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Western Railroad Discussion > Scoular Ribbon Cutting Grainton, NE, expansion 17 Nov 2022Date: 11/18/22 05:18 Scoular Ribbon Cutting Grainton, NE, expansion 17 Nov 2022 Author: cozephyr Scoular had a ribbon cutting ceremony at their Grainton Shuttle Loading Facility at Grainton, Nebraska, 17 November 2022. The elevator is served by OmniTRAX operated Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado Railway. Two recently painted (October 2022) units, OMLX 419 & 420, were on hand for the occasion.
Expansion quadrupled track capacity to 110-cars. Expanded storage capacity to 6 million bushels with new twin, 140-foot-high concrete tanks. Added two high-speed receiving legs and two receiving pits. 1 - Scoular folks with OmniTRAX OMLX 419, SD40-3, freshly painted for work on the Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado Rly. 2 - Ann Erickson, BNSF Director General Marketing, toured Scoular expansion at Grainton, Nebraska, with Curt Greiner from Scoular. Edited 9 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/22 11:45 by cozephyr.   Date: 11/18/22 11:30 Re: Scoular Ribbon Cutting Grainton, NE, expansion 17 Nov 2022 Author: cozephyr Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado Railway units OMLX 419 & 420 at Scoular Grainton Shuttle Loading Facility, Grainton, Nebraska, west of Wallace, NE, 17 Nov 2022.
  Date: 11/18/22 15:09 Re: Scoular Ribbon Cutting Grainton, NE, expansion 17 Nov 2022 Author: krm152 Thanks for posting your super interesting photos of the Scoular opening.
Special events always make for nice photo ops. ALLEN Date: 11/18/22 19:37 Re: Scoular Ribbon Cutting Grainton, NE, expansion 17 Nov 2022 Author: trainorderskja Thanks for posting the photos and the details about this operation. I like reading about current events related to improving railroad operations and service.
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