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One of the mornings when we were in Illinois dawned quite foggy. I'm ALWAYS happy to be out shooting in the fog. There's an aesthetic that one can get in foggy conditions that just isn't possible any other time.
My wanderings that morning took me over the Cheddar border to Clinton, WI. Clinton has a couple of nice old wood elevators. Since taking this photo, it's become one of my all time favorites from my elevator project. Sometimes the weather gods do smile on you!
This day's DREI 101 did some unusual work from what they usually do. They came from Decatur with 50 cars, dropping 25 at La Place and the remaining 25 at Pierson Station. Once dropping the cars at Pierson Station, they departed light power for Tuscola to tie onto the westbound road freight and take it to Decatur. This day was the 4234's first mainline run after arriving on the DREI system. At the time, it was the only SD40-2 they had as well.
In the photo, they had just finished dropping 25 cars at La Place and a storm was hot on their heels, drenching the train once they arrived at Pierson Station.
Grain elevators at Nanton, Alberta. No longer in use, these have been preserved as historic artifacts by the people of Nanton.
Fairdale Coop Elev Ltd
Pentax 67, 55mm lens, expired 120 Kodak Portra, ISO 400, tripod+cable release
A local,with a beer in hand,told us he was going to be demoing this old grain elevator "any day now". This badly deteriorated elevator, located in Shawneetown,IL.,was orginally in business on the Ohio River in Old Shawneetown.Continued river flooding resulted in the moving of this structure up on the bluff where New Shawneetown was being built.
By the way,the beer was a Schlitz,so who knows when the building is really coming down! LOL
Loveland, Colorado
Once this seemed like it was out in the boonies. Now it is surrounded by office parks along a busy highway.
A photo of one of the two large old grain elevators in Fernald, Iowa. If you look close at the taller structure on the left, you can just make out the words “Federal North Iowa Grain Co.” (now bankrupt). This small, unincorporated community of Fernald had a population of 110 in 1940 and hasn't changed much; there’s still less than 50 homes in this small community today and some are obviously abandoned.
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A weathered grain elevator for the Gallatin Valley Milling Co. stands along the railroad track near Choteau MT.
New Richmond, Wisconsin
Nothing special, but they fascinate me as much as the skyscrapers of New York or Chicago.
On a warm (for winter) evening in Hinckley, IL, a former Santa Fe SD40 rounds the bend into town with a fairly long 476 in tow.
When you see something every day, you eventually stop seeing it altogether - that is, until you make a point of looking at it again. That's very true of me and best describes how this photo came into being.
The elevator itself holds 93.000 mt of grain. It can accommodate ships 750 feet in length and move 600 mtph.
the now closed Saginaw Bean plant. at one time considered the largest bean elevator in the world
in 1993, the adjacent bean-packaging plant closed and about 50 Saginaw employees lost their jobs. The plant was just north of the landmark building at 1741 N. Niagara, on Saginaw’s West Side.
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CP train 261 from Kansas City taking the siding in Letts to wait for their counterpart 260 to finish their work in Muscatine and head South / West.
After a wait at Gilman the TPW EB freight hit the next town and another waiting game would begin as they spotted cars in town. TP&W was in usual fashion this day. The GP15 was a treat to have in the lead, which made the waiting games worth it.
The new Motive Rail company “Illinois Terminal Belt” pulling loads South through Wapella, IL on a Monday late morning. The ITB will bring this train to Clinton for the Canadian National to pick up.