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John McCall posted
Purina mill, Abilene, KS. Hasn't been active since maybe early 80's. Privately owned and used for storage (not grain) and most agree it should just be torn down.
Jeff Wecker My grandfather worked there in the early 70's, I used to help unload trucks in the summer while I was in grade school. Oh those were nice times. By the way, the white concrete elevator was not Purina, that was a separate facility, owned by Central Soya. |
Brian Nemechek
posted five photos with the comment: "The old Coop elevator. Abilene Ks."
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Jeff Wecker posted
A westbound BNSF grain empty approaches Abilene Ks, to be spotted at the grain terminal here 3/20/16 |
Both the Santa Fe and UP run east/west through town. But the Santa Fe curves north on the west side of town and curves south on the east of town. The empty hoppers must be headed to
this elevator because the other active elevator in town is
ADM Milling on the UP line, and it would be receiving loaded hoppers. A unit train has to be split up into several smaller cuts because the siding by the elevator is rather short.
ADM Milling appears to have silos on both sides of the tracks.
Lee Olsen
posted two photos with the comment: "
Bert and Wetta elevator in Abilene Ks. Used exclusively for alfalfa pellets."
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