Show us your Storage Silos & Grain Bins

John, GREAT set of pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Here ya go!

CentralFan1976 Nice grain elevator. Thank you for sharing with us.

A Lionel Grain Elevator.
 
Fort Pitt Highrailer's module.

Corn crib

Mike very nice, thanks for sharing eith us.

Hi Bill,

Here are a few Grain Elevators for viewing.

Regards,

Frank

Vulcan your "Corn crib" looks like it could be a bit brezzie inside

Frank NICE ELEVATORS. Do you have any for your layout in 3 rail or 2 rail?

It's supposed to be breezy.

The real one.

Thanks everyone for sharing those photos!!!

Railfan 1976

Was that from a kit or did you scratch build it?

My 9 year old and I have made a crude oil storage facility using empty chlorox wipes containers and black straws from Panera bread. It's pretty basic but he is developing his modeling skills!!!!! and having fun!!!!

Good Day Bill,

I hired Alan Graziano as the General Contractor. Alan is building a grain elevator for me. As you know, Alan creates and builds great structures!

Regards,

Frank

Originally Posted by Popsrr:

Vulcan your "Corn crib" looks like it could be a bit brezzie inside

It's supposed to be breezy.

The real one.

Most corn cribs would not be any wider than pictured.  The structure is designed to air dry the corn. Any wider or tighter the high moisture ear corn will spoil/rot.  As the corn dries it will shrink in size as much as 30%.
On the farm this crib would usually be filled to the roof.  As pictured would be after a winter of drying.

The larger crib that replaced the one pictured.

No more than 6ft wide. The bottom is also a hardware cloth material to allow for air drying.  Note that both cribs are off the ground.

An Ertl model of a corn crib/or two cribs one on either side of the drive through structure.

The machine pictured is a 1/43 IH (International Harvester) corn picker. The front of the machine pulls the rows of stalk corn through two turning rolls, snapping the ears off.  There is a series of revolving rolls that remove the husk from the ears. Slower operation usually the better the husking operation works.   Final elevator delivers the ears of corn to the wagon. IMO. One of the most dangerous pieces of equipment ever made.

Mike thanks for the info and the pictures. Actually I thought it was a family sized out house that Vulken was using to pull our leg with.

Frank that should be a GREAT elevator. I saw some silos on his work bench behind the Quaker State Oil Tanker that he kust built. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your silos.

Frank I saw your 3 drawings of elevatos and wondered if you were doing one like them?

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Bill,

The grain elevator will look similar to this modified picture below.

Regards,

Frank

How about Sugar? This is the Imperial Sugar Plant in [appropriately] Sugarland, Texas near Houston. On my trip a few months ago, I got some up close and personal photos. It's a lot bigger in person than it appears on Google aerials. They're restoring the facility for other commercial purposes, but will be retaining the silos and office building. When I was there, they were closing up the weekly Farmers' Market the hold there. From the topography sheets it appears it was served by Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific.

Frank, That will be a very nice silo complex. Hope to see pictures as it progresses. Thanks for sharing.

Matt those are pretty cool pictures from Texas.Thanks for sharing with us.

Al, Very nice job on the Car=Gill silo complex. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Bill,

Here is the latest on the grain elevator. Alan does great work!

Regards,

Frank

Hi Frank,

Your new silos look very nice. Alan does excelent work and is really great to work with.Thanks for sharing with us.