MFA Agri Services: (Satellite)
Simmons Feed Mill: (Satellite)
QO&KC = Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City
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| Street View, May 2023 Dennis DeBruler posted While researching the CB&Q depot in Milan, MO, I noticed that the livery on this caboose must be accurate because it looks like it still as the BN paint with which it was donated. https://maps.app.goo.gl/zcuG49JXWaKwXBcX6 I went back to the oldest street view, 2008, and it already had the graffiti that we see today. Charles Wells: Believe that was the original Hannibal & St. Joseph Ry, which became the Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR before abandonment. Another railroad came thru Milam from North to South on the West side of the river and believe that was the old Milwaukee! |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Charles' comment The other railroad ran north/south past Milan, but it was an east/west railroad. According to the 2005 SPV Map, it was the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad (QOKC). The route to the west was abandoned by QOKC. The route to the east became part of CB&Q, and it was abandoned by CB&Q. (The north/south CB&Q route was abandoned by BN.) 1964 Milan East Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Michael Emerson Avitt posted September 17, 2009 - CB&Q depot at Milan, Missouri. Dennis DeBruler: Found it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1zxjjGudPjJ35hLL8 |
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| Michael Emerson Avitt posted CB&Q depot at Milan, Missouri on September 17, 2009. |
Simmons Animal Nutrition:
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| Street View, May 2023 |
I presume this is a truck loading facility. It appears they use a pneumatic system instead of a conveyor belt because I see pipes going across the road. It is recent because it has yet (Nov 2023) to appear on the Google Map satellite image. And it does not appear in the Jul 2014 street view.
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| Street View, May 2023 |
Yep, they use pneumatic trailers. So the products these trucks are hauling is a powder.
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| Street View, May 2020 |
If you like platitudes, this 1:33 video is almost 100% platitudes. The information is that they make prepared foods, pet food and animal nutrition, which I already saw on their home webpage. Unless you are a baby, and like looking at faces, this is about the only interesting scene in the video.
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| 1:33 video |
Bill Simmons started the business in 1949 as a poultry company in Decatur Arkansas. He pioneered tray-packed chicken, canned pet food and recycling feathers as a protein product to support animal nutrition. [SimmonsFoods_history]
They do have a diverse product line, and the Google Map label indicates the plant in Milan makes "animal nutrition." They now do more than turn feathers into an animal feed supplement. "Simmons Animal Nutrition produces specialized ingredients for the pet food, aquaculture and animal feed industries. From our beginnings as a producer of chicken-based protein products, the company has grown to become a leading supplier of diverse, proprietary ingredients. Simmons Animal Nutrition drives innovation across the entire supply chain including traceable sourcing, custom transportation, and quality control solutions. Simmons operates multiple nutrition production facilities in Southwest City and Milan, Missouri; Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Quakertown, Pennsylvania; and Bridgeville, Delaware." [SimmonsFoods_industries]
The pet food page has a couple of videos. But given the quality of the above video, I didn't bother to look at them. I'll just note: "Simmons Pet Food is the leading North American private-label and contract manufacturer of wet pet food." Their old animal nutrition web page has some photos of pets and the tagline "nurturing begins with nutrition." (I've been seeing a lot of advertisements for Purina Pro that plays on your guilt to buy, I presume, more expensive pet food.)
Back to railroading. The CB&Q route is now abandoned. But you can see from the slant of the buildings and tree lines north and south of town where the route was located. It looks like the cartographer did not know how to do slanted rectangles, so he didn't bother to mark the location of the depot.
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| 1964 Milan East Quad @ 24,000 |
I have noticed then that CB&Q was all over northern Missouri. These routes were built when a farmer was still using a horse & wagon and thus seven miles to town was a day trip. So it was economical to build a railroad if it was at least 15 miles away from other railroads. Now a farmer has a truck and paved roads and can travel a lot farther than seven miles in far less than a day. That is why the CB&Q route through Milan is now abandoned. The 2005 SPV Map indicates that this route was abandoned by BN.
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