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What caught my eye, after wondering what a Metra engine was doing so far away from Chicago, was the number of elevators in this town. I count seven legs in this photo and there is
another one behind the drone.
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Jim Pearson Photography posted
Emergency, Emergency, Emergency CSX Q648, with Metra rebuilt unit 213, went into emergency about 7 miles after I captured this scene at Trenton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. I first caught this train at Guthrie and got ahead of it for this shot at Trenton. I was hoping to get another shot at Casky Yard, but unfortunately the train went into emergency under stormy skies and after the conductor walked the train he found a broken air hose that caused the problem. I had hoped to catch it at the north end of Casky when it got underway, but I left them searching for a replacement hose in the yard as I figured it was going to be dark before they got moving again! It's the way it goes sometime, but I'm very pleased how this shot turned out! A big shout out to fellow railfans down the line for the heads up on this move! Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 100. Dennis DeBruler: I also like the "forest" of grain elevator legs. I did some research and this elevator handles food grade corn as well as commercial corn and soybeans. |
The elevator behind the drone is rather new because it does not show up in the street view.
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Street View
[I could not find a date on this image. But other images further Southeast on this road are dated 2013.] |
These four bins were also built after the street view car visited this town.
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Jim Pearson Photography posted
CSX M647 pulls into the siding at the north end of Trenton, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision where it met CSX I026 Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 140. Susan Lary: I fell in love with the little farming town of Trenton, Kentucky back in 2014 Jim Pearson Photography ! Watching trains there is the best! Great capture! |
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Jim Pearson Photography posted
CSXT 5247 takes the siding at the north end of Trenton, Kentucky to allow another higher priority southbound train to pass them, on June 20th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 110.
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When I saw that the complex had several smaller bins, I wondered if they handled food grade grains.
Their web site confirms that. Handling non-GMO, as well as GMO, corn would require even more bins. But they don't seem to handle edible beans, just soybeans.
According to the satellite images, this complex can't load unit grain trains. Fortunately, the web site has a good
"about" description. It explains that they take advantage of the Cumberland River and
ship grain with barges. It also explains that they started out processing popcorn. But it doesn't mention popcorn as part of its current operation.
They do load carload freight.
That would be the food quality corn. In fact, they ship quite a few hopper of specialty grains.
And the boxcars are probably for the 1500-2500 lb. supersack totes. They also offer 50 lb paper bags.
This view confirms that they load the small bins with portable augurs.
And sometimes they load multiple bins at the same time. They do have some old tractors to provide augur power. In general, powering an augur is one of the jobs that old tractors still have on a modern farm.
