Monday, April 15, 2024

Elbow Lake, MN: Wood and Rail served Grain Elevators

Wood: (Satellite)
Rail Served: (Satellite)

Looking east from US-59.
Street View, Aug 2021

Looking west from US-59. The fall protectors indicate that the elevator is rail served, and the cuts of hoppers confirms it.
Street View, Aug 2021

Not only are the wood grain elevators still standing, but they are also the core of an expanded elevator.
Street View, Aug 2013

The sidings look long enough to hold a unit train. This elevator must ship a lot of grain because a train was caught in all four street views and by a satellite. In this satellite excerpt. a cut of hoppers starts at the left edge.
Satellite

And they have their own switcher to help load the hoppers.
Satellite

Even the old elevator loads hoppers even though it doesn't have a fall protector. I didn't realize that an elevator can load hoppers without fall protection.
Street View, Aug 2018
 
Kelly Burthwick posted, cropped
Elbow lake 4/9/2024

I wonder how many bushels this co-op can store. It seems rather large.

The current railroad was the SOO. According to a USGS map, it is now CP. The Great Northern railroad is abandoned.
1949 Barrett Quad @ 62,500

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