Look in the files section of this Yahoo Group site under "Market Place" and scroll down to Mike Rabbitt drawings. He as an excellent selection of elevation...
All: From what I read, the G41 went into service in the mid-60's. I'm guessing that steel centers may have supplied their own cars prior to that, but I don't...
Dale, I believe Fairfield Southern employees are under USW Local 1013. Both Fairfield Southern and Birmingham Southern are managed under Transtar, so it all...
I think that you will find that a lot of processing was done at the steel plants before shipping, so that a lot of the product that was shipped was in the...
BlankGroup, As I was going through some of my favorate web sites, I came across Westerfields http://www.westerfield.biz/ They are going to be producing a...
Another source would be the Tod Engine Foundation http://www.todengine.org/engineering_drawings_collection Also, one gentlemen on this site and the Steel...
Great question. I model the early to mid-1960's before coils cars were built in large numbers. I to wonder what type of cars carried coils in the era...
Hello, Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable New Year's! I was wondering, what happens when scrap arrives wet from the rain or if its gotten wet from...
The last thing you want is wet scrap. You will get violent explosions at both the BOF and EAF assuming that the EAF bucket charges instead of using a...
Boxcars. both in coils and sheets. mark r ... Sent from my mobile phone ... From: amro elsabbagh <elsabbaghamro@...> To: <STEEL@yahoogroups.com> Date:...
"The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes —...
Hello, Happy new year to all! I can tell that it gives some spectacular reactions in the furnace. I work in an EAF (DC (1 Electrode and 4 bottom electrodes))....
The dust house reminds me of EF&S up in Erie, but the structure to the side does not look familiar. Are there other pics? Adam ... From: lgolden33324...
Found the pics on the side. Not familiar with Flickr. Can't help either. No external images to tell from. I did not a score from some game. Possibly high...
As I understand it, in a BOF the scrap is loaded first, so yes the ambiant heat from the last pour would dry the scrap pretty well before the molton iron is...
If you click on the images at the right you will bring up the full photo album as a slide presentation. Still no identification. It is a melt shop. My ...
Looking at the 35 slides show there are two hints, one is a "Raiders vs Fairview football score painted on a wall. The other is the old green truck with what...
This photo and the additional photos appear to be Erie Forge & Steel Co., in Erie, PA. I have photographed in there and it looks familiar. Additionally,...
I checked on maps.live.com and matched up the building shown in the photo. It is Erie Forge. Good thing, I tried the football score lead but ended up in...
Guess my first guess may have been right. I just cannot place the crane area, these must have been taken at a different time, then I had been snooping around....
Here in Detroit the New York Central had a fleet of gondolas with coil racks on the floor and hoods to cover the coils. Just like a GBSR except it had...
The photographer got back to me and says this was shot outside of Meadville, Pa. A very nice and knowledgable member told me it's Erie, and that there is...