today we drove up to fowler indiana for a fair thingie... (the heart of the corn belt).

along the way i noticed the usual hundreds of grain cars along the tracks on the way up there, waiting for harvest, were all brand new.

first i was impressed that the rail business is prosperous enough to justify new grain cars.

second i noticed that they dont have the old style funnel shaped discharges on the bottom. there are instead two large half tube like structures on the bottom of each car.

so anybody know how they unload them when they are like this?

tom w

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