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Classic movie I once saw some times ago. Looks like I miss the part when they move by hand boxcars... Really impressive.
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Nice looking mill Matt, eye catching color.
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ak-milw Wrote:Nice looking mill Matt, eye catching color.
Thanks Andy, the final color will be a very light gray. But yes, it would have been quite attractive in yellow!
I build a companion shed for the feedmill using the Walther's wooden grain elevator upper housing. Windows were salvaged from the gable to add more openings in the front wall. If it doesn't fit the available space, it will become an employees shed at Donohue since there was a few ones standing near the tracks.
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Very nice. The new addition to the feed mill is outstanding. The layout is coming along. Can you send me some ambition?
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I'm in the process of building a new house in Clermont.
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sailormatlac Wrote:I'm in the process of building a new house in Clermont.
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It also has a great view for railfanning.
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Snazzy-lookin' ride, too!
Reminds me of the Elite I saw over at the local tire shop a couple of weeks ago.
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I'm not sure how many loads per day your feed mill handles, but I'm puzzled by the very short, one-car loading track. Seems like a lot of switching onto one of the mains will be required to load even a bare handful of cars. :?:
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MountainMan Wrote:I'm not sure how many loads per day your feed mill handles, but I'm puzzled by the very short, one-car loading track. Seems like a lot of switching onto one of the mains will be required to load even a bare handful of cars. :?:
The feed mill I run had only a one car spur, It was taken out in 1989. It was used for ingredients in and nothing out. Every thing was done by hand, It would take three guy's almost a week to unload it.
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ak-milw Wrote:MountainMan Wrote:I'm not sure how many loads per day your feed mill handles, but I'm puzzled by the very short, one-car loading track. Seems like a lot of switching onto one of the mains will be required to load even a bare handful of cars. :?:
The feed mill I run had only a one car spur, It was taken out in 1989. It was used for ingredients in and nothing out. Every thing was done by hand, It would take three guy's almost a week to unload it.
This is exactly what happened with the prototype I'm modelling. The track was very short and they received one car at a time and not often. They shipped nothing out. It really was a small time co-op and rail service ended by the late 1980s.
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