Grain Elevator

Diorama:
Owner Name:Brutus
Sponsor:Brutus
Date Built:2017
Date Updated:
Status:Active
Module Type:4' standard module
Length:4'
Width:2'
Skyboard:12" plywood
Grain Elevator

Track

Code Brand Turnouts Crossovers Passing Sidings Yard Tracks Industrial Spurs Other Tracks
80 Atlas five #6 (4 Peco, 1 Atlas) none none none none none

Electrical

  Wire Connector 110V
Red 12 gauge PP-30
Yellow 12 gauge PP-30
Blue 12 gauge PP-30
Other Yes
DCC Equipment: UP5
Powered Accessories: wall wart for UP5
Designer Carpentry Track Wiring Scenery Oklahoma Scene Route 66 Scene Prototype RR
Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus Oklahoma

Track Plan

Grain Elevator Track Plan

Sign Board

One of the primary clients of Midwestern and great plains railroads were grain elevators. Oklahoma farmers would harvest their wheat, corn, oats, and pecans, load them onto farm trucks, and then haul them to the nearest grain elevator. There the crops would be stored until they could be loaded into box cars (and in later years, grain hoppers) for shipment. These elevators were often found every few miles along the railroad's right-of-way. Since paved highways usually paralleled the train tracks, small rural communities with schools, churches, and a store or two often developed near the elevators. The small Oklahoma towns like Afton, Fairland, and Chelsea still exist, but the grain elevators are now much larger and farther apart, requiring farmers to truck their harvest a much longer distance.

Description & History

Ths module has a short siding plus two spurs for the grain elevator and one for the loading dock.