A PRR spreader settup for cutting a ditch. Not the odd looking bank sloper, PRR had a few machines with custom bank slopers with ditch
cutters built in. O.F. Jordan Photo from the collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
CB&Q 203834, A very early Type A, with long, straight wings. O.F. Jordan Photo from the collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
Rear view of a similar machine with the wings open. Note the hydraulic friction brace locks. O.F. Jordan Photo from the collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
IC X9151. This machine was built in 1929. It appears to have been modernized at some point due to the behind wing mounted opening and closing cylinders
as well as the gear rack brace locks, but still carrying the yoke style diagonal brace. More to come on this machine in the future..
PRR 497414, a newer Type A spreader, this one showing the original roof walks and the way the front plow can be turned into a one
way plow. O.F. Jordan Photo from the collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
SPMW 4040. Note the SP added rear cab, as well as compressor. Unknown photographer.
UP Type A at work on the Feather River Canyon.
IREX Spreader 358. These appear to either be builders photos, or this spreader fresh out of a rebuild. Unfortunatly there
is no information on the prints, which are very worn out.
UP 903142, a later Type A machine with an onboard compressor. D. Stickley photo, 7/1985.
SPMW 3419 in Alturas CA. This is an older Type A, rebuilt by SP. 8/17/74, W. Hammond Photo.
A later view of 3419 in Dunsmuir, CA, in 1996. T. Houser Photo.
NY Central X6331B, an off the shelf 3-175 Spreader. Collection of Jeff Hands.
