Rupert, ID: Moved/UP Depot, Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) and Wood Grain Elevator

Original: (Satellite, based on the topo map below.)

Current: (Satellite)

Wood Seed Elevator: (Satellite, it probably got torn down in 2024.)

The depot is in the background along with a caboose. 

Street View, Sep 2022

RRAdventures posted, cropped
Union Pacific Railroad Rupet, ID Depot.— at Minidoka County Historical Society Museum.

Fortunately, this map labels the station's original location.

1964/84 Rupert Quad @ 24,000

The UP route is now owned by Eastern Idaho (EIRR).

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Jonathan Fischer, Apr 2019

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EIRR began operations in 1993, and the primary products that it hauls is grain and potatoes.

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Digitally zoomed

While checking out the EIRR railyard, I spotted a wood grain elevator.

South side:

Street View, Oct 2024

North side:

Street View, Apr 2024

Here is the building that has been torn down in the above view.

Street View, Sep 2022

The above view explains these grain bin foundations. And the wood elevator is gone.

Satellite

It looks like the grain up here is edible beans instead of row crops. This facility is Kelly Bean. See Bridger, MT, for more information about Kelly Bean.

Street View, Aug 2024

Street View, Apr 2024

Hector, MN: Wood Grain Elavator

West: (Satellite)

East: (Satellite)

South side:

Street View, Jun 2026

North side:

Street View, Jun 2026

Wesley Peters posted two photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Hector, Renville County, MN.

Farmers Elevator Co. Built in 1938, T. E. Ibberson Co. 40,000-bushel capacity.

Still standing of June 2026.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

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The above elevator is west of Main Street. This elevator is on the east side.

Street View, Jun 2026

The elevators get rail service because this Milwaukee route is now owned by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W) .

tcwr via Dennis DeBruler

I looked at other views of the north side of the west elevator to see how many of them had tank cars. Every view since 2014 had tank cars. And they are delivering them to Agri Trading Fats and Oils. I also discovered that they recently rebuilt the receiving facility so that they could unload tank cars indoors.

Street View, Apr 2023

Olivia, MN: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

This ADM facility processes seeds for edible beans. [ADM]

Dennis DeBruler commented on Cliff's comment below
https://maps.app.goo.gl/trfzWKg2utXG6Ywb8

Wesley Peters posted two photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Olivia, Renville County, MN.

Lakeland Bean Co. False-front combination headhouse/annex built in 1972. Bushel capacity unknown. False-front annex built in unknown year. Bushel capacity unknown. Both by Hogenson Construction Co.

Features Hogenson's signature mint green office and driveway.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

Cliff Smith: Did you take a photo of the railcar side? Awesome shots

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Street View, Jun 2026

To the west of the ADM plant is a Remington corn seed plant. Note the ADM plant in the right background.

Street View, Jun 2026

At first, I could not find the wood elevator because it is west of town. In the town is a big storage grain elevator.

Street View, Jun 2026

The elevators get rail service because this Milwaukee route is now owned by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W) .

tcwr via Dennis DeBruler

Buffalo, ND: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

That is probably a fertilizer supply company that is getting rail service.

Street View, Aug 2021

They have a trackmobile to move the hopper cars.

Street View, Aug 2021

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.

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.

Street View, Aug 2021

Actually, it looks like this is some sort of grain processing plant.

Street View, Aug 2021

But Google Maps does not have a label for the plant, nor was I able to find a sign.

Street View, Sep 2013

The railroad was the Northern Pacific.

1967/69 Buffalo Quad @ 24,000

It is still BNSF.

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Enderlin, ND: Wood Feed Mill, ADM Edible Beans and Lost/SOO Roundhouse

Wood Feed Mill: (Satellite)

Large Storage Elevator: (Satellite)

ADM Edible Beans: (Satellite)

SOO Roundhouse: (Satellite, based on the topo map below.)

The truck with an augur is a feed truck, which implies that the elevator is a feed mill. Or at least it was back in 2008.

Street View, Aug 2008

The building on the left is the CPKC yard office. There is enough rail service in this town to justify at least one local locomotive.

Street View, Aug 2021

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.

Enderlin, Ransom County, ND.

Farmers Co-op Elevator Co. False-front combination headhouse/annex built in unknown year, Hogenson Construction Co. Bushel capacity unknown.

Photographed on 7/19/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

The storage elevator has a long fall protector.

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ADM also handles canola. [ADMadvantage]

1960 Enderlin South and 1961 Enderlin North Quads @ 24,000

Fairmont, ND: Wood & Big Grain Elevator and Flour Mill

Wood: (Satellite)

West Acres: (Satellite)

Ardent Mills: (Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2024

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Fairmount, Richland County, ND.

Osceola Milling Co./Victoria Elevator Co. Headhouse built in 1918, T. E. Ibberson Co. Bushel capacity unknown. Annex built in 1940. 25,000-bushel capacity.

The annex is one of three surviving elevator structures built for the Victoria Elevator Co. in North Dakota.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

Street View, Jul 2024

West Acres Grain

It has a fall protector and a long siding, so it should be rail served. In fact, I saw a couple of small cuts of hoppers on a siding in a satellite image.

Street View, Aug 2024

Ardent Mills

Obviously, this flour mill is rail served.

Street View, Aug 2024

The industrial spur that goes south serves a fertilizer supply and a propane tank farm.

Satellite

Do they supply 28% ammonia as well as dry fertilizer?

Street View, Jul 2024

Originally, the east/west route was the SOO Line, and the north/south route was the Milwaukee. The Great Northern and most of the Milwaukee is now abandoned. Today's tracks are now owned by CPKC.

1953/65 Fargo Quad @ 250,000