Showing posts with label grainOld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grainOld. Show all posts

Monday, October 26, 2026

Bedford, PA: Pennsy Depot and Lost Wood Feed Mill

Depot: (Satellite, this building repurposed the depot's land.)
Mill: (Satellite)

PRR Bedford Branch History Preservationist posted
This is the PRR depot that was in Bedford Pa.
Keith Burkey: The former-PRR passenger station in Bedford was demolished in the 1970s.
Ed Johnson shared

Myer Souders commented on the above post
A little better photo of the station in 1875.
 
It appears that there were three grain elevators west of the depot.
Mar 3, 1966 @ 27,000; AR1VBKT00010003

I think the wood elevator in the middle of this facility was the one in the middle of the aerial photo.
Street View, Nov 2024

I used the verb "was" because this is the later view. It looks like the fertilizer supply part of the co-op might have survived.
Street View, Sep 2026

But Google Maps labels the co-op as "permanently closed." This view showing a lot of fertilizer spreader equipment is several years old. 
Street View, Jul 2023

Their website lists three other locations. And at least one of them has a modern feed mill. That would explain why this one was torn down.
bfbcoop

This map shows an industrial spur that used to serve the southern grain elevator.
1971 Bedford and 1968 Everett West Quads @ 24,000 via Dennis DeBruler

The two rectangles east of Richard Street are extant. But neither one of them is a depot.
Street View, Jul 2023

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Kempton, PA: 1888,1963 Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern/Reading Depot And Feed Mill

Depot: (Satellite)
Feed Mill: (Satellite)

Dennis DeBruler commented on Rick's comment below
Yes, it is the southern terminus of the tourist railroad Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern. This was a Reading route. https://maps.app.goo.gl/AHcuyd2z5A4FSfzG8

Mark Schwartz posted
Kempton Train Station in Kempton, PA.
This train station was built in 1888. And was originally from another location. Was brought to Kempton in 1963.
Rick Moleski: Still standing?

Jeff Schanck, Jul 2018

Your Crazy Teacher, Jul 2019

Ollie Shortridge, Aug 2017

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The feed mill has a wood grain elevator core.
Street View, Jun 2025

They have also added a large grain storage elevator.
Street View, Jun 2025

Monday, October 19, 2026

Osage, IA: Sulfer Explosion, Wood Grain Elevator and IC Depot

Sulfur Storage: (Satellite)
Wood Elevator: (Satellite)
IC Depot: (Satellite)
Feed Mill: (Satellite)

Oct 17, 2026, 7:36am fire engine dispatch:
wcfcourier
"The Osage Fire Department stated on its Facebook page that the structure may smolder or burn for the next couple of days. If smoke becomes an irritant, residents are advised to keep their windows closed."

Once again, we see that supplying fertilizer is an important service provided by a co-op. The building that burned is near the top of this image.
Satellite

The elevator has grown a lot, but it still has its wood elevator core. This former-IC route is still owned by CN, and it is obvious that CN provides rail service.
Street View, Oct 2024

I think potash is another fertilizer.
Street View, Oct 2024

I recognize this L-shaped building as a classic IC-depot design. Since it is still close to the tracks and well maintained, I presume that CN now uses it as an office.
Street View, Oct 2024

The concrete silos peaking above the depot in the above view are part of a feed mill. Feed must be heavy because the trailer has three axles.
Street View, Oct 2024

Actually, I noticed that the rear axle is not touching the ground. So its purpose is not to reduce road impact but to accommodate soft gravel driveways on farms. The augur is mounted on the front of the trailer, normally they are on the back. This mounting makes sense because the driver doesn't have to backup to the farmer's feed storage, and the driver has a good view of the end of the auger as it approaches the feed bin. 
Street View, Oct 2024

A different street view driver caught three feed trucks. Again, they have extra axles that normally don't touch the road.
Street View, Aug 2021

You know you are in a rural town when you have to stop for a combine.
Street View, Oct 2024

The concrete silos for the feed mill would have been a grain elevator along the CGW. That route is now abandoned.
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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Oto, IA: 1904 Wood Grain Elevator and Old Sinclair Gas Station

(Satellite)

Street View, May 2024

Street View, May 2024

Jerry Krug posted
"Revisiting Oto, Woodbury County, IA.
Westbrook-Gibbons Grain Co. Built in 1904. Bushel capacity unknown."
Photographed on 7/5/2026.
Photo and information courtesy of Wesley Peters.

I presume the round slabs are for bins that have been removed.
Satellite

I noticed this old gas 1920s or 30s gas station.
Street View, May 2024

It appears this is a preserved, rather than a typically restored, Sinclair station. I think those pumps are from the 1970s or 80s.
Street View, May 2024

The railroad was the IC. It was gone on the oldest map I could find, 1954.
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Wheeler, KS: Wood Grain Elevators

Abandoned: (Satellite)
Still used: (Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2024

Street View, Jul 2024

Street View, Jul 2024

Bob Kisken posted six photos with the comment: "WHEELER KS NOT USED MY FAFORITE."
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This IC route is still owned by CN.
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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Glendive, MT: BNSF/NP Roundhouse and Classic Cement Grain Elevator

Roundhouse: (Satellite)
Elevator: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2021

Sam Walter posted
One of the only classic "midwest" Tillotson-style concrete elevators im aware of in Montana, in the town of Glendive.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Sam's post
Remnants of the BNSF/NP industrial spur that went along the river still exist, https://maps.app.goo.gl/LBedhqzK6ZDEfSfT9.

Comments on Sam's post

This map taught me to look for the roundhouse. The river in Sam's photo helped me find the industrial spur. I first looked along the mainline. This spur explains why I didn't find the elevator along the mainline.
1967/70 Gendive Quad @ 24,000


BNSF still owns the north, east and south "spokes" of the NP.
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The west spoke is now an industrial spur.
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