Spreader (railroad)

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Spreader, a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles. The spreader would spread gravel along the railroad ties. The various ploughs, wings and blades of specific spreaders allows them to remove snow, build banks, clean and dig ditches as well as trim embankments of brush along the side of the track.cite web
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title = BRS Canadian Pacific Railway Jordan Spreader No. 402818
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title = NAR Work Train | The Alberta Railway Museum
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publisher = The Alberta Pioneer Railway Association
date =©2007
url =http://railwaymuseum.ab.ca/?q=node/19#16522
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accessdate =2008-10-03 ] The operation of the wings was once performed by compressed air, and later hydraulics.cite web
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title = 1920's - Railway Jordan Spreader Controls
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History

Oswald F. Jordan, was a Canadian road master who worked in the Niagra, Ontario area on Canada Southern Railway a branch of the New York Central Railway. Jordan designed the Jordan spreader and supervised a crew at the St. Thomas Canada Southern shop as early as 1900. He formed his own company, O.F. Jordan Company, and continued construction of Jordan Spreaders.

External Links

* [http://books.google.ca/books?id=6zB-co8PLiYC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=railway+spreader&source=web&ots=ytrKaZrRXW&sig=cOCBgNssTqNhY3bfZfli7je6P7c&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result Railway Maintenance Equipment By Brian Solomon]
* [http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=142703&nseq=9 RailPictures.Net Photo: UR 0100 Utah Railway Spreader at Helper ...]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwtpVS1jeo YouTube - Old Jordan Spreader Still Doing The Job]

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