Thanks for the video of the mill in Canton. My dad worked as a crane op in the 8" bar mill until his retirement in the 70s. I worked in the 35" blooming mill there in the late 60s as a heavy electrical repairman (the money helped get me through college). The plant went through a lot of changes but I did recognize the bar mill, what was left of the blooming mill, the offices (where you had to line up to get paid on Thursdays), and the gate house where you picked up and dropped off your time card. Still have my hard hat and safety lock.
Thanks for filming and posting, there is some good viewing in there. Sad to see the Steel Mill closed with the loss of Jobs and Manufacturing Potential. The silence of the Flyover was deafening and defining.
Back in the Mid 70's { aka ..back in the day...I was just 17 at the time} I used to work at an asphalt paving company in Lester. When I first saw the ' torpedoes' I was in awe. As I slowly learned about the railroads and the steel industry it was amazing to see these cars. It appeared they were shipping from Republic Steel in Cleveland to Republic Steel in Lorain. During the winter the cars were glowing Red whether loaded or empty. Later in Life I got to see these same cars as they were being loaded at the steel mills in Cleveland on the East side of the river to be transported to the West side by the CROW Railroad for processing
Great coverage, sweet viewing angles too! Nice to see the bottle cars, sad so much industry is disappearing from our landscape, great of you to record this passing Scott! (Dave).
I worked for an environmental company that used to suck up rain water around the rairoad switches a long time ago on Zug Island U.S.steel Detroit, Michigan.I got so close to the bottles you could feel the heat.
We don't make steel anymore. The Peoples Republic of China handed us our lunch years ago in that department............... Making overpriced junk food is our perpetual specialty, now......................
Interesting they have the box cars on leading and trailing ends like blockers on hazmat, or extra braking behind cars without brakes. I wonder why they are used with the bottle transfer
That certainly is a harsh way of closing a plant by just saying we're not going to produce anything today. It certainly looks peculiar just to see stuff left as if the next shift is about to start. Once the furnaces are shut down is that much more difficult to get things rolling again and the cost is extensive. That certainly was a fun looking trained as a clinked and clunked along those cars just have some unique noises. Good timing to catch that move
@@paulbergen9114When I worked at Westinghouse in the mid 80s we did a lot of work for companies trying to reboot the old mills. I called it "industrial archaeology" because of the conditions the plants were left in. It was like "Life After People". The companies would call the afternoon and midnight shifts and tell them not to come in, then when the daylight shift left management would lock the doors and shut it down. In plants were the word snuck out the destruction was immense.
This film is a tribute to the leaders of our so-called democracy and their industrial policy. A tribute to their own greed and disregard guard for the working citizen.
@@robertszallavarysullivan9570 yea right backing 80s when things were booming in the pittsburgh steel industry when allegheny Ludlum steel ran short they would get steel in a sub from uss homestead works and transfer in a sub to Brackenridge pa on the corail line they would stop in sharpsburg pa to get ice, only for a minute if any longer the ties would catch fire!! I saw it when I was a kid!!!
Back in the 80s when the pittsburgh steel industry was booming allegheny Ludlum steel in Brackenridge pa ran short they would get it from uss steel in homestead pa transfer in a sub on the conrail line they would stop in sharpsburg pa at the freight house get ice for the crew, only for a minute or the ties would catch fire! Saw it when I was a kid!!
@@robertszallavarysullivan9570In an earlier time they transferred the molten iron, euphemistically called "hot metal", from the blast furnaces to a storage system called the "Hot Metal Mixer". The mixer dispensed the hot metal into ladles and the ladles were poured into the open hearth furnaces. Homestead Works had 11 furnaces capable of producing 375 tons of steel every six hours.
@@jeffbronowicz3264Carrie Furnace in Rankin provided the hot metal for Homestead Works. It would be interesting to see the route taken by the Union Railroad to get the sub cars to Brackenridge. Sub cars were tough on bridges with all that weight concentrated in a small area.
On the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case....tell me "Orange Boy" what were you doing in a WOMENS DRESSING ROOM especially if it was occupied by a female?????
Thanks for the video of the mill in Canton. My dad worked as a crane op in the 8" bar mill until his retirement in the 70s. I worked in the 35" blooming mill there in the late 60s as a heavy electrical repairman (the money helped get me through college). The plant went through a lot of changes but I did recognize the bar mill, what was left of the blooming mill, the offices (where you had to line up to get paid on Thursdays), and the gate house where you picked up and dropped off your time card. Still have my hard hat and safety lock.
Thanks for filming and posting, there is some good viewing in there. Sad to see the Steel Mill closed with the loss of Jobs and Manufacturing Potential. The silence of the Flyover was deafening and defining.
Back in the Mid 70's { aka ..back in the day...I was just 17 at the time} I used to work at an asphalt paving company in Lester. When I first saw the ' torpedoes' I was in awe. As I slowly learned about the railroads and the steel industry it was amazing to see these cars. It appeared they were shipping from Republic Steel in Cleveland to Republic Steel in Lorain. During the winter the cars were glowing Red whether loaded or empty. Later in Life I got to see these same cars as they were being loaded at the steel mills in Cleveland on the East side of the river to be transported to the West side by the CROW Railroad for processing
Great coverage, sweet viewing angles too! Nice to see the bottle cars, sad so much industry is disappearing from our landscape, great of you to record this passing Scott! (Dave).
I worked for an environmental company that used to suck up rain water around the rairoad switches a long time ago on Zug Island U.S.steel Detroit, Michigan.I got so close to the bottles you could feel the heat.
"Torpedo Bottle Cars" are used for transporting molten metal from a blast furnace. Nice catch!
We don't make steel anymore. The Peoples Republic of China handed us our lunch years ago in that department...............
Making overpriced junk food is our perpetual specialty, now......................
i dont think I could have said it any better.@@robertszallavarysullivan9570
@@robertszallavarysullivan9570Actually, it began with the Japanese in the 1970s.
Great footage. Sad about the closed steel mill.
Thank you for sharing. Nice catch.👍
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Interesting they have the box cars on leading and trailing ends like blockers on hazmat, or extra braking behind cars without brakes. I wonder why they are used with the bottle transfer
Very impressive. Great job!!!
Great catch! At least they didn’t fall to the scrappers torch.
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A cool video, although it’s sad to hear of another steel mill closing. I remember seeing those cars in use at the Stelco mill in Hamilton, Ontario.
those bottle cars haven't been used for a while 😊
i used to haul parts for those too a plant in niles ohio wherer they build and repaired them, also i used too haul out oif that old mill also
Interesting train captures.
Informative Video , Thanks !
The vintage geeps moving the bottles is awesome. However, the circumstance of those bottles is as devastating as the silence in their wake.
great coverage of those torpedo/bottle cars.good catch.
awesome catch ty paulEE
Enjoyed the video
these are from the closed AK steek plant in Ashland Ky.
Very good video!
kool depot hope that will be saved & preserved someday
Very nice video.
We always called those cars hot metal torpedoes.
Do you know if the shortline Republic N&T has officially filed to discontinue?
I am not sure
That certainly is a harsh way of closing a plant by just saying we're not going to produce anything today. It certainly looks peculiar just to see stuff left as if the next shift is about to start. Once the furnaces are shut down is that much more difficult to get things rolling again and the cost is extensive. That certainly was a fun looking trained as a clinked and clunked along those cars just have some unique noises. Good timing to catch that move
@@paulbergen9114When I worked at Westinghouse in the mid 80s we did a lot of work for companies trying to reboot the old mills. I called it "industrial archaeology" because of the conditions the plants were left in. It was like "Life After People". The companies would call the afternoon and midnight shifts and tell them not to come in, then when the daylight shift left management would lock the doors and shut it down. In plants were the word snuck out the destruction was immense.
Nice catch Scott.
Wondering why they have loaded scrap loads there if it's all in idle
It was an abrupt shutdown. No notice just told the employees the day they stopped production. The drone engines have moved since this was shot.
I noticed live steam coming out of the stack earlier in the video, so something is going on in the plant....
@@overtime6696 could be just testing and maintenance
This film is a tribute to the leaders of our so-called democracy and their industrial policy. A tribute to their own greed and disregard guard for the working citizen.
They are called sub cars they transfer hot steel from the blast furnce to the bof usually in the mill
They transport blast furnace iron to the steel mill's basic oxygen furnace...........
@@robertszallavarysullivan9570 yea right backing 80s when things were booming in the pittsburgh steel industry when allegheny Ludlum steel ran short they would get steel in a sub from uss homestead works and transfer in a sub to Brackenridge pa on the corail line they would stop in sharpsburg pa to get ice, only for a minute if any longer the ties would catch fire!! I saw it when I was a kid!!!
Back in the 80s when the pittsburgh steel industry was booming allegheny Ludlum steel in Brackenridge pa ran short they would get it from uss steel in homestead pa transfer in a sub on the conrail line they would stop in sharpsburg pa at the freight house get ice for the crew, only for a minute or the ties would catch fire! Saw it when I was a kid!!
@@robertszallavarysullivan9570In an earlier time they transferred the molten iron, euphemistically called "hot metal", from the blast furnaces to a storage system called the "Hot Metal Mixer". The mixer dispensed the hot metal into ladles and the ladles were poured into the open hearth furnaces.
Homestead Works had 11 furnaces capable of producing 375 tons of steel every six hours.
@@jeffbronowicz3264Carrie Furnace in Rankin provided the hot metal for Homestead Works. It would be interesting to see the route taken by the Union Railroad to get the sub cars to Brackenridge. Sub cars were tough on bridges with all that weight concentrated in a small area.
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Great video 👍🏻
Friction bearing trucks on the mainline? Thought the FRA outlawed that practice.
what mainline
@trains2057 I know nothing of this area. It appears to be on a mainline, so that's why I mentioned that.
The mill shuttered August 10, 2023.
Those torpedo cars are probably 70 years old.
Bottle cars without lids appear to be empty.
Which Steel mill closed? Are the bottle cars sold? Storage?
A great video! Many greetings from Germany. I show monument locomotives on my TH-cam account.
That road is junk
On the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case....tell me "Orange Boy" what were you doing in a WOMENS DRESSING ROOM especially if it was occupied by a female?????
Elaborate or youre gay