relics of the past

 

Scattered across the South Plains, like remnants of Stonehenge monuments, grain elevators anchor forgotten places.  Many small agricultural towns were linked to larger cities by the railroad.  Silos like these were an important step in the marketing of the grain harvest. Increasingly,  silos and short line railroads bypass diminishing towns and now two-thirds of grain is moved by truck.  Abandoned grain elevators on weedy spurs become monuments to times past.

 

Roundup, Texas

US 84 and FM 2131

11.1.2015