Western Railroad Discussion > Floyd Valley Grain: Hinton Iowa . . .

Just a grab shot while going on a trip in Iowa approx August 2009. This is a grain load-out facility that handles 110 car unit trains, served by both UP & BNSF. I believe these are SD24s ??. An internet article indicates the trains are 440000 bsh and they can load 60000 bsh per hour. There was a discussion a couple of years ago about them but I don't recall any photos at that time--the person in the discussion was from the area and retired Navy or soon-to-be-retired.
Thanks for looking
Brian Stevens

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At one time SD24's Deturboed now.

Served by BNSF and CN. UP only has trackage rights on CN.