Railpictures.ca - Bryan Martyniuk Photo: At some point during the winter and especially after a major storm the tracks must be cleared and the snow pushed back as far as possible. The crew on the Jordan spreader 402886 started in Schreiber previously and are now working in the siding at Nipigon. Once the snow is pushed back in the siding, they will return to the east end and get back onto the main line. Proceedng westward they will clear off the mainline and continue onwards to Sprucewood, Hurkett and eventually Thunder Bay | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

At some point during the winter and especially after a major storm the tracks must be cleared and the snow pushed back as far as possible. The crew on the Jordan spreader 402886 started in Schreiber previously and are now working in the siding at Nipigon. Once the snow is pushed back in the siding, they will return to the east end and get back onto the main line. Proceedng westward they will clear off the mainline and continue onwards to Sprucewood, Hurkett and eventually Thunder Bay

Caption: At some point during the winter and especially after a major storm the tracks must be cleared and the snow pushed back as far as possible. The crew on the Jordan spreader 402886 started in Schreiber previously and are now working in the siding at Nipigon. Once the snow is pushed back in the siding, they will return to the east end and get back onto the main line. Proceedng westward they will clear off the mainline and continue onwards to Sprucewood, Hurkett and eventually Thunder Bay

Photographer:	Bryan Martyniuk [48] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/28/2011 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 5990 (search)
Train Symbol:	Work 5990 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Nipigon (search)
City/Town:	Nipigon (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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RonaldB

August 15, 2024 at 2:55 pm

When this type of activity needed to be undertaken in Quebec St. Yard in London, Ont, an extra yard had to be called to operate the “work train”, another extra yard had to be called to do nothing more than pull tracks high so that the spreader could clear the track of snow, then they’d shove the cars back in, pull the next track and so on. It was a long slow process to clear 20 odd tracks this way. Now we seldom get enough snow in southern Ontario to require plows or spreaders.

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RonaldB

August 15, 2024 at 2:55 pm

When this type of activity needed to be undertaken in Quebec St. Yard in London, Ont, an extra yard had to be called to operate the “work train”, another extra yard had to be called to do nothing more than pull tracks high so that the spreader could clear the track of snow, then they’d shove the cars back in, pull the next track and so on. It was a long slow process to clear 20 odd tracks this way. Now we seldom get enough snow in southern Ontario to require plows or spreaders.