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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Farina, Illinois 1972 Dennis DeBruler: An interesting collection of grain elevator technologies on the left: wood, bolted steel, slip form and jump form. And a Texaco gas station on the right. Richard Fiedler shared |
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
The bolted-steel and concrete silos are still standing. The fall protector by the jump-form silos indicates that the elevator is rail served. According to the Google Maps label, this is another country elevator that ADM has bought.
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| Street View, Oct 2023 |
Further south, they have three bins that are also rail served. Note the depot foundation on this side of the tracks.
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| Street View, Oct 2023 |
While checking out the fertilizer supply business on the north side of town, I found an even bigger grain elevator. That would explain why ADM is in this town.
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| Street View, Oct 2023 |
The siding is on the west side to service the original elevators. When I saw that this elevator was on the east side, I wondered how they loaded the trains. This view confirms what I saw on a satellite image: they have a conveyor over the mainline to feed a loading facility. This is a rare example of a Class I railroad allowing a structure over their mainline. The conveyor on the left is for a ground pile.
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
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| LJ Bootsie posted Looking south at Farina, Illinois |
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