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Michael Behm posted
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot from Orleans, Nebraska. My picture from 9-12-26 |
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The town has a big new elevator and a couple of old elevators.
None of the big bins existed in 2012 and the older elevator was bigger.
The new elevator sometimes has a big ground pile.
The town still has a couple of wood grain elevators.
Orleans is where the branch to St. Francis left the route across the southern part of Nebraska.
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Omnitrax
"Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway (NKCR) owns and operates approximately 509 miles of track in three states and carries a diverse mix of traffic including wheat, corn, coal and fertilizer. NKCR, one of several railroads in Nebraska, has benefited from its ability to attract high throughput grain elevators to its lines due to its superior service record and excellent relationship with BNSF. More specifically, NKCR recently made considerable track improvements in conjunction with upgrade investments by the owners of grain elevators at Venango, Nebraska, Loomis, Nebraska and Holyoke, Colorado, each of which now loads 110-car shuttle trains. In addition to grain, NKCR ships liquid fertilizer shuttle unloaders at Maywood, Nebraska, Imperial, Nebraska and Holyoke, Colorado in addition to the dry fertilizer shuttle unloader at Loomis, Nebraska." |
