If you are here because of "Milwaukee's Galewood Yard, Freight House and Roundhouse," then you should go
there.
I noted this elevator because it is another example of a feed mill having many small bins.
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Dan Markey posted
Feed Commodities Elevator, Detroit Maine, 1/24/2025 served by CSX rail (behind buildings |
I was surprised that I saw just one feed truck in the above street view, but then I realized that during the day most of their trucks should be out on the road making deliveries. I did find another truck a little further east. In fact, it looks like a 22-wheeler.
When I looked at a satellite image, I noticed that this mill is rail served. (I read Dan's Facebook comment after I had done the following research to determine the mill was served by CSX. I'm including the research anyhow because it does have some additional information.) Having rail service would explain why the "small bins" of this feed mill are rather large. They need to be able to store carload shipments of feed supplements.
The railroad was the Maine Central
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| 1955/57 Pittsfield Quad @ 62,500 |
The same siding serves an agricultural supply facility.
This view of the feed mill and its rail service is from the top of the leg in the ag supply facility.
I had assumed it was one of the shortlines because I know of grain elevators in the Midwest that CSX refused to serve because they could handle only "short" unit trains. So, I got a lower-resolution topo map to interpret the MDOT map. Imagine my surprise when I learned that the mill is on the CSX mainline between Lewiston and Bangor.
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| 1961/61 Bangor Quad @ 250,000 |
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