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Australian Grain Silos

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  1. Jul 23, 2018 #1
    gormo

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    G`day Folks,
    Found these silos at Toowoomba and thought they might come in handy for scratch builders.












     
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    gormo

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    Toto

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    Great collection of photo's Gormo. I think you have covered most aspects and details there. Very comprehensively done and a terrific reference point. :thumbup:
     
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    York Paul

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    Nice pictures Gormo if I may say.:tophat: The place reminds me a bit of the Blue Circle cement works at Cauldon Lowe in Staffordshire but with not as many silos.
     
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    Very nice Gormo, great pics.I noted that there has also been a bit of an art theme going around country concrete silos over the last few years, google silo art for a look.
     
  7. Jul 24, 2018 #7
    Gary

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    Great pics Gormo. :thumbs: I have many pics of grain silos that I could add to your collection here... ;)

    Graeme, I recall seeing a program on the ABC about the silos at Coonalpyn where some local school kids were chosen as the theme.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  8. Jul 25, 2018 #8
    gormo

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    Thanks Toto
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    Thanks graemeo......I`ll have a look
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    gormo

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    G`day Gary,
    Yes add them in mate........the more the better for scratch builders.
    :cheers::tophat:V.V.Gormo
     
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    gormo

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    Thanks York Paul,
    Well there you go......use the pics to build a cement works.
    A lot of these buildings I guess have similar roots.?
    The Toowoomba silos were for grain and they`re up for lease if anybody is looking for a silo to use for a train room...:avatar::avatar::avatar::avatar:
    :cheers::tophat:V.V.Gormo
     
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    York Paul

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    Hi Gormo, I guessed they were grain silos ... its just that the steel ground supports on the row of silos looked just like the nodule sheds in the Le Farge cement works up on the Staffordshire Derbyshire boarder. Maybe someone on here is up for a big size spiral layout project with great views and plenty of sun.:scratchchin::avatar::avatar::tophat:
     
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    Gary

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    Thanks Gormo.

    here are my pics from two different sized silos in Western NSW.

    The first set of pics are the silos located at Illabo, 20km north east of Junee. I have taken plenty of photos of the details that make these up which include doorways, steps, ladders, chutes, feed pipes, roof details and more...











    Still more to come...
     
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    Continuing on with Illabo silos...











    Still a few more to come...
     
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    The next set of pics are from a little closer to Junee on the highway at Marianna...








    and just a few more to come...
     
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    ...and the last few....






    There we go. Should give the scratch builder plenty of inspiration !

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    Hello All,

    all excellent pictures , but be warned , every State used a different design of silo , and NSW at least did have a series of standard wheat silos , there was a series of articles in AMRM quite some years ago on this very topic.

    I was also recently advised that concrete silos have a lifespan of around 45 years due to the pressure of fully loaded silos causing cracks and small breaks that can lead to leakage .

    Also concrete silos tended to be built in batches , and from the 1970s there was a move to using large metal bins , and later , burying grain in huge underground heavy plastic membranes , which , when full , were sealed up to preserve the grain . A bit like those clothes bags that you use your vacuum cleaner to suck the excess air out of , a similar principle being used in these underground storage membranes.

    The other thing that is not done is placing transmission aerials on the top of silos , due to the electrical energy so generated being potential cause of an explosion from the gasses emitted from the top of grain silos .

    These days grain farmers now have their own on site storage , since the privatisation and / or abolition of State owned grain receival points means that the cost of storage is now Bourne by the farmer , and not the elevator owner .

    Regards, Echidna
     
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    Having several rakes of both blue "Johnie Walker" and white "Heygates Grain" closed hoppers, it is definitely on my list to make a loading silo. Not sure how similar The Australian ones are to British ones, but I don't care, I will as usual, just create from my memory, to which the above has been committed!
     
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    gormo

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    As with a lot of industrial buildings, they are quite often designed to suit the task and the site and therefore some variation must occur, therefore allowing the scratch builder to do his own thing.
    So I reckon a fair representation of the real thing would look fine on most model railways.
    :cheers::tophat:Gormo
     
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