South: (Satellite)
Bean: (Satellite)
South, the north elevator is on the far right in this view.
North:
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
South, the north elevator is on the far right in this view.
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
Sam walter posted two photos with the comment: "Bridger, Montana."
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| 1, cropped [North] |
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| 2 [South] |
When I saw these tanks in a satellite view, I wondered if they were liquid fertilizer. But it looks like some sort of petroleum product. The "south" elevator is on the right in this view.
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
The Northern Pacific railroad was already abandoned south of this town in the 1950s.
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| 1956/57 Bridger Quad @ 24,000 |
When I checked out if the CB&Q tracks still existed, I discovered Kelly Bean.
Not only does the railroad still exist, Kelly Bean appears to get rail service.
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| Street View, Aug 2013 |
Not only does the railroad still exist, Kelly Bean appears to get rail service.
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
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| Street View, Aug 2013 |
So an elevator is not only getting service from a Class I railroad, it is getting carload service because I think this elevator is on the route between Laurel, MT, and Frannie, WY.
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| BNSF |
But I'm sure that a carload of edible beans is worth more than a carload of soybeans, especially if packaged and shipped in boxcars. I added the "grainPlant" label because of Kelly Bean.
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| Yellowstone Bean Co, Mar 2022 |
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