Eastern Railroad Discussion > Corn harvest & M513

Started corn harvest today in Southwest Indiana. This was the best shot I could get and not miss the train. CSX M513(Indy-Nashville) rolls south on the CE&D sub just south of Vincennes as the combine makes the last dump for the day.
Video is from 8-29-2013 and is a tie train going south.

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And the combine is the right color!  I'm hoping to pull something like this off with my R50 one day.  Very nice.

Dan

Well thought-out scene.
Bob

I didn't realize that there was any corn ready for harvest yet.  So far I've seen only one beanfield that has begun to turn yellow.  

(I'm no farmer, but still curious enough to have purchased a ticket to attend this week's Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois.)

Jeff Gast
Greenwood, Indiana  

inrdjlg Wrote:
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> I didn't realize that there was any corn ready for
> harvest yet.  So far I've seen only one beanfield
> that has begun to turn yellow.  
>
> (I'm no farmer, but still curious enough to have
> purchased a ticket to attend this week's Farm
> Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois.)
>
> Jeff Gast
> Greenwood, Indiana  
I'm going today Jeff. Great time to talk to the companies and give some feedback. This corn was planted at the end of March. We'll knock out this 150 acres and might be a short delay on harvest progress waiting for the rest to dry down some more. Always some good NS action in Decatur!

dan7366 Wrote:
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> And the combine is the right color!  I'm hoping
> to pull something like this off with my R50 one
> day.  Very nice.
>
> Dan
That would be great to do with the R50! Sept. 8, 1990 was a big day on the farm. We traded the old L2 for an R50 with the Deutz air cooled motor! That was a fantastic combine! What's a John Deere? LOL!

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Is the corn as good as the USDA says it is?

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bigsavage Wrote:
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> So what's on the stereo in the combine for
> inspirational farming music?
> Maybe "King Harvest (has surely come)" by The
> Band, or "Rain on the Scarecrow" by local guy
> Mellencamp?
with the cell phone and two-way radio there is not much time for music. There is marketing podcasts or model railroad podcasts to play. I really don't listen to the radio anymore. 

farmer Wrote:
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> Is the corn as good as the USDA says it is?
>
Haha! No! Around 160 and the hot dry spell in June put the hurt on it. I guess we will see how the later planted corn does but doubt if it is a record crop. Soybeans are looking really good so we'll see when we put the combine in the field. 

CSX2605 Wrote:
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>What's a John Deere?
> LOL!

I've got a meme for that, but it's not train related so I won't post it.
Looks like you're running a Super Series now.  Anything between the R50 and this?
I grew up with an N5 and then R52.

Dan

dan7366 Wrote:
> Looks like you're running a Super Series now. 
> Anything between the R50 and this?
> I grew up with an N5 and then R52.
>
> Dan
Yes, R52, R65, S77, S88 & S98. I think that's all of them. Watched the new T7 today at Decatur Farm Show. Nice machine with a few improvements.

Pioneer started seedcorn harvest here a couple of days ago, no commercial corn yet since it is all very green yet although starting to turn.

Champaign, IL area.

Bruce Stikkers
St. Joseph, IL