@DRC posted:I was born and raised in Pittsburgh in the 1950s and 60s and always wanted to build a train platform around the steel industry. Following are some photos of my J&L steel company platform. All structures are scratch built except for the construction crane from Menards. For the buildings I used basswood covered by foamcore board which was then covered with corrugated paper sheets from AC Moore craft store. I then painted and weathered all the structures.
The first photo shows, left to right, the J&L blast furnace (dark rust colored), high line where ingredients for the making of iron are brought together and discharged at the base of the blast furnace (gray colored), ore bridge (yellow colored) and the Joe Magarac foundry (gray colored).
The second photo is looking into the Electric Arc Furnace and to the left background is the yellow ore bridge. I left half the roof and sides off the electric arc furnace building so that people could see inside. I also cocked the roof of the furnace slightly and installed a welding light inside so that the periodic flashes from the welding light can be seen as it lights up the interior of the building.
The third photo is of the Benjamin Miller Steel Company World Headquarters and is actually all there is left of that company. The partially enclosed electric arc furnace can be seen to the right and the blast furnace is in the center background.
Finally, the last photo is of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, which I have visited several times. It has nothing to do with steel mills, but it is located in southwestern PA and so I took artistic license and put it on a second platform which is 3 feet away from the steel mill platform. The house was built on a diorama which includes the stream that flows under the house and boulders that the house is built on and over. I then placed the diorama onto the then partially completed platform and luckily it fit the space.
Doug Chiado
Super modeling there Doug. 
Brought back some memories of my flatbed days when I would pick up steel coils. I love Fallingwater. Never had the pleasure of visiting there; big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright. Got any better photos of your diorama ?
