Great video! I worked there, (Inland Steel Co.) for 32 yrs. Last 26 in the Locomotive shop. When I retired they were using Cat Powered locomotives. SC-15A units. 3512 Cat engines. I was an electrician on the LCT, (locomotive construction team) and we built a Cat Locomotive from the trucks up. Unit# 145 “Jamie”. Miss the crews and fellow workers but not the place.
I had the pleasure of helping Paul Schneider photograph there for the Kalmbach Video the story of Steel and Railroads. That mill was huge but we had a great guide who knew his way around and a lot of people. Those rebuilt switchers were already in use and they sure were peppy. The trip through the tunnel between the two plants was a real highlight. I was definitely glad I got to see it when it was still fairly much in it's prime
I like the feel of the whole scene, like its a HO layout from the old days......and those locomotives are the grungiest, exactly what i like.....always enjoy when you go here
Would love to go back in time and see this facility in its glory years. All buildings open and used, all furnaces being operational, the trains and thousands of people working. Thank you for the video.
I really enjoyed the drone video. These sweaty old yards are a reminder of how much America used to build here, unstoppable industrial might. Thanks also to the commenters for adding background and other details. The discussions are often as enjoyable as the presentation.
Greatest video yet! I noticed two different hot metal cars. Most of them had 4 trucks but I did see some big ones with 6 trucks. This is the first time i noticed NO air hoses between the hot metal cars and none to the locomotive. The engine has to do all of the stopping power.
@@gone1098 I suppose that makes sense. They would probably melt. I also noticed that one of the locomotives has a steel plate welded over one of the side windows. I'm assuming that is also due to the heat from inside part of the building that it passes through .
When you see the hoses not hooked up. Usually it’s not the cars OTR ladles that not going out and there most like inlands. They pretty much stay in house and are shuffled back and forth from East to west shops.
It's unbelievable how much industrial history is in a place like that. I grew up in the Chicago area and the whole place is like that. Endless miles of industrial wasteland now. America's greatness is gone forever.
@@WAL_DC-6B NO......whole generations have been WIPED out. The skills that should have been passed down the generations were off shored by REPUBLICANS. America is a dead wasteland ! I'm almost 70 and I've seen IT ALL !
The drone footage following the torpedo train from @8:36 on is well done. It's very intresting and insightful watching the guys riding on the front of the platform car as it's moving
Thank you for documenting these train movements at the Cleveland Cliffs' Indiana Harbor Steel plant, Sam! I enjoy watching your videos of train movements at the Cleveland Cliffs' Steel plant. (Posted on 15 December 2024 at 1908 CST.)
Like DustawayJim I also worked at Inland Steel and all its other names for 42 years. Was a mechanic in the Utilities department. When I started there 25000 people were employed by Inland. When I retired i think we were down to less than 7000. One of my younger neighbors works there on the trains doing what you just showed. Like Jim I miss the people not the place. Still hang out with some of the guys to this day. It was interesting to see what was left of the place. Great job on the video keep up the good work.
I note your comment about the number of employees at its peak add a while touring the plant for the kalmbach video production circa 2000 they were just starting to hire for the first time in about 15 years. I will always recall the guides statement how the potential hires came to the School auditorium and he went through the list of negative items. 7 days a week. Rotating shifts. Extreme heat. Ability to use basic math. Being able to pass a drug and alcohol test. By the time he finished the crowd was down to 40%! I do remember seeing a seniority list and the bottom man had about 17 years in. Always enjoyed seeing the afternoon coil train headed for Carlisle and the galvanizing plant. Enjoy your retirement well-earned I had 37 years with our Transit System
My sister used to work for Inland Steel as an attorney at their corporate offices in downtown Chicago back in the 1980s. She on occasion got to visit the E. Chicago works (in "da region") when necessary. Once she got to go inside a blast furnace when they were doing a relining of the brickwork. She said the view from on top was incredible. Her employment at Inland was a bit over 7 years but still gets a modest, monthly pension check from Cleveland Cliffs.
Interesting to see a couple of vintage batteries of blast furnace stoves (minus the accompanying blast furnaces) at 1:15 in the background. I wonder if the stoves haven't been demolished due to the possibility of them containing large amounts of asbestos. Anyway, thanks for sharing this drone, steel mill footage.
Once Again Sam you sure got some great footage here. It's sad to see so much of the plant now dormant as the company centralizes. I think that cut off bridge sums up a lot. Definitely some vacant land where stuff has been torn down and even some of the outlying buildings that no longer have a use just look so forlorn. Excellent footage of the units and to get the double container train thrown in was great That'certainly was an eye-opener as you flew above the "movable volcanoes" that being the hot metal bottles. Some of those units do look a bit worse for the wear but those old slugs hang in there. I guess the thing that strikes one is how Vivid the blue Bridge is. I wonder if the 1552 ever Switched at Algoma Steel but it's a long way from working the yards at North Fond du Lac. As always thank you for your consistent high quality on these rare and noteworthy subjects
Great video! This has to be some of the best drone footage out of all train videos that I have seen. When I visited Chicago from Saint Louis. I would see this steel mill but never thought that I would get to see train operations in the mill.
Nossa!!! Como gosto dessas operações e pátios industriais exatamente assim!!! Aqui no Brasil temos muitas operações assim…. Aqui chamamos de vagões “torpedos” …. Adoro ambientes industriais
Hi, thanks for that - it was good to watch. I liked seeing all that Industry as well as the Trains. Great Drone work as well. UK Rail Enthusiasts would be arrested if we ever did anything like followed and filmed a Train with a Drone. Have you ever been able catch the CSS Interchanging here as well as activities at Burns Harbour with the Norfolk Southern Yard & IHB Interchange, thanks?
Can someone tell me when that light blue bascule bridge over the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal was built. Looks like the opening is smaller because the laege ore carriers no longer pass through. Is that the old EJ&E tracks?
That was an underground rail line that connected the two Plants. The tunnel goes to plant 1. It’s obviously abandoned now and full of water. Plant 1 had a roundhouse and turntable from the steam era up until a couple of years ago. It’s been demolished and filled in now. There’s another tunnel a little south of this area and it still has coal hoppers in it.
I was watching this video, then I checked out the Google Maps Satellite view, it is Sad how much the industry have diminished from this area. All the abandoned rail infrastructure and facilities. Just depressing
Great video! I worked there, (Inland Steel Co.) for 32 yrs. Last 26 in the Locomotive shop. When I retired they were using Cat Powered locomotives. SC-15A units. 3512 Cat engines. I was an electrician on the LCT, (locomotive construction team) and we built a Cat Locomotive from the trucks up. Unit# 145 “Jamie”. Miss the crews and fellow workers but not the place.
Yeah. I fixed cars. I miss the cars, not the customers!
I had the pleasure of helping Paul Schneider photograph there for the Kalmbach Video the story of Steel and Railroads. That mill was huge but we had a great guide who knew his way around and a lot of people. Those rebuilt switchers were already in use and they sure were peppy. The trip through the tunnel between the two plants was a real highlight. I was definitely glad I got to see it when it was still fairly much in it's prime
I like the feel of the whole scene, like its a HO layout from the old days......and those locomotives are the grungiest, exactly what i like.....always enjoy when you go here
Temos o mesmo gosto. Adoro pátios industriais assim… adoro indústrias exatamente assim…. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Would love to go back in time and see this facility in its glory years. All buildings open and used, all furnaces being operational, the trains and thousands of people working. Thank you for the video.
I've been at a grade crossing when those cask cars go past, you can feel the heat from a good distance.
I really enjoyed the drone video. These sweaty old yards are a reminder of how much America used to build here, unstoppable industrial might. Thanks also to the commenters for adding background and other details. The discussions are often as enjoyable as the presentation.
Best drone work I've seen. Thank you.
the starkness has its own beauty
Greatest video yet! I noticed two different hot metal cars. Most of them had 4 trucks but I did see some big ones with 6 trucks. This is the first time i noticed NO air hoses between the hot metal cars and none to the locomotive. The engine has to do all of the stopping power.
@@gone1098 I suppose that makes sense. They would probably melt. I also noticed that one of the locomotives has a steel plate welded over one of the side windows. I'm assuming that is also due to the heat from inside part of the building that it passes through .
When you see the hoses not hooked up. Usually it’s not the cars OTR ladles that not going out and there most like inlands. They pretty much stay in house and are shuffled back and forth from East to west shops.
It's unbelievable how much industrial history is in a place like that. I grew up in the Chicago area and the whole place is like that. Endless miles of industrial wasteland now. America's greatness is gone forever.
There are plenty of domestic "mini-mills" with their electric arc furnaces throughout the U.S. maintaining that American "greatness."
@@WAL_DC-6B NO......whole generations have been WIPED out. The skills that should have been passed down the generations were off shored by REPUBLICANS. America is a dead wasteland ! I'm almost 70 and I've seen IT ALL !
How is it even still open? The taxes on the land alone must be huge.
@@tonyromano6220 Perhaps industrial property taxes in Indiana are lower?
The drone footage following the torpedo train from @8:36 on is well done. It's very intresting and insightful watching the guys riding on the front of the platform car as it's moving
Very nice. It’s crazy how much stuff on the prop seems to be unused or almost abandoned.
Wow! That place is huge! Thanks for the video, nice editing.
Thank you for documenting these train movements at the Cleveland Cliffs' Indiana Harbor Steel plant, Sam! I enjoy watching your videos of train movements at the Cleveland Cliffs' Steel plant. (Posted on 15 December 2024 at 1908 CST.)
Very cool video Thanks 👍.
The passing stack trains at 5 minutes in was a plus too.
Left Indiana in 1980....... No regrets!
Like DustawayJim I also worked at Inland Steel and all its other names for 42 years. Was a mechanic in the Utilities department. When I started there 25000 people were employed by Inland. When I retired i think we were down to less than 7000. One of my younger neighbors works there on the trains doing what you just showed. Like Jim I miss the people not the place. Still hang out with some of the guys to this day. It was interesting to see what was left of the place. Great job on the video keep up the good work.
I note your comment about the number of employees at its peak add a while touring the plant for the kalmbach video production circa 2000 they were just starting to hire for the first time in about 15 years. I will always recall the guides statement how the potential hires came to the School auditorium and he went through the list of negative items. 7 days a week. Rotating shifts. Extreme heat. Ability to use basic math. Being able to pass a drug and alcohol test. By the time he finished the crowd was down to 40%! I do remember seeing a seniority list and the bottom man had about 17 years in. Always enjoyed seeing the afternoon coil train headed for Carlisle and the galvanizing plant. Enjoy your retirement well-earned I had 37 years with our Transit System
My sister used to work for Inland Steel as an attorney at their corporate offices in downtown Chicago back in the 1980s. She on occasion got to visit the E. Chicago works (in "da region") when necessary. Once she got to go inside a blast furnace when they were doing a relining of the brickwork. She said the view from on top was incredible. Her employment at Inland was a bit over 7 years but still gets a modest, monthly pension check from Cleveland Cliffs.
@@paulbergen9114that coil train goes to In/tek in new Carlisle. Switches at Michigan Ave with the IHB
Outstanding video Sam! Love the "Bottle Cars" move!
Awesome 🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃👍
Interesting to see a couple of vintage batteries of blast furnace stoves (minus the accompanying blast furnaces) at 1:15 in the background. I wonder if the stoves haven't been demolished due to the possibility of them containing large amounts of asbestos. Anyway, thanks for sharing this drone, steel mill footage.
Thanks! You are correct. They are old and contain asbestos, which is why they haven’t been demolished.
A go to video for steel mill modelers. great video
Fantastic! So much to see I had to watch it more than once.
Once Again Sam you sure got some great footage here. It's sad to see so much of the plant now dormant as the company centralizes. I think that cut off bridge sums up a lot. Definitely some vacant land where stuff has been torn down and even some of the outlying buildings that no longer have a use just look so forlorn. Excellent footage of the units and to get the double container train thrown in was great That'certainly was an eye-opener as you flew above the "movable volcanoes" that being the hot metal bottles. Some of those units do look a bit worse for the wear but those old slugs hang in there. I guess the thing that strikes one is how Vivid the blue Bridge is. I wonder if the 1552 ever Switched at Algoma Steel but it's a long way from working the yards at North Fond du Lac. As always thank you for your consistent high quality on these rare and noteworthy subjects
Fantastic video!! a modellers dream!
What a fascinating landscape!
the heart and strength of America ..cool stuff
great video ❤❤😍😍
👏👏👏 this is one of the best drone videos i have seen....all of it eye candy
Great topics and camera work.
Great video! This has to be some of the best drone footage out of all train videos that I have seen. When I visited Chicago from Saint Louis. I would see this steel mill but never thought that I would get to see train operations in the mill.
Fajnie się ogląda. Super.
Great work Sam!! Love your drone work when you fly at the mills.
Awesome captures 🚂🔥🤝🏼✨🏆
Outstanding video!
Interesting to see what tracks are maintained, and which ones are not.
Those hot metal ladle cars are neat looking.
Nice!
Nice catches!
The LTEX locomotive has some interesting smokestacks.
Great video!
Awesome video
Just a bit polluted area. Thanks for nice footage !
What’s better, flying the drone or catching this footage? lol.
Hard to decide! Flying here can be scary at times, especially if there are a lot of obstacles!
Briliant video, great drone work! Good work! Thumbs Up & Subscribe
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Andrew
Holy moly but that place is loud! Even 1/4m away fr plant!
Nossa!!! Como gosto dessas operações e pátios industriais exatamente assim!!! Aqui no Brasil temos muitas operações assim…. Aqui chamamos de vagões “torpedos” …. Adoro ambientes industriais
Great flying skills !!! What drone are you using ? Great subject to capture.
cool
Sad to see # 3 and # 4 Blast Furnace shut down.. no Ore or Limestone in the Docks.. sad
Hi, thanks for that - it was good to watch. I liked seeing all that Industry as well as the Trains. Great Drone work as well. UK Rail Enthusiasts would be arrested if we ever did anything like followed and filmed a Train with a Drone.
Have you ever been able catch the CSS Interchanging here as well as activities at Burns Harbour with the Norfolk Southern Yard & IHB Interchange, thanks?
well done vid must have been done with a drone ..nice work
Can someone tell me when that light blue bascule bridge over the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal was built. Looks like the opening is smaller because the laege ore carriers no longer pass through. Is that the old EJ&E tracks?
Are those hot metal cars? I watch alot of train videos and have never seen anything like that before
Yes! They carry molten iron!
What is the line at 9:30 that goes underground it looks like but it gets submerged underwater
That was an underground rail line that connected the two Plants. The tunnel goes to plant 1. It’s obviously abandoned now and full of water. Plant 1 had a roundhouse and turntable from the steam era up until a couple of years ago. It’s been demolished and filled in now. There’s another tunnel a little south of this area and it still has coal hoppers in it.
At 10:12 what's up with the tracks to Nowhere?
Those used to lead to blast furnaces that have since been demolished.
Neats
form engine past Cn and conrail
I was watching this video, then I checked out the Google Maps Satellite view, it is Sad how much the industry have diminished from this area. All the abandoned rail infrastructure and facilities. Just depressing
Any chance you could go live, please?
slab hauling train cars
7:58 is enough to get a guy at Cliffs fired ...i cringed when i seen on the steel mill pictoral page.....amazing shots however.
No getting on or off moving equipment? It happened several times in the video.
@ Yeah it’s a thing at cliffs. Wrong person sees you do it and ur getting walked to the gate. No riding on the steps either ….