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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 11:25am |
Great Bend Cooporative Elevator Ellinwood - Barton County - Kansas Tuesday_15-July-2014
Scale House at Ellinwood Elevator
Notice how the rail-cars on the spur track are reflected in the window.
Check out Satellite View at these coordinates: 38.353635° -98.585204° 549.2496 m 1,802'
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 1:27pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
Covered Hoppers on Ellinwood Elevator Spur Track
This is the "Northern Branch" of Santa Fe's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Now owned by Kansas & Oklahoma RxR; this is the 72-mile Kansas & Oklahoma Great Bend Subdivision from Hutchinson to Larned via Great Bend.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 2:24pm |
Scales at Great Bend Cooporative Elevator Ellinwood - Barton County - Kansas Tuesday_15-July-2014
The Silos at Great Bend Cooperative Elevator
There are four of these huge silos and twenty smaller silos that are plenty huge in their own right.
The big silos dwarf the twenty smaller ones; and, it appears that a single one of the larger silos could hold the contents of all twenty smaller ones.
The truck/trailer on the scales is the 379 Peterbilt that I am driving.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 3:49pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 3:58pm |
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Thanks for the info. Years ago we played a railfoad game at work. It was interesting to learn the different railroads from back then and where they are now and who owns em. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 4:10pm |
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Thanks for the info. Years ago we played a railfoad game at work. It was interesting to learn the different railroads from back then and where they are now and who owns em. Thanks for sharing! |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025 at 10:59pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
The Bell Tower visible above the rail-cars is atop the Ellinwood Emporium(1887) on the N-W corner of Santa Fe and Main.
The Red and White building, deep into the scene, beyond the grass, is Ellinwood Pump & Supply, an oilfield supply company. In street view, you can see pump-jacks and tanks behind the building.
Check out Satellite View at these coordinates: 38.353556° -98.583048° 546.8112 1,794'
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 6:29am |
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I appreciate you shared a picture with green grass and trees in bloom!
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 6:57am |
Great great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 1:12pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
A very good history of Ellinwood can be read HERE
Historic Brick Grain Bin Building
This historic building dates back to when loose grain was hauled in standard boxcars and loaded/unloaded with scoop-shovels.
As the level of grain rose within the boxcar, planks were added behind the doorway and then removed one plank at a time as the grain was unloaded.
The yellow apparatus is a Cattle Squeeze Chute, either for rent, loan, or sale to members of the coop.
Edited by BuckSkin - 07 Feb 2025 at 1:14pm
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 1:33pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
Ellinwood Water Tower
Between the camera and the water tower, nearest the camera is the Great Bend Cooperative RxR Spur, then the "Northern Branch" of Santa Fe's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles, then 640-mile long US Hwy 56 from Kansas City, Missouri, to Springer, New Mexico; photo Left is West; photo Right is East.
The white fuel tank and smoke-stacks right of the water tower are Ellinwood Light & Power, an electricity generating plant.
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 1:59pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
Ellinwood Water Tower
Check out Satellite View at these coordinates: 38.354402° -98.583919° 548.0304 m 1,798'
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Posted: 07 Feb 2025 at 4:36pm |
Tuesday_15-July-2014
The legs are Ellinwood Water Tower
Although the RxR Crossing Sign says "3 Tracks", since at least as early as 2001, there have only been two.
The nearest track is the Ellinwood Elevator Spur Track; the farther track is the "Northern Branch" of Santa Fe's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles.
The smoke stacks and big white fuel tank at right in the photos is Ellinwood Light & Power, an electrical generating facility that looks to be still in operation.
Straight over the STOP sign, through the legs of the tower, you can see the Steeple of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which is in the corner of West 3rd Street and North Main, quite a ways across town.
This Steeple is quite interesting as it also houses a clock that has faces on all four sides and most likely also serves as a Bell Tower.
About two-thirds the way up on the light pole at left is what I first thought was a bundle of Indian Arrows; Street View dated 2024 shows them to be a Shock of Wheat and every light pole in town seems to be decorated likewise.
Ellinwood has a most interesting history and is well worth a read HERE.
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Posted: 08 Feb 2025 at 8:54pm |
Photo Taken from the Driver-side Door-glass of a 379 Peterbilt Tuesday_15-July-2014
Located on the West side of NE90 Avenue, North of US Hwy 56.
Check out Satellite View at these coordinates: 38.379345° -98.612346° 551.3832 m 1,809'
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