Bethlehem Steel Shortline Railroad C&BL Large Pics

[sethmcs]

Bethlehem Steel Switcher is DL531

Great shots, and I too love industrial layouts.

Is that Australian thing supposed to be a Baldwin AS616?

Bethlehem Steel switcher is DL531 made by Wiley4. Search the DLS DL531 Bethlehem Steel.

Actually the Conemaugh & Blackick RR used both standard gauge and narrow gauge locos. DLS531 represents the narrow gauge side even though the route done in all standard gauge. Here is an actual picture.

See the narrow gauge loco in the backround.:wave:

 

[LVman]

Its a tiny cute lil' thing!
once i get some PSDs cookin, would you like a GP15 to serve Bethlehem Steel?
I'll work on a few later on.
Cheers,
Sean

 

[sethmcs]

Its a tiny cute lil' thing!
once i get some PSDs cookin, would you like a GP15 to serve Bethlehem Steel?
I'll work on a few later on.
Cheers,
Sean

Excellant idea:Y:

I look forward to seeing a Bethlehem GP15 on my route!:clap:

 

[sethmcs]

Scrap Lecture

The steel industry recycles scrap steel to make new steel. One source of scap steel is crushed automobiles.

Crushed cars are placed into a shreader to make sheaded steel.

Leaving the car shreader.

Delivering Scrap to the Open Hearth.

Don't feel much like lecturing. Got the flu.:'(

More to Come.....:wave:

 

[Blutorse4792]

Oh. That's a cool approach

The route looks great, just one question...

What's the name of the track that the 2nd BN hopper is crossing over in the picture above me?

 

[sethmcs]

I Use MB Low Poly Track

Blutorse4792,

I only use two kinds of track. MB finescale track with no ballast and MB rail only track. The neat trick that I developed is to sink the track -.17 M into the ground. So whatever texture the track sinks into becomes its ballast. MB track is low poly. If I used high poly track I am afraid that my poor computer would grind to a halt.

Take Care and Happy New Year:wave:

 

[Blutorse4792]

Thanks for the quick response, & I am REALLY excited for this route. I'll beta if you want

 

[sethmcs]

Thanks for the quick response, & I am REALLY excited for this route. I'll beta if you want

Thanks for the offer. But unfortunately I am accountant in real life and tax season starts January 2 so no real work on the route is possible until May 2008. Thats not to say that I will not be making little adjustments here and there and downloading new content.

 

[sethmcs]

Primary Mills & Semi Finished Steel

Once the ingots are cast in the open hearth furnaces that are taken to the soaking pit furnaces to be heated until the steel on the inside of the ingot equals the temperature outside the ingot.

Ingots leaving the Open Hearth Furnace

Soaking Pit Furnaces stacks in the backround

Ingots going into the soaking pits.

White hot ingot being removed from a soaking pit.

Once the hot ingot is removed from the soaking pit it is rolled into various semi finished shapes. The three general types of semi finished shapes are slabs, blooms, and billets. The Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel that I am modeling had a 46" Blooming & Slabbing mill, 30" Billet Mill & 21" Billet Mill.

Hot Rolled Billets

Semi Finished Steel is further processed into its final shape in rolling mills.

Next Lecture....Rolling Mills.:hehe:

More to Come.....:wave:

 

[campbell5149]

you are my new hero. this really is important to me because i've grown up around bethlehem steel, and i applaud you for taking on this huge task.

 

[LVman]

Hahaha
That was perfect Campbell.
Steel is an awesome industry, especially to model.
As for those GP15s, would a patch unit work for now?
Cheers,
Sean

 

[sethmcs]

Actually I worked in a bar mill in Lackawana

you are my new hero. this really is important to me because i've grown up around bethlehem steel, and i applaud you for taking on this huge task.

Campbell5149,

Actually I worked in ex-Bethlehem 13" Bar Mill in Lackawana NY served by South Buffalo RR in 1998. I remember crawling in and out of gondolas counting steel.

Alas Bethlehem Steel is gone. But anything is possible in Trainz.

 

[sethmcs]

Hahaha
That was perfect Campbell.
Steel is an awesome industry, especially to model.
As for those GP15s, would a patch unit work for now?
Cheers,
Sean

Sean,

Patch unit is fine. The Route is TRS2004 by the way.:wave:

 

[LVman]

i know, it was a sad day when they shut down in 2000.
only if someone came in and resurrected the steel plants in Buffalo.
That would make several hundred jobs for people around buffalo, and, make alot of people happy.
Cheers,
Sean

 

[sethmcs]

Rolling Mills

Once Billets are loaded at the Primary Mills....

Going to 30" Billet Mill to load Billets

Loading Billets

Billets heading down river

Entering Bethlehem Steel's Gautier Rolling Mills

Clinton St Aero view of the Gautier Mills

Clinton Street View of Gautier Mills. The Mills are a half Mile Long.

An Actual picture of the Gautier Rolling Mills River View

Washington St view of Gautier Rolling Mills. This is where the B&O interchanges with the C&BL RR.

Actually it looks more like this.....

More to Come......:wave:

 

[46009]

Wow..I've been to Bethlehem. That is a great model you are making there!

Rich

(Lives in Quakertown)

 

[sethmcs]

Wow..I've been to Bethlehem. That is a great model you are making there!

Rich

(Lives in Quakertown)

Thank you. Right Company wrong railroad. Bethlehem Steel operated several shortline railroads. I love them all. I am modeling the Conemaugh & Blacklick RR located in Johnstown, PA. Bethlehem, PA shortline is called the Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England RR. I have the track plans for the PB&NE RR and someday hope to model that one too.:wave:

 

[sethmcs]

The Gautier Rolling Mills

Billet Steel is brought down the Conemaugh River to provide feedstock for the Gautier Rolling Mills.

Looks sorta like that.....

Billets are bought inside the mill by railcar to be unloaded by overhead crane.

The Billets are then reheated to rolling temperature between 1700 - 2000F in furnaces.

The hot billet is the passed through a series of rolls that gives the steel shape.

The Gautier Rolling Mill is a hand mill. Hand mill means that steelworkers take tongs and move the hot steel by hand into the next set of rolls.

So for all you tough guys out there....Gautier is always hiring.:hehe:

The Gautier Rolling Mills were built in 1896 and are still operating under the name Gautier Steel. Their website is http://www.gautiersteel.com/

Why don't you order a couple hundred tons for the new year and tell them sethmcs sent ya!:hehe:

More to Come....:wave:

 

[campbell5149]

i know, it was a sad day when they shut down in 2000.
only if someone came in and resurrected the steel plants in Buffalo.
That would make several hundred jobs for people around buffalo, and, make alot of people happy.
Cheers,
Sean

that would be nice, but, theres nothing left. they're tearing downt the last remains of it this spring.:'(

 

[campbell5149]

Campbell5149,

Actually I worked in ex-Bethlehem 13" Bar Mill in Lackawana NY served by South Buffalo RR in 1998. I remember crawling in and out of gondolas counting steel.

Alas Bethlehem Steel is gone. But anything is possible in Trainz.

well, i can assure you not much has changed. spaulding is gone, bethlehem steel is gone, and a few other giants too. glad to see a fellow new yorker around.