1977 CLIC chart.

1983 CLIC

View from the east, from the cold storage parking lot.

From west to east, the first industry is Anderson Elevator East, parallel to the main and entered from the east. This industry is actually a storage barn for the Anderson Cattle Company. Among other things, block salt was delivered to this location.

A new industry replaces Anderson in 1983: Emporia Cold Storage. They are adjacent to the packing plant with three doors.

The largest industry in this are is Iowa Beef Packers. Even though most stock went through Emporia for points east, Armour had a packing plant in Emporia, located on the north side of the yard. The Armour plant in Emporia was purchased by Iowa Beef Packers. In1967, IBP bought the plant. The Armour plant was demolished and a modern plant built on the site. This was also the time when rail shipment of cattle was ceasing. At first meat was shipped out in rail reefers. Then the facility was converted for refrigerated trucks with many as TOFC shipments. IBP had four tracks dedicated to Trailers On Flat Cars. The potential of boxed beef was such that a processing operation was added to the Emporia facility and opened in l970. That same year, to reflect the scope of IBP's new operations, the company's name was changed from Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. to Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. Click here for a review of the meat packing industry.

On the above CLIC chart, Tracks A-D are TOFC. Tracks 1 and 2 are for tallow and include 7 racks for tank cars. Track 3 is the hide track (Dennison Hide) with 3 doors. Track 4 had 4 spots and one spout. Track 5 was open.

Rod Riley reported that in the days of ice reefers, about 5 36' Armour reefers were taken into town to the Jenson Ice House for icing each day; then they returned for loading at Armour. After loading, they were again taken to Jenson for topping up before leaving Emporia.

The last location in this area is Peak and Hatcher which had a chute and a cattle ramp in 1977, a dock in 1983. Peak and Hatcher handled the cattle sales at this location. Click here for a review of stock movements.