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BNSF shuttle grain trains, Does this mean that BNSF does not want to serve small elevators?
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Am going to throw in a point on the fire. First off, am not a farmer, but live in a small farming community in NW ILL. Many of the smaller farmers do not have the storage or drying facilities that are required with the larger yields produced today. The semi drivers take the crop from the field to the elevator. There the farmer is paid after drying and storage fees. Then the same drivers get paid to take the "finished" crop 30 miles to larger facilities like ADM or Bunge Corp. where it is either used (ADM) or shipped out by barge to other larger facilities. All this starts at our local FS elevator which is located 50 feet from the BN Peavine line. Seems a simple siding (which there is plenty of room for) would eliminate a whole lot of semi traffic in the fall. Just my [2c] Willy
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