That is probably a fertilizer supply company that is getting rail service.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
They have a trackmobile to move the hopper cars.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
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| Wesley Peters posted Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota. Buffalo, Cass County, ND. West Complex- Early history unknown. East Complex- Farmers Elevator Co. Headhouse built in 1922-1923, T. E. Ibberson Co. 35,000-bushel capacity. Photographed on 7/19/2025. Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters. |
This is a fraction of the pneumatic trailers that were parked close to the hopper unloading facility. Google Maps does not have a label for this facility. I'm still guessing it is bulk fertilizer. But this facility would supply fertilizer to retail companies rather than to farmers.
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| Street View, Sep 2025 |
The town also has a lot of grain storage. All of those small bins reminds me that North Dakota grows edible beans and canola as well as wheat, soybeans and corn.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
Actually, it looks like this is some sort of grain processing plant.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
But Google Maps does not have a label for the plant, nor was I able to find a sign.
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| Street View, Sep 2013 |
The railroad was the Northern Pacific.
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| 1967/69 Buffalo Quad @ 24,000 |
It is still BNSF.
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| rail.guide |
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