Choteau, MT: Wood Grain Elevators Still in Use

(Satellite, in 2021, there were four hopper cars parked next to the concrete silos)

Wood grain elevators are becoming rare. Not only does this town still have more than one, one of them is rather big. A 1960 topo map labels the railroad as Great Northern and a contemporary map labels it as BNSF. So it is not a shortline.

Street View

Dale Bouma posted
This one still gets used, Columbia Grain at Choteau MT

Michael Krejci posted two photos with the comment: "Choteau, MT. Columbia Grain."

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And they still get rail service.

Street View, Aug 2026

It was a GN route.

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BNSF service now terminates at this town. BNSF also owns the former-Milwaukee route down to Fairfield.

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