Monday, June 23, 2025

Rabner, IN: Lost Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Steven J. Brown posted
Norfolk & Western Class A 1218 on a Chicago-Ft Wayne excursion at Raber, Indiana - June 18, 1988.

The wood grain elevator did not survive because the elevator has grown considerably. 
Street View, Jul 2019

The concrete silos did survive.
Street View, Jul 2019

As with some other Midwest towns, the grain elevator is the only thing that has survived. Note on the left how much equipment is available for spreading fertilizer.
Satellite

The legs are more complicated than a standard storage elevator. So is this a continuation of the KENT heritage we saw in Stephen's photo, and they make feed?
Street View, Jul 2019

The elevator is rail served, but the siding is not big enough to handle a long cut of hoppers.And that modified truck loadout can't fill hoppers very efficiently. So do they ship special feeds to other facilities?
Street View, Jul 2019

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