Monday, March 16, 2026

Greenbush,MN: Wood Grain Elevator

CHS: (Satellite, this is the one in Brian's photo)
Co-Op: (Satellite)

Brian Allan Martin posted
Went ice fishing earlier this month and on the way back got to stop and take several photos. This is in Greenbush, Minnesota. Taken 02/04/2023.

It looks like it has a fall protector, but it is painted blue instead of yellow. The Great Northern route is marked as Minnesota Northern Railroad on a USGS map. Since that would be a shortline, CHS may get good rail service and be able to load unit trains.
Note the old elevator in the right background. I could not find this on the satellite image. I even fired up Google Earth, and looked at images older than Sep 2012, but I still could not find it. I'm perplexed.
Street View, Sep 2012

Are these trucks for dry fertilizer or animal feed?
Street View

This end of the co-op handles feed while the other end handles fertilizer. I don't think bulk delivery trucks handle seed. The middle of the co-op handles grain.
Street View

The other side of the CHS elevator. They added several bins. I wonder what they store in those bins.
Street View, Sep 2023

This strikes me as a short cut of hoppers for grain, but a long one for fertilizer.
Satellite

Todo: check out Erskine. Are they using concrete for the new storage?

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