RRI SIG member Bruce Dombey sent me an interesting article from the
magazine "Blue Ridge Country" entitled Virginia's "Age of Iron". It
describes the 19th century iron furnaces and coke ovens in Virginia.
Looks like it would make for an interesting trip to see the remains and
the towns.
Jon; I appreciate that! The few times I was inside the facilities, I did not keep track of what I was seeing, but noted that there were additive bins, or...
RRI SIG member Bruce Dombey sent me an interesting article from the magazine "Blue Ridge Country" entitled Virginia's "Age of Iron". It describes the 19th...
... Around 1996, Mike King, the superintendent of the Patapsco and Back River RR, once told me of an incident when a 380 ton bottle car derailed and the trucks...
they do....it's called beaching the iron Kevin Heggi _www.nwirps.org_ (http://www.nwirps.org/) **************Dell Studio XPS Desktop: Save up to $400 -...
This is SO annoying. . . . . AOL user responds to a message and you have NO CLUE as to what he's talking about because there's NO THREAD at the bottom of his...
Some users complain about not enough trimming others complain about too much trimming. I as cant we all get along? mark R (using AOL) In a message dated...
I wasn't beating on you, Mark. It's AOL's email handler that is the PITA. At least with too much thread, I can figure out what you were trying to say . . . The...
And the ever-increasing number of members that get their messages on devices like BlackBerrys. Jim T. ... The ones that complain about too much thread are...
I'm thinking its the user/user interface as depending on the software it is a all or nothing. On my phone it lets you use ether all of the message in the...
Folks,  Most of the covers that I've seen are a 2" thick piece of ceramic fiber blanket (Kaowool) simply  laid across the opening. The covers are consumable...
The wool blankets that were used during my time in the mill were a pain in the butt. The blankets were about 4' wide x 6' long x 2" thick. The construction was...
Could they have been asbestos? I would think wool would burn or at least char. ... From: gjcoatsworth <gcoatsworth@...> Subject: [STEEL] Re: Hot metal...
I think he means kaowool which is a ceramic fiber. I remember finding one of these blankets along the Erie mainline in Hubbard when I was a kid. It had blown...
Rick, Â I agree with you. The ceramic fiber (Kaowool is a brand name from Thermal Ceramics) is generally white when made but gets dirty pretty quickly in...
U.S.Steel Fairfield uses kaowool blankets like that on subs-lowered onto the mouth of the sub from a magnetic hoist-kaowool is a ceramic fiber spun into...
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