Sunday at Kaffir
Sunday afternoon, March 3rd, 2024 is bright and sunny up on the Llano Estacado as a northbound BNSF freight rolls up the Plainview Subdivision past the abandoned remains of the old grain elevator at Kaffir, Texas, halfway between Tulia and Happy.
Like so many small, independent elevators throughout the High Plains, Kaffir became shuttered and forsaken when the railroad pushed for the loading of 110-car unit grain trains at facilities that could handle them. Grain is now trucked to the super elevators at Amarillo and Shattuck, and to the Agri-Producer's elevator in Plainview where a balloon track has been installed to facilitate their loading.
Sunday at Kaffir
Sunday afternoon, March 3rd, 2024 is bright and sunny up on the Llano Estacado as a northbound BNSF freight rolls up the Plainview Subdivision past the abandoned remains of the old grain elevator at Kaffir, Texas, halfway between Tulia and Happy.
Like so many small, independent elevators throughout the High Plains, Kaffir became shuttered and forsaken when the railroad pushed for the loading of 110-car unit grain trains at facilities that could handle them. Grain is now trucked to the super elevators at Amarillo and Shattuck, and to the Agri-Producer's elevator in Plainview where a balloon track has been installed to facilitate their loading.