I am guessing they are right around 224 feet. I measured the top of one silo in the picture and on my screen it was 1/4 inch. Then I measured from the base to the top and it was 1 and 3/4 inches. Then took your 32 feet X 7 and I came up with the 224.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
I also have a thing for the grain elevator theme. I purchased 3 of the Walthers kits and kit bashed it together and it turned out perfect for what I wanted. I like the look of the second one you posted just because of the size of the complex. That would be a fun one to try and duplicate.
So ive decided on two grain elevators, Im between the greenwood elevator and the Union Equity Grain elevator,
hhere are some pictures of the greenwood elevators.
Here are some pictures of the Union Equity Grain elevator
I used the ruler tool in Google earth on the grain elevator to determine the diameter of one silo, because i am going to be building these out of PVC, I came up with 32ft across which came out to be 5.1" in HO scale for the greenwood east silos, is that correct? Another problem I am having is I cant measure how tall these elevators are due to the fact that I have no access to them and Google earth will not let you use the ruler to measure how tall buildings are, so does anyone know of any places I could find heights on grain elevators, They don't need to be perfect im just trying to get as close as possible with this.
The help would be great and I would like to start buying PVC as soon as possible. some of you may ask if I will be able to fit such large elevators on my layout, yes im dealing with 16ft long layout but only 5ft wide so they should fit nicely.
Not a model, but here is a picture you might like. It is in Alton IL.
I was not taking a picture of the elevator but of the bluffs.
Try this link--hundreds of photos of grain elevators: http://www.bnsf.com/customers/what-can-i-ship/grains-feed/#%23subtabs-3
John Timm
Well I am at the beginning stages of a layout and I am looking to model a 30-40 silo concret grain elevator, im looking to model present day BNSF, I was looking for maybe some pictures of some grain elevators that people have modeled. Im looking at using the Suncoast Model Concret grain elevator kit, Just wondering if that is a good one to use? Its the only one I could find with an extention kit so I can have a 30-40 silo grain elevator.
My reason for grain elevator is im from Nebraska and grain is a huge industry in Nebraska, so watching switchers move cars at the elevator is something that interest me a lot, im currently trying to find a real life elevator to model but i cant find just the right one.
Looking forward to hear from everyone.