The Grain Elevator movie was made in 1981, so it was representative of what
still occurred in many small, out of the way locations...and for small grain
operations, don't fix
what isn't broken! I can confirm that the small grain elevators of the midwest
still operated like this in the 1970s & 80s, although many of them did have the
capabilities for covered hoppers.
I went with my grandfather to the CO-OP elevators in Eden, OH quite a few
times,
and took many a trip to the MFA & Galloway Bros elevators in Elsberry, MO.
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
www.castlegraphics.com
On 3/7/2017 8:47 AM, Michael Woodruff mwoodruff54@gmail.com [CBQ] wrote:
> You can stretch that out to the early 1980s, at least in central Washington
> state. BN was still handling grain in 40-foot boxcars off the Mansfield
> branch right up until the line was abandoned in 1985. The branch was laid
> with 68 lb. rail and could not accommodate anything bigger than 40-foot
> boxcars (most still lettered for GN and CB&Q) and Geeps. :
> http://undertheweatherblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/boxcar-grain-on-mansfield-branch-1983.html
>
> msw
> largofl
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ] <
> CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I just went back and watched that GRAIN ELEVATOR video on U Tube..It has
>> been quite some time since I had looked at at.
>>
>> That video vividly illustrate everything I tried to convey with words in
>> my "diatribe" on this subject...right down to how the grain was weighed at
>> a county point..You can see that it's not exactly a sophisticated method
>> and thiis would account for significant differences in the "official
>> weight" at a terminal elevator as compared with what I described as a
>> "country weight"..BTW that's the way the weights were designated.
>>
>> There was...in many instances a difference between the weights even though
>> there was no actual loss...That's why the settlement of these claims was
>> "right problematical" and far from being objective...It was always just a
>> negotiating procedure "back in the day"
>>
>> I hope that you guys who are truly interested in old time grain handling
>> will watch this video..It is 100 percent accurate as to handling of grain
>> up through..probably the early1960's.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
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