Trackside at the Mill 1981-1998 by Sam Andrews

[peggyrothschild]

Sam Andrews has written a 125 page softcover book covering the rail operations at the Cargill mill in Newton, Kansas from 1981-1998. Sam’s uncle worked at the mill and he was there 17 years and later hired in with the BNSF as a trainman.

The book describes the history of flour milling in Newton, types of flour the mill produced, who bought it, types of rail cars the products were loaded in and the various destinations. He covers traffic patterns and how the mill was switched and the times during the day. While the mill was switched by the Santa Fe loads went out on the Missouri Pacific and UP and he covers those moves as well.

Books can be purchased directly from Sam at:

Sam Andrews
306 E 8th St
Newton, KS 67114
$16.95 + $3.00 S&H $19.95 total
Check or money order
[email protected]

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[nicholesimson]

I am looking forward to reading this book! About five years ago the milling interests of Cargill, ConAgra, and Cenex Harvest States were spun off and merged to form Ardent Mills, the company I presently work for in Omaha. The Newton, Kansas mill is the largest small package operation in the company, and has a capacity of 850,000 lbs. of flour per day! Source: Ardentmills.com.

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