Action at the Steel Mill. Friday 21-12-1972

And lastly . I have been filling in the aisle with removable scenery boards here is the latest board this entire aisle can be removed in minutes if needed. The three boards with the electrical towers on them can all be removed.

Nothing is finished yet I intend to build a power substation on one of the boards.

Roo. 

Beyond wonderful, ROO, and I know what I am seeing there, having lived the 40's - 60's in my hometown Pittsburgh area. In fact, I worked as a common laborer at National Tube, McKeesport, PA, for one very hot summer, earning extra money, as a teenager, for college. It was so hot that, even though we were young and strong, we had to work for 15min and then sit for 15min, etc. If we did not rest every other quarter hour like that, we were fired (no pun intended) for endangering ourselves in such hot conditions.

I love your creativity, there, and especially appreciate your realistically stressing the profound presence of long lines of trains within the precincts of such a mill.

FrankM

Nice! 

very nice Roo.

Love to see some video of the trains in action.

Bob

Thank you all.

Frank. That is a great photo of the ingot being lifted out of the soaking pit I would have dearly loved to have had the space to fully detail inside my buildings but with O scale in the room I have it's just impossible.

Here is another photo from yesterday. It's a quiet time at Waterside yard, this yard is the interchange yard for the Mill. All the trains for the mill go through this yard usually it is jammed with cars of all descriptions the Lackawanna loco moving a Mill Gondola of furnace scrap must be on loan to the mill this job is usually handled by the Blue (one shown in the photo with a low clearance roof) Republic Steel Switchers. Of course Big John might have grabbed the nearest loco to do this job maybe! A slab train has just pulled a cut of flats out of the Blooming Mill this train will then move forward to the tracks on the left and make it's way to the Rolling Mill where the slabs will be converted into Coils of steel for a customer.  Roo.

Roo, it looks like another fun run day at the mill.  The republic coil cars look great.  Do you remove the electric towers when you remove the boards or are they permanently attached?

Wonderful layout and I am looking forward to future Videos and posts. Neat idea on the panels and access aisles.

ROO, did you work in the steel industry?

Joe: the towers are glued to the boards the first board is all we remove on operating days if I need to get to a derailment (which is rare) I just slide the others along and leave them on the runners. (See pictures)

Hokie 71: No I have never worked in the Steel Industry I do buy endless books for research.

Thanks. Roo.

Roo posted:

Great day today, busy, still managed to have lunch and afternoon tea!

Unusual to see the Highline empty but not for long!  Roo.

 

Excellent work Roo! Might I inquire where these background images came from? Have about 10' to fill.

Simply beautiful!   I can almost hear those two rails calling to me...

Roo:

Outstanding layout!

Joe

Very nice. No shortage of action there.

Thank you all for your kind remarks.

BOBBYD:  I found them on the bay under angietracksideflats he ships to Australia so I bought my backdrops as paper in a tube as they had to travel a long way. I glued the backdrop paper to Foamcore and blackened the edges. Roo.

Thank you Neville, hope you have a safe, happy, and prosperous New Year. 

Would like to make it down one day.

Laying some track today trying to finish off the foundry and the Slag reclamation mill. Good to be back working on the Railroad. Roo.

Outstanding Layout!

Roo, wonderful work!

Looks like you're having a blast.

Bill Chaplik posted:

Looks like you're having a blast.

In more ways than one!!

Thanks everyone I will post some photos of the progress. The "foundry" is supposed to be a pipe factory as well as a foundry gives me an excuse to run some Bulkhead flats, Hot metal cars, depressed centre flats, lots of action, looking forward to finishing this section have to take it easy today my back is playing up after leaning for hours over the layout yesterday. Take care and watch your back! Roo.