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Date: 03/21/19 15:15
Train in Belen on BNSF
Author: texchief1

Does anybody know what is is the high sided gondolas with tarps on them that I saw of Virtual Railfan go through Belen.  Is that cottonseed maybe?

Thanks if anybody knows.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin TX

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Date: 03/21/19 15:44
Re: Train in Belen on BNSF
Author: delvalrailfan

texchief1 Wrote:
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> Does anybody know what is is the high sided
> gondolas with tarps on them that I saw of Virtual
> Railfan go through Belen.  Is that cottonseed
> maybe?
>
> Thanks if anybody knows.
>
> Randy Lundgren
> Elgin TX

Yes Cottonseed

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Date: 03/21/19 17:39
Re: Train in Belen on BNSF
Author: gmojim

The solid trains of cottonseed are usually from Texas and they go to California for cattle feed, usually dairy cattle,

gmojim

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Date: 03/23/19 08:10
Re: Train in Belen on BNSF
Author: texchief1

I know.  My family used to be in the cottonseed business, but we bought seed and processed it into vegetable oil andcottonseed meal(high protein cattle supplement).  We went out of business in2014 after having it beeen in the family since 1940 when mmy Grandfather bought it.  We shipped cottonseed oil on the SP and cottonseed meal and hulls on the MKT.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

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