Grain elevators of the Prairies Pt2

In this second video of the series I visit even more grain elevators. It really is an amazing thing to think when some of these were built there was no heavy machinery to use it was all done by hand.
We also get a rare look inside an elevator that is being taken down in pieces to salvage as much of the wood as possible.
I hope you enjoy this look back in the past.
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[@garyholt8315]

simply spectacular drone footage, I have not seen better!!!!!

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you Gary, glad you enjoyed this

[@andrewmcarthur3843]

Nice video. Will be a sad day when all of these are gone

[@TonyVRailfanning]

I agree, there are some being saved so at least there will be a few

[@jeronimomindsweeper1239]

Most enjoyable and interesting, skilfully filmed. I hope you carry on with the series.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, next summer I will head into other areas and make some more.

[@pixiesweeney6535]

Very good videos, Tony! But a very sad day when they are all gone.🥲

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks Pixie, it truly will be. For generations to come I hope videos like this will keep them alive in some form

[@kenedwards4176]

Excellent history of grain elevators. Please continue the series

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you. Ill plan to do another trip next year

[@fogdan]

I Love These!! Thank you for putting in the time to make these..

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Your welcome, glad you enjoyed them

[@CP-Lisa]

Another fascinating Video! Awesome work documenting those Prairie icons. They are majestic historic structures. Gotta love those old grain elevators, roundhouses and old water towers :-)

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you for watching, this was a lot of fun to do. I learnt so much.

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

we also went to a company which made portable elevators on 4 wheels. Ours on the farm were wooden barns not much larger than a garden shed but we did have a circular one too. caroline

[@kenstevenson4133]

Great images of the last two elevators. Impressive structures. Thanks for sharing.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you Sir!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Excellent video Tony V! We enjoyed watching and your documentation of the elevators. First time I've ever seen the inside of the elevator. Well done!

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you both. Have a great weekend

[@hunsbuckel55]

Very interesting vid, Tony! Thank you for showing us this part of Canadian history! 👍💯😊

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks Hunsbuckel

[@startrekking359]

One of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen,our history.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, sadly, the skyscrapers of the prairies are disappearing at an alarming rate even since I have filmed that episode three of the elevators in this episode are no longer there

[@keonikaig9247]

just Exceptional Tony...thank you ! !

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Your very welcome, thanks for watching

[@JackM-nd4iy]

Excellent video, Tony! The view from the drone looking down into the elevator that was being torn down was interesting. One doesn't think much about the construction when driving past them. Sad to see them slowly disappear. I remember going on trips with the family when I was a kid and you always knew where the next town was because you could see the elevators in the distance. Cheers, Jack

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks Jack, I agree. this was a very enlightening trip for me as i ad neve seen the inside of one either

[@MJohnny05]

You are brave to put your drone up with all those pigeons around.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Oddly enough Ive never in the 4 years I had the drone hit a bird. they seem to stay just far enough away moving slowly seems to help

[@rudolphscharfl612]

There was a lot of wooden grain elevators in the Drumheller Valley

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@rudolphscharfl612 yes the Drumheller area is a beautiful area sadly no trains go through there anymore

[@thecanadianprairierailfanSKCA]

Young, Saskatchewan, is actually on the CN Watrous Subdivision. Austin MacAulay

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Is it? Oops, thanks for the clarification

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

when at a party in south alberta we saw a metal elevator which at the time was reletively new.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Yes, many wooden elevators are being replaced with those

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

Hi there. when i worked in alberta back in the 1980s we had a grain elevator and railway at our local town of Redwater. I wonder if it still there?

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Redwater still has at least one remaining wooden elevator

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

Used to be the one by the crossing at bottom of the high street. caroline

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Good work Tony V. Not sure why the photo of the Vid did not how on the CRO page though

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Your welcome, ya I noticed that. Strange

[@petenielsen3453]

It is a shame to see these old icons of the Prairie towns. The amount of wood that went into these elevators is hard to believe.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

And several of these have since been torn down believe it or not just in the last year

[@sinatralerby7545]

also are they gonna tear up the railway line between conquest and herschel from what I understand that line has been abandoned for quite awhile. Also is the pool elevator in conquest used for storage or do they use it to load railcars?. Just wondering because in the video I saw 4 grain hoppers by that elevator

[@TonyVRailfanning]

At this time there is no plans to remove the line that I know of and yes they still load grain cars at the elevator there. The tracks still show use when I was there

[@sinatralerby7545]

@@TonyVRailfanning Does mobilgrain have trackage rights i guess to service the elevator at conquest?. If so cp rail i think owns the conquest sub but mobilgrain is allowed to service conquest.

[@sinatralerby7545]

sorry i meant the herschael sub instead of the conquest sub

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@sinatralerby7545 I unfortunately don’t know, sorry

[@edduke8527]

What in the world were these tiny windows for way up in the top of these elevators and who would be up there looking out????

[@TonyVRailfanning]

That is the area where the grain spout can be turned to dump the grain into the appropriate bin. There is actually a hand operated elevator that you can ride up to the top. Remember that lights are not used in many places due to the fire hazard.

[@sinatralerby7545]

was the elevator being dismantled the one in milden? if so why are they tearing it down and are they reusing the wood?

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Yes, it was being torn down and they were reusing the wood elsewhere

[@edduke8527]

Oh, BTW, very interesting from a boy way down South and knows nothing of a grain elevator..WELL DONE

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@rudolphscharfl612]

Farmers have to truck their grain further as there are fewer elevators and they are further apart

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@rudolphscharfl612 unfortunately that is the reality these days with highways in place there was no need for the grain elevators to be so close together. Farmers don’t have to rely on the railways to move their grain like they did before the highways were put in.

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[@TonyVRailfanning]

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