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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| Street View |
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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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| 1, cropped |
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| 2, cropped |
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| 3 |
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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| Satellite |
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| 1966/70 La Junta Quad @ 24,000 (An older high-res topo map is not available.) |
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