Those coming to Youngstown to do research on the steel industry frequently visit the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor. However there are...
Thanks Rick. I'm planning to do some research this fall and the list helps. I always used the Center of Industry and Labor but none of the others. Part of my...
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I&SE back issues are at YSU. Plans for a continuous caster are in my office. Rick ... From: Chief1RTFD@... To: STEEL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
She's the last straight decker I know of ....I've seen her up here laid up at the yard forever. Good to see her back in service again! Sammy In a message dated...
I don't how many list members also belong to the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA), but the latest issue of their magazine, The Milwaukee Railroader...
Edward L Ryerson is a fairly famous straight decker still in active service! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: Kurdatz1701@... Date: Mon,...
Hmm, in that case it sounds like we'll have to make the exhaust manifold blister and 4 new stacks to make a correct unit out of these things (given the post...
At the end of my Volume 3 "Wheeling Steel" I have posted an artistic view of the Wheeling Corrugating Company at Martins Ferry, Ohio. At this time Wheeling...
Received my book today, from Karens books. Nice Softcover publication. Unexpected bonus was the schematics showing layout of the trackage and buildings across...
Group, The CTA has been replacing their Kennedy expressway (Blue Line aka O'Hare Line) median strip trackage all summer. New rail, aluminum clad trolley rail,...
I had the opportunity this summer to shoot pictures of the Calumet River and numerous former Chicago SE Side industrial sites by water and air. Even got...
Hi Rick, this is good stuff. Would it be possible for you to make a folder in the Files section (Youngstown or something), and add this info to it? It would be...
I would have to agree, it should probably be from our Steelton facility. However, I'm surprised that it doesn't have Steelton stamped into it, instead of the...
Yep, that's 115 pounds per yard. I've seen rail rolled in Steelton this year still marked "PST Steelton" (for Bethlehem's Pennsylvania Steel Technologies...
I forgot to mention that this article is in the Third Quarter 2008 issue of The Milwaukee Railroader. Jim T. ... magazine, ... Rock ... trains' ... in...
The bulk of current preservation news on the list seems to be confined to Bethlehem. What's happening with the Calumet/ Pullman Site efforts? Jim T. [Non-text...
I'm working on establishing a steel museum in Northwest Indiana. My hope is for ArcelorMittal to donate some vacant property in East Chicago and be a partner...
Jim, I haven't heard much of anything from the CHIP in the last few months. We have the large bell from the former Acme "A" blast furnace that is yet to be...
Got this disturbing email this morning: Just letting you know they cut the catwalk off the engine at Weirton today. They also removed the building over most...
Figures. I just asked someone to paint my VO-1000 in P&BR colors! There's only one thing that bothers me. Sparrows Point plant in Baltimore was one of the...
I ordered a couple of the PB&Rs, but I didn't know about the cooling issue. I also ordered a Pacific Electric for no other reason than a diesel with trolley...