An eastbound Union Pacific-Ferromex grain train rolls through Gothenburg, Neb., in October 2016.
Chase Gunnoe
MINNEAPOLIS — Cargill is investing $18 million to expand a Union Pacific-served grain facility in Gibbon, Neb. The expansion will increase the facility’s capacity by an additional 2 million bushels of grain storage and increase its unload capacity of 65,000 bushels per hour.
Cargill executives say the Gibbon area features high production and consistently high yields of agricultural products and its access to UP rails makes it a good fit for export markets.
Grain shipped from the Gibbon facility will be transported by rail to export terminals in the Gulf Coast, Pacific Northwest, and Mexico.
Upgrades to the Gibbon facility will be completed by early 2019. The facility is one of 16 terminals Cargill operates across the state of Nebraska.
See the news release online.
coooool have driven through their on a padt road trip to iowa lol
Thanks Mr. Fox!
I had to google it. One American railroad car can carry 3500 bushels, so 65,000 bushels per hour is about 19 railroad cars per hour.
Ferromex hoppers.
https://www.ferromex.com.mx/img/equipo_gde_tolva_granelera.jpg
Those are some cool covered hoppers in the photo. Who do they belong to? Painted like autoracks from south of the border.