Grain Elevator on Railroad

While Moses Lake has the US record for corn produced per acre, the price of corn here is frequently higher than in the Midwest. To move corn inexpensively over long distances, "unit trains" are used. A unit train has 110 railroad cars all filled with grain. To avoid demurrage charges, a plant has only a limited time to load or unload these trains. Our plan is to modify the existing grain elevator to allow it to use unit trains.

This is a view of the grain elevator from the west side looking SSE. The object in the foreground is the railroad switch for the siding.

A view of the grain elevator from the south east looking north west. The railroad runs east to west on the other side of the building.

View to northwest from atop the grain elevator, showing three silos.

From the roof the grain elevator, a view of the fields (rapeseed) to the southwest.

View to the north showing wheat field that was just harvested

View of one of the grain dryers at the north side of the elevator facility.

A view of the north side of the elevator. Manh Tran, the company illustrator, is in view on the right..

This is a view of the augers that move corn horizontally inside the building. This is a process known as "leveling".