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Satellite, the town started north of the tracks and at the beginning of the alphabet in terms of the streets)
This town was on the
Lincoln Highway.
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Beatrice Area Railroad Enthusiasts posted
Gothenburg, NE 1910 |
I include Lake Hellen to help orient then and now maps because the roads have changed a lot. Note that the Lincoln Highway has yet to be built.
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1902 Gothenburg Quad @ 125,000
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Elevator row has been replaced by a big elevator. Note that this one is served by a Class I railroad, UP because it has a fall protector (skinny blue truss) and its own locomotive.
It can handle unit trains because it has multiple sidings and its own locomotive. It looks like they are cleaning up a spill.
And this siding also serves a fertilizer distributor with liquid and dry fertilizer.
And that industrial spur continues north into a big feed mill. I wonder what they receive by rail. The grain bins along the north seem to be part of
NSG Logistics.
Or maybe they ship dried alfalfa.
In addition to a truck scale in the fertilizer distributor, there is a scale and some bins on the east side.
The towns along the original overland railroad were a lot closer than every 15 miles. Is that because they established work camps along the way?
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