Crop Pro
Although it's now Nutrien Ag Solutions this facility is known as "Crop Pro" to the older employees on the Carolina Coastal (CLNA). This stalwart customer on the Belhaven Branch was formerly Crop Production Services, hence the old name still used.
While the facility has kept the branch going for years, Nutrien is just about to open a much larger facility in Bishops Cross, NC (just north of Pantego). Train 119 is actually pulling loads from Crop Pro and taking them to the new facility in this photo, leading me to believe this smaller old facility won't do much in the near future.
Thankfully, unlike many stories of closing industries, Nutrien's growth will be good for the Belhaven Branch and may even see daily runs from Pinetown once at full production.
Crop Pro
Although it's now Nutrien Ag Solutions this facility is known as "Crop Pro" to the older employees on the Carolina Coastal (CLNA). This stalwart customer on the Belhaven Branch was formerly Crop Production Services, hence the old name still used.
While the facility has kept the branch going for years, Nutrien is just about to open a much larger facility in Bishops Cross, NC (just north of Pantego). Train 119 is actually pulling loads from Crop Pro and taking them to the new facility in this photo, leading me to believe this smaller old facility won't do much in the near future.
Thankfully, unlike many stories of closing industries, Nutrien's growth will be good for the Belhaven Branch and may even see daily runs from Pinetown once at full production.