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Keeping the ore moving It's early in the morning and we're getting the equipment ready to head out for a day of plowing and sweeping in the yard at Port Cartier, QC. 43-year-old (at the time) QCM X-23 is a Jordan Type A spreader serial No. 899, built in 1960. It is equipped with a medium front blade with custom upper snow curls, straight side wings, custom cab, raised rear platform, and diesel-powered hydraulic control cylinders. Brand new (at the time) QCM P-722 is a Nordco M2-14 ballast regulator/snow fighter, serial No. 800208, built in 2003. I always enjoyed working with the folks at the Cartier Railway. At the QCM main shop complex in Port Cartier QC November 13, 2003.
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Caption: Keeping the ore moving
It's early in the morning and we're getting the equipment ready to head out for a day of plowing and sweeping in the yard at Port Cartier, QC.
43-year-old (at the time) QCM X-23 is a Jordan Type A spreader serial No. 899, built in 1960. It is equipped with a medium front blade with custom upper snow curls, straight side wings, custom cab, raised rear platform, and diesel-powered hydraulic control cylinders.
Brand new (at the time) QCM P-722 is a Nordco M2-14 ballast regulator/snow fighter, serial No. 800208, built in 2003.
I always enjoyed working with the folks at the Cartier Railway.
At the QCM main shop complex in Port Cartier QC November 13, 2003.

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Paul O'Shell [451] (more) (contact)
Date: 11/13/2003 (search)
Railway: Cartier (search)
Reporting Marks: QCM X-23, QCM P-722 (search)
Train Symbol: n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Port Cartier yard (search)
City/Town: Port Cartier (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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6 Comments
  1. First954
    March 22, 2025 at 9:14 pm

    Let the snow fighting begin!

  2. terry.oshell
    March 23, 2025 at 11:14 am

    Nice comparison, although I think the X-23 is the big pusher.

  3. awmooney
    March 23, 2025 at 11:34 am

    Were you older than the spreader? :o )

  4. Paul O'Shell
    March 23, 2025 at 11:41 am

    3,000 or more hp behind the spreader, 300 hp in the snow fighter. The spreader wins.
    Yeah Arnold, I was built 7 years before the spreader. :-)

  5. NiagaraMike11
    March 24, 2025 at 11:24 am

    You do get around Paul. Nice shot most of us never get near that area!

  6. Paul O'Shell
    March 24, 2025 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks Mike. I was very fortunate over my many years in the industry to have unfettered access to areas not usually available to non-railroaders.
    It’s unfortunate that many of the restricted area shots I took over the years will never make it to RP. Keep an eye on my Flickr page for more. :-)

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