JeffShultz
Stay off the tracks!
One big railroad dependent (or nearly so) industry in the Willamette Valley of Oregon are agricultural supply centers.
These boil down to two basic types - those doing fertilizer and those doing cattle feed.
The fertilizer ones in this area are larger, since they have to have actual storage space.
Wilco Ag Co-Op facility in Stayton, OR (right side of tracks, with tanks and silos):
Another view - I don't think the buildings on the left are part of Wilco:
Another Wilco site, this one outside Silverton, OR:
The cattle feed ones are generally transshippment points and look a lot like team tracks - in these cases the hopper & boxcar loads are going straight into trucks to be taken directly to the customer, who is responsible for storage. I imagine that the loads get "stored" in the cows rather quickly.
Cattle feed transloader in St. Louis, OR:
White's Hauling, Hopmere, OR:
For cattle feed you're talking soybean meal and corn distilates in the covered hoppers, and cottonseed bales in the boxcars.
These boil down to two basic types - those doing fertilizer and those doing cattle feed.
The fertilizer ones in this area are larger, since they have to have actual storage space.
Wilco Ag Co-Op facility in Stayton, OR (right side of tracks, with tanks and silos):
![P1000317_001.sized.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shultzinfosystems.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Foverhead%2FP1000317_001.sized.jpg&hash=fc43a172faf0eaa71a127c5626347e1b)
Another view - I don't think the buildings on the left are part of Wilco:
![P1000318_001.sized.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shultzinfosystems.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Foverhead%2FP1000318_001.sized.jpg&hash=e9b83709b2f55e1268f9f496452919a3)
Another Wilco site, this one outside Silverton, OR:
![P1000354.sized.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shultzinfosystems.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Foverhead%2FP1000354.sized.jpg&hash=8d25d18f89e4afe8d56af74d3e5f32ba)
The cattle feed ones are generally transshippment points and look a lot like team tracks - in these cases the hopper & boxcar loads are going straight into trucks to be taken directly to the customer, who is responsible for storage. I imagine that the loads get "stored" in the cows rather quickly.
Cattle feed transloader in St. Louis, OR:
![DSCF1071.sized.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shultzinfosystems.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2FScenery%2FDSCF1071.sized.jpg&hash=af78ac8f9dd88b956a7d234a8ea41844)
White's Hauling, Hopmere, OR:
![Whites_Hauling_Hopmere_8.sized.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shultzinfosystems.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2FScenery%2FWhites_Hauling_Hopmere_8.sized.jpg&hash=514970cc19f6c7cb5258f3f604acc512)
For cattle feed you're talking soybean meal and corn distilates in the covered hoppers, and cottonseed bales in the boxcars.