅👍 Another 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎥

@briansmith8967 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@chrisfortin8549 8 ай бұрын

Listen to that Detroit sing!

@SD457500 7 ай бұрын

It sounds great singing away!

@fiegenfiegen 2 жыл бұрын

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

@general5104 2 жыл бұрын

The rail term for the rock and gravel is BALLAST

@tommyluke6407 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that’s one powerful road scraper!!

@jasonbabila6006 2 жыл бұрын

The Jordans makes great ditches too.

@timkis64 2 жыл бұрын

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

@steventurner820 2 жыл бұрын

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

@David-wu7jj 2 жыл бұрын

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

@thelincolnrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

5:52 AWESOME drone footage!

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed the drone shots that were mixed in! Thank you for watching!!

@thelincolnrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! I also subscribed!

@Zadesniper 2 жыл бұрын

I liked this way too much

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! This isn't something you see everyday on the railroad. Thanks for the comment, and watching!

@russs7574 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@wictl 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jamessimmons1888 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@trailwayt9H337 10 ай бұрын

Very Excellent catching. It is Very different informable experience to me also 😍

@SD457500 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment, and glad you enjoyed it!

@valeriebassett3107 2 жыл бұрын

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

@allenadams1487 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video thank you

@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp Жыл бұрын

Nice catch Sir!

@SD457500 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! It was quite neat to see this in person.

@davidkreider942 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@thelincolnrailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! awesome catch!

@catjockey2710 2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool. Never seen anything like it before.

@StevenCasper 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SnowingNapalm 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SD457500 2 жыл бұрын

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

@fredwinter7411 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tinkermccardle7393 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ffjsb 2 жыл бұрын

$$$$$$$$

@elijahmiller912 8 ай бұрын

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

@murlbailer3755 2 жыл бұрын

Don't you just love machines?✌️

@espeescotty 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@rayinpau.s.a.6351 2 жыл бұрын

Informative video . More of these Please !.

@jamesbutterson5218 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool video and great grading with a train 🚂! ✌👌💨☕

@k8ble 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@terrygraham79 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Kool hear engine 🚂 come down the tracks love hearing train horn 📯 all good morning 🌅

@Irsauditor4320 9 ай бұрын

This state is doing great!!!

@carstilein1158 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanfrogz 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, now THAT is neat!

@heartland96a 2 жыл бұрын

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

@danielhildebrand6892 Жыл бұрын

An old Jordan with Frog Eyes!

@SD457500 Жыл бұрын

It was a pretty cool catch! I think the plow is former Milwaukee Road from what I've heard. Thanks for watching!

@Zebrails 2 жыл бұрын

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)

@jazzandbluesculturalherita2547 2 жыл бұрын

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

@charlietrece7958 2 жыл бұрын

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

@johnpatterson4272 2 жыл бұрын

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.