Founded by the Rockefellers in Oil City,PA this old steel mill still does high quality ingot casting. From my november trip: http://www.stahlseite.de/electra...
The company has applied for permits to begin upgrading its Clairton Coke Works. At a cost of $1 billion, it would be one of the most expensive capital projects...
As announced last Saturday at the Railroad Industries Special Interest Group (RRISIG) Meet in Chicago, the 2009 Meet will be held in Youngstown (Columbiana)....
I was remiss in my last message by not thanking Brendan for hosting the recent meet and Ray for arranging some of the tours. Jim T. ... Of ... Youngstown ... ...
Its great that everyone had fun at the SIG meet. I spent most of last week getting up close and personal with the Weirton blooming mill engine, salvaging some...
I'm sure these new Atlas models will be of interest to list members! ... wrote: Atlas announced their new HH660 model in HO scale this weekend at the NE RPM...
Hello Have rejoined the list after a couple of years. I am semi-retired after 42 years from EL/Conrail/NS/WNYP and do industrial railroad consulting....
I hope everybody enjoyed the RRISIG meet in Chicago last week. There was a great effort to obtain tours, especially by Brendan, to please all of our...
Yes, many people were involved in the SIG Meet (and most were unsung, of course, and I forgot to mention Larry and Pat Smith for evaluating and selecting the...
While visiting the Huletts I had the opportunity to visit the Chicago LTV Coke Plant again and check out the model of the plant. Mr. Beemsterboer wants to...
Welcome back Steve. Rick Rowlands Executive Director Tod Engine Foundation "Preserving Youngstown's Steel Industry Heritage" 2261 Hubbard Road Youngstown, OH...
I would like to add my thanks to everyone who helped to organize the meet, especially Brendan Brosnan and Ray Boothe. The tours were outstanding. I also really...
Hey all, Thought you might enjoy this picture of CSX train Q389 passing US Steel's ET works. Here from across the river you can see the blast furnaces as well...
John, Great pics. My fav road to! Adam warbonnet87 <warbonnet87@...> wrote: Hey all, Thought you might enjoy this picture of CSX train Q389 passing US...
Great photo! Clear sky. Were you standing on the deck of the old sports bar? John G. **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with...
During the recent RRISIG Meet in Chicago, several attendees asked me about the availability of the Train Watchers Guide to Chicago by John Szwajkart. These are...
Mr. Timko has also authored a couple of Morning Sun books subscribers to this list might be interested in - Trackside Around Youngstown and the just released...
The booklet Larry is referring to is titled "MODERN BLAST FURNACE TECHNOLOGY: FIRST CLASS SOLUTIONS, BASED ON OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE" by Danieli Corus. There's...
It is my understanding the coke express cars are normal hoppers with extended sides. The extensions are separate pieces riveted in place (at least on the early...
... The first major redevelopment of the Duluth Works property is underway as site work has started for a new Iconics plant located on the site of the Atlas...
It is no secret to industry insiders that Severstal's desire to purchase Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation is to control all of Mountain State Carbon. In...
For those of you who missed the NMRA's 2007 Detroit national convention's Model contest, or for those of you who were there and want to see it again you may...
... heard that eventually Ikonics wanted to move the rest of their corporation there as well. The Atlas Cement plant site is 65 acres of useable property of...
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