I will be giving a clinic at the RRSIG meet in Buffalo on the evolution and construction of gas washers. Part of the clinic will be focused on constructing...
peachcreek@...
May 1, 2004 11:22 am
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Hello to the Group: Looking for information on fire protection at industrial locations for a class that I will be teaching.Please contact me off line. Thank...
Hello Julius, I wrapped the 3/32 tube around a large tube ( fix it with tape) and then held it for about half a minute in water just below boiling point....
Plastruct makes a wire to insert into their 3/32" and 1/8" butyrate tubing for exactly the purpose you wish. MIW-1 fit 3/32" tubing MIW-2 fits 1/8" tubing ...
peachcreek@...
May 1, 2004 7:31 pm
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An excerpt from today's article in the NY Times: "China has doubled its steel output since 2000, emerging as the world's largest producer by a wide margin, and...
Hello, Since modeling is included in this forum, I thought it appropriate to let you folks know about a special run of Stewart Hobbies HO scale F7AB sets...
LAST CALL for moveable car dumper drawings and photos. I have 11 requests as of 6:46 PM Saturday. I am going to print Sunday afternoon and want to make sure...
Your check was mailed this week, so if you don't have it yet, keep me on the list anyway. Brendan ... From: rabbittsteel To: steel@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
If anyone is interested I have posted photos of Beth Steel NG locos of Bethlehem and Johnstown Works plus NG center cab switcher of J&L Aliquippa plant on my...
Those are Sub-Cars from ISG that serve Acme's steelmaking unit, since they lost their Iron producing side! These cars sit along Wood St. in Porter sometimes. ...
I got all the copies done today and everything is sorted out and ready to send except for one sheet which I have to redo. The copier screwed up somehow and I...
I try to make all opsig events, sometimes work gets in the way. My parents still live in Hegewisch, last week I went by the old ACME blast furnace on Torrence...
How is buisness at ISG? I am trying to get permission to shoot the ISPAT blast furnace demo. which is sched for the end of May. I follow your posting with...
Thanks for your efforts, Mike! ... From: rabbittsteel To: steel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:19 PM Subject: [STEEL] Moveable car dumpers I got...
Business at ISG seems great. Number 3&4 blast furnaces are pumping out the iron, the LMF and Caster are running at a brisk pace. There are mountains of Coke,...
Don't know how long your tubing is, but try making more than one turn around the pipe like a couple threads on a bolt. Cut the ends to match when the bent...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
May 3, 2004 1:06 pm
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Are these for the old Atlantic City ore line in Wyoming or are they for the Bessemer? Bruce K...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
May 3, 2004 1:12 pm
8377
In a message dated 5/3/04 9:07:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bek@... writes: Could you piece together straight sections with beveled ends? Odds are,...
peachcreek@...
May 3, 2004 1:13 pm
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The announcement of the Stewart units painted for this operation reminds me of questions that have always been at the back of my mind. First, UP had several...
USS used the UP cars. UP had a car similar to Minnesota types except that they were longer and could hold 100 tons. They also had rotary dump cars with no...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
May 3, 2004 4:08 pm
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What's the status of Gary works? (it's been 30 years) I heard they tore down blast furnances 1-6, did they build anything in there place? They were getting...
A lot can happen in 30 years. My career with USS started and ended in way less than that. In 2000, Gary still had Blast Furnaces 4, 6, 8, and 13. The open...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
May 3, 2004 7:01 pm
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These are painted for the US Steel Atlantic City mine scheme. Bill http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/uss/uss724bgs.jpg [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Johnstown was a Bethlehem plant. They bought it from the Cambria Iron Works early in the 1900's. I'd have to do a little research to give you specifics but I...
... There was a USS specialty plant in Johnstown which made steel rail such a streetcar special work, at least early in its life. It was in the Moxham section...
In Johnstown there was a Bethlehem and a USS plant. I think the USS plant was not as big as Bethlehem's plant. ... From: "Bob & Heidi" <rwhjmeyer@...>...
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