Hey, I just wanted to let everybody know about Wayne Cole's new book, Ghost Rails X. Wayne has compiled some amazing facts and photographs of steel mill construction and operation. The book primarily covers Aliquippa and Southern and Jones and Laughlin steel but would be a great resource for any modeler or student of the iron/steel making process. I got my copy at a show but here is the address listen in the book.
Cole Books
1402 Seminole Circle
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Check it out!
Dave
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big steel mills are impressive and very 20th century industrial. I used to see some of the big ones every day on my commute when I lived in Pittsburgh. I'll look into the book - it would bring back memories, I'm sure.
Good post Dave. I remember the J&L Aliquippa works from my childhood, so I already ordered my copy from Wayne. He will have books for sale at the Greenberg show in Monroeville this weekend.
As heavily rail oriented as steel mills are, I am kind of surprised that there are no kits or operating accessories of steel mill structures--at least, none that I am aware of (and I'm not including the Bethlehem Steel culvert loader/unloader). They would, of course, have to be subject to extreme selective compression to fit on the average layout, but they would certainly allow all of the O gauge slag and hot metal cars available over the years to be put to work!
Aaron
Dave: Thanks for the info on the book. My dad and most of my mother's brothers work for J&L Southside works and remember it from when I was growing up in the Burgh on the Southside, 26 and Jane Street. I have several photos and pencil sketches of the Southside works hanging in my train room annex.
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