Action at the Steel mill.

Roo posted:

Every friday we run trains, last friday I managed to capture some of the action mainly from my operating area but I did wander nearby a couple of times.Empty slab cars plenty of coil cars at the Rolling Mill

Love that cut-down cab!

Roo, you really know how to have fun without leaving home!  

Dan Weinhold

Nev, the layout looks a treat. Nice work on the steel mill

Colin

I like it.

Dick

Thanks fellas for your kind words. One day I'll get around to finishing a few things!  Roo.

Nev, I can only imagine Friday's at your layout!

the photos are so well appreciated.

Always inspirational.

thanks mate.

Leroof (Pierre in Maine)

PS I have a couple of MTH hot metal cars I am not using that I put aside for you.

i can send them over to you if you like. 

Thanks Pierre.

Hold those cars at the moment and I will get in touch with you offline.

Only two photo's today from yesterday's train session these photos are not staged all the action occurs during the session there are many train movements here are some of them. The first photo shows a transfer train to Waterside then onto Bayridge and the rest of the world. The train consists of a flat and two boxcars from the Steel mill workshops having brought in supplies plus four covered hoppers from the furnace containing furnace dust. The second photo shows empty side dump cars that are used for limestone service leaving the highline while in the background is a train of coke hoppers just arrived and the centre track has excess loaded coil cars from the rolling mill waiting to be removed to Bayridge. When the side dump train leaves the coke train locomotive will disconnect run around the hoppers and push the train onto the Highline meanwhile it won't be long and those Slag cars will be full and ready to be moved to the slag dump. It must be a quiet time as there are a number of engines still in the loco depot waiting  patiently for their turn! There are six locomotives in the photo three in service. This is a busy area there are numerous trains coming and going continuously all day you don't see the hot Metal cars and the furnace scrap trains in the photo plus Ore trains coming and going on the Highline. I was lucky to snap these photos as I also make lunch for Bruce and John and I ran out of bread so instead of sandwiches I made the boys a nice ham salad each with some choc biscuits for dessert.  It's a busy day. Roo.

I am trying something new..... filling in an aisle with detachable boards so I can look across the layout and just see one continuous panorama there are no controls along this part of the aisle the Blast Furnace is on the left and the BOF is on the right filling in the aisle links them up.

This is mainly for photographs and to boost my ego, Ha, Ha, I think it will look cool the boards have to be portable in case of derailments i am not very good at using a fishing line to retrieve cars.

Soooo........Stay with us if you want to see the results, otherwise build your own Steel Mill.    Roo. 

 "otherwise build your own Steel Mill".

Yeh, I know some of you blokes have and made darn good jobs of them, I look at them all.

Thought I would get in first so I don't cop any flak !  Roo. 

Roo another new project for the mill, filling in the valley in order to gain more land for the mill.  So prototypical.

Thanks Coach Joe.

I just finished the first stage and decided to carry it in from the workshop to the room by myself a bit of a struggle but managed to place it on the runners to slide it along and dropped the whole thing on the floor and smashed it to pieces I guess I'm getting to old and stupid to do these things by myself.

Anyway after the initial shock I picked up all the pieces carried everything out to the workshop and started again with the added burden of gluing broken items back together as well.

So now it is going to sit out there drying till tomorrow and I will then ask my wife to lift one end (she was out at the time) with me, being more careful.

Just another day at the Mill.  

Roo.

OK so I have overcome the old age thing and rebuilt the panel went outside this morning with Margie and put it straight into it's place on the Railroad.

Compare it with the previous photo.

On the right I am going to build a electrical substation and it all needs more detailing there is still another board to build but the idea is in place looks good when you look across the layout no big black holes! I'm smiling again.  Roo.

Here is a view from the air you can see the runners where the panel or module slides along and also where the next one goes a bit of work to do this but it certainly improves the photos and guess what inspired this latest project?

George Sellios's fabulous HO layout (I am a big fan) I have a photo, one of many looking across his layout and you can't see any aisle space I thought why can't I do that.

You have to look everywhere, read everything for ideas it's never a waste of time. Roo.

Roo that's just astounding.  So glad Margie was able to help you, we get to see your work and know she's doing well.

Roo posted:

 

You have to look everywhere, read everything for ideas it's never a waste of time. Roo.

 

very well said!

Great 

Margie is is still having a problem from the accident but is improving all the time there is no litigation involved because it was her fault entirely (can't sue yourself !) just one of those things, lucky we have private health cover and only have to pay a small amount to make up the difference for the treatment we are getting there things are looking better everyday.

Thanks everyone. Roo.

Sorry to hear she's still having problems but happy to hear she's on the mend.

EL 7254 leading a leased Reading FA-2 passing through Waterside today with a hot metal train. Roo.

The work you do is amazing Roo, absolutely fantastic!

Thanks Stephen. If your ever in Perth be sure to drop in, fellow O scalers and visitors are always welcome.

The Weaver Reading locomotive and the EL loco I have just finished rebuilding the EL has a 3mm brass plate replacing the original plastic chassis don't know why I did that probably because I wanted to try something different.

I bought the plate from England last year had the firm cut the plates to the approx size I wanted and brought them home in my suitcase!

I would dearly love to have more assistance with the layout I have a fear I am running out of time to finish it so many projects to do. I'll keep going. Roo.