Grain scattered all along the railroad tracks crossing First Street, perhaps from a leaking railcar. [photo]
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I saw them scattered along the line at Longshore and Wright yesterday evening, too. Meant to go backt oday to take a photo. At least it’s not some newfangled de-icing strategy.
This happens a few times a year. I took a similar picture in 2009 [link] and somewhere I have a picture of what happens when they spill grain in the spring and it rains a lot right afterward. :)
I have to confess that I am somewhat disappointed to learn that the seeds were the result of spillage from a RR car—I naively thought the seeds were there because some kindly soul was feeding the birds of the Old West Side.
They’re back? I always thought it was Hansel and Gretel, or maybe Dorthy?
Might it not be a sign that Maize is back on track?
*rimshot*
So…what do you think? Was any (bird)seed/grain at all left in the freight car when it arrived at its final destination or did it arrive completely emptied?
Yeah, The Ann Arbor Railroad is a short line these days, usually running twice a day hauling mostly sand (for concrete) and auto parts. A couple of times a year it hauls corn or grain, with leakage usualy spilling on the tracks. It IS pretty cool to see it in the Spring after a rain. The tracks turn into a fuzzy green carpet! This stuff is good, I suppose, for animals who need the nourishment. most of the corn we get these days is GMO, and that is the sad part of the whole equation. But, Merry Christmas and count your blessings instead of sheep. (not to Irving Berlin)