West Mill: (Satellite)
Railyard: (Satellite, many of the classification tracks still exist.)
Colorado must also have some big feed lots. Just a few days ago I saw a covered hopper car mounted up high to fill trucks at a feed mill in McAlester, OK. And that town also had multiple feed mills.
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| Jeff Clupepper posted Pamela Dawn: Why though..? |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Pamela's question My theory is that this allows one to quickly fill a feed truck. Then the hopper can be refilled while the truck is on the road and be ready for another fill when the truck returns. I found these trucks parked at another feed mill in town as an example of what gets filled. |
The mill in McAlester used an augur across the top of the hopper to spread the feed in the hopper. This one uses three drop pipes.
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| Jackson Magee posted It’s days are done on the rails but it still being useful for loading trucks got this from another group. [The comments have photos and/or locations of other examples.] Zak Hill shared |
I didn't recognize the name, but I did recognize the hopper in the air.
David Erickson posted three photos with the comment: "Had an opportunity to stop and photograph the La Junta Mill and Elevator earlier this month. It's appearance seems a combination of chaos, creativity and character."
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Bob Summers posted two photos with the comment: "La Junta, the county seat of Otero County Colorado, is next on the original Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF), now Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) mainline crossing Kansas into Colorado. This railroad mainline followed the original Santa Fe Trail along the Arkansas River west to near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains before turning southward towards Santa Fe, New Mexico. This route is now known as the “La Junta Sub.” The railroad has significant rail yards here. This arid high plains region is more conducive to livestock grazing than raising grain. Nice use of repurposing a grain hopper car into overhead bins for loading feed into trucks to take the feed to area ranches. Photos 1/30/25."
Wesley Peters: I will be heading out to Colorado in April 2025! This will be one of my stops. Don't see to many of the false-front elevators in Colorado or Idaho.
Bob Summers also posted
Mark Reardon: I remember when the track still crossed 50 right there east of the love's convenience store. I would see grain hoppers spotted there from the windows of the southwest chief as we were heading to CA yrs ago.
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Santa Fe Roundhouse
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| Howard James Holub posted La Junta, CO had a very large Round House that varied in size over the years. But it did reach a (almost 3/4 full circle at its largest. There is still around a 9 stall footprint visible. |
In case they clean up the foundation.
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| 1966/70 La Junta Quad @ 24,000 (An older high-res topo map is not available.) |
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