Nah...Just a hillbilly from Pennsylvania who happened to visit many steel mills around the Great Lakes from Chicago to Buffalo counting steel.:hehe:
Bethlehem Steel Shortline Railroad C&BL Large Pics
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Nah...Just a hillbilly from Pennsylvania who happened to visit many steel mills around the Great Lakes from Chicago to Buffalo counting steel.:hehe:
Moving Down River to Lower Works
Leaving the Gautier Mills across the river is the Lower Works.
This shot is out the back window of switcher. Forgive driver Kenny he didn't clean the window.:hehe:
Entering the Lower Works we see Blast Furnace F against the hill.
A second train approaches from the other end of the Lower Works.
A Center View of the Lower Works
A view of the Lower Works 11" Mill from across Rosevelt Blvd.
Work day is done! Heading back to C&BL shops......
Next subject rolling mill products.
More to Come.....Happy New Year
Leaving the Gautier Mills across the river is the Lower Works.
This shot is out the back window of switcher. Forgive driver Kenny he didn't clean the window.:hehe:
Entering the Lower Works we see Blast Furnace F against the hill.
A second train approaches from the other end of the Lower Works.
A Center View of the Lower Works
A view of the Lower Works 11" Mill from across Rosevelt Blvd.
Work day is done! Heading back to C&BL shops......
Next subject rolling mill products.
More to Come.....Happy New Year
Rolling Mill Products
Ooops, I forgot to discuss steel slabs. Steel slabs are rolled in the 46" Blooming & Slabbing Mill.
Hot rolled steel slabs are loaded at the 46" Blooming & Slabbing Mill.
The Slabs are taken to the 36" Universal Plate Mill in the Gautier Works.
And are made into plate products.
The Lower Works has two bar mills. The 8" Mill is not completed yet and the 11" Bar Mill is a high volume operation making small size coiled bar and straight bar products.
Lower Works 11" Bar Mill receives Billets and produces Scrap, Coiled Bar and two sizes of Straight Bar.
The Gautier has several rolling mills that can produce steel in a variety of shapes and sizes.
The 9" Mill produces straight bar in small sizes.
The 10" Mill produces small flat shapes. Above is a load of C beams.
The 13" Mill rolls rails for railroads and mining.
The 14" Mill can roll larger rounds and I beams.
So what are we going to do with all this steel?
Let do what Bethlehem Steel Johnstown Plant is better known in the railroad industry for......
BUILD RAILCARS
Above is a shippment of brand new Bethogon II leaving Johnstown on the B&O to be delivered to American Power.
More to Come......:wave:
Ooops, I forgot to discuss steel slabs. Steel slabs are rolled in the 46" Blooming & Slabbing Mill.
Hot rolled steel slabs are loaded at the 46" Blooming & Slabbing Mill.
The Slabs are taken to the 36" Universal Plate Mill in the Gautier Works.
And are made into plate products.
The Lower Works has two bar mills. The 8" Mill is not completed yet and the 11" Bar Mill is a high volume operation making small size coiled bar and straight bar products.
Lower Works 11" Bar Mill receives Billets and produces Scrap, Coiled Bar and two sizes of Straight Bar.
The Gautier has several rolling mills that can produce steel in a variety of shapes and sizes.
The 9" Mill produces straight bar in small sizes.
The 10" Mill produces small flat shapes. Above is a load of C beams.
The 13" Mill rolls rails for railroads and mining.
The 14" Mill can roll larger rounds and I beams.
So what are we going to do with all this steel?
Let do what Bethlehem Steel Johnstown Plant is better known in the railroad industry for......
BUILD RAILCARS
Above is a shippment of brand new Bethogon II leaving Johnstown on the B&O to be delivered to American Power.
More to Come......:wave:
Blutorse4792
Now T:ANE I can get into
Are any of these Bethlehem Steel locos for download? :udrool:
All are on the DLS. Search South Buffalo locos. CincySouthernRwy made my wonderful fleet of Bethlehem switchers. As a matter of fact, I recommend searching CincySouthernRwy because Adam is one of the best reskinners in the Trainz community.
South Buffalo is a sister railroad to the Conemaugh & Blacklick RR.
Here is picture of South Buffalo paint job.
Here is Conemaugh & Blacklick RR paint job.
If anyone is interested in reskinning C&BL I can provide the actual road roster of locos and road numbers.
And if you are really good maybe you can reskin one of these
Bethlehem Steel commissioned Bicentennial Paint jobs in 1976. They were really neat to see running through the town.:wave:
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Blutorse4792
Now T:ANE I can get into
Oh believe me, I am well aware of Adam's work
No Lectures Today Just Railfanning
Went to the Conemaugh Yard of the newly formed Conrail ex-Penn Central RR.
The Conemaugh Yard is in the Woodville section of the City of Johnstown.
Spotted a Penn Central coal train heading west probably to the power plant in New Florence.
Caught the same train passing the Lower Works on the main line.
More to Come.....:hehe:
Went to the Conemaugh Yard of the newly formed Conrail ex-Penn Central RR.
The Conemaugh Yard is in the Woodville section of the City of Johnstown.
Spotted a Penn Central coal train heading west probably to the power plant in New Florence.
Caught the same train passing the Lower Works on the main line.
More to Come.....:hehe:
campbell5149
NS guy stuck a CSX town
you must be in the southerntier at the moment cause i dont recognize ANY of these roads, and i know the plant area by rt.5 like the back of my hand....
Johnstown Plant Unfortunately Met the Same Fate
The Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel unfortunately has met the same fate.:'(
Here is a pic of the plant in 1975.
Here is a pic in 1998 when the blast furnaces and open hearth were torn down to be replaced by electric furnaces. I did work there sometimes.
Here is a pic of today.
My model is based on the 1976 era before 1977 flood.
Here is an aero view. Ah the glory days before the clean air act.
Here is the aero view in Trainz.
More to Come......
The Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel unfortunately has met the same fate.:'(
Here is a pic of the plant in 1975.
Here is a pic in 1998 when the blast furnaces and open hearth were torn down to be replaced by electric furnaces. I did work there sometimes.
Here is a pic of today.
My model is based on the 1976 era before 1977 flood.
Here is an aero view. Ah the glory days before the clean air act.
Here is the aero view in Trainz.
More to Come......
Progress Report
Originally I started to build this route for my own enjoyment with never a thought about releasing it. As I said in the very first post this route is 30% done. Here is what is done:
1) Park Hill Slag Dump 100% complete
2) Scrap Yard 100% complete
3) Wheel Plant (railroad wheels) 100% complete
4) Blast Furnaces E,F,G,H,L&K 100% complete
5) Open Heath Furnaces 90% complete
6) Primary Mills 100% complete
7) Coke Ovens 2 Plants 90% complete
8) Coke Oven Bi-Product 2 Plants 90% complete
9) Sintering Plant 100% complete
10) Ladle Car Maintence 50% complete
11) Refactory Brick Works 100% complete
12) Gautier Rolling Mills 100% complete
13) Railroad Car Fabrication Facility Franklin 50% complete
14) Lower Works Rolling Mills 50% complete
15) Lower Works Railroad Axel Plant 50% complete
16) Lower Works Machine Shops 50% complete
17) Airco Oxygen Plant 100% complete
18) Comemaugh & Blacklick RR Maintence Shops 50% complete
19) Wire Mill 50% complete
20) City of Johnstown 30% complete
Stuff that needs done
1) Complete the PRR mainline.
2) Complete B&O branchline
3) The Shell Plant (present an addition railroad car fab)
4) Add coal mines not sure which yet there are choices in every direction
5) Add portals and AI on the mainline
6) Complete Lowerworks ore yards
7) Model Hickston Run Dam and slag dump
8) For the first hundred years of steelmaking iron ore was mined locally maybe a iron ore mine.
9) Lots of other great ideas that I haven't thought of yet.:hehe:
Progress is slow because I am accountant in real life and it is tax season but I still work on the route as much as I can.
The route is one huge session and I haven't yet finished it. For example just to stock the coke ovens, sinter plant all six blast furnaces, and all 12 open hearth furnaces takes over 12 hours maybe more. The good part of that is I converted many of the buildings to night mode which is cool but I am not sure anyone in the community would be interested in a route that takes potentially days to complete except me.:hehe: Other problems are the use of content off the DLS, the need of a high end computer for decent frame rates and the session is mostly slow switching activities. With that said the ultimate goal of this route is to make all the products necessary to build railroad cars which the Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel is famious for.
There is still a lot to do........
More to Come.....:hehe:
Originally I started to build this route for my own enjoyment with never a thought about releasing it. As I said in the very first post this route is 30% done. Here is what is done:
1) Park Hill Slag Dump 100% complete
2) Scrap Yard 100% complete
3) Wheel Plant (railroad wheels) 100% complete
4) Blast Furnaces E,F,G,H,L&K 100% complete
5) Open Heath Furnaces 90% complete
6) Primary Mills 100% complete
7) Coke Ovens 2 Plants 90% complete
8) Coke Oven Bi-Product 2 Plants 90% complete
9) Sintering Plant 100% complete
10) Ladle Car Maintence 50% complete
11) Refactory Brick Works 100% complete
12) Gautier Rolling Mills 100% complete
13) Railroad Car Fabrication Facility Franklin 50% complete
14) Lower Works Rolling Mills 50% complete
15) Lower Works Railroad Axel Plant 50% complete
16) Lower Works Machine Shops 50% complete
17) Airco Oxygen Plant 100% complete
18) Comemaugh & Blacklick RR Maintence Shops 50% complete
19) Wire Mill 50% complete
20) City of Johnstown 30% complete
Stuff that needs done
1) Complete the PRR mainline.
2) Complete B&O branchline
3) The Shell Plant (present an addition railroad car fab)
4) Add coal mines not sure which yet there are choices in every direction
5) Add portals and AI on the mainline
6) Complete Lowerworks ore yards
7) Model Hickston Run Dam and slag dump
8) For the first hundred years of steelmaking iron ore was mined locally maybe a iron ore mine.
9) Lots of other great ideas that I haven't thought of yet.:hehe:
Progress is slow because I am accountant in real life and it is tax season but I still work on the route as much as I can.
The route is one huge session and I haven't yet finished it. For example just to stock the coke ovens, sinter plant all six blast furnaces, and all 12 open hearth furnaces takes over 12 hours maybe more. The good part of that is I converted many of the buildings to night mode which is cool but I am not sure anyone in the community would be interested in a route that takes potentially days to complete except me.:hehe: Other problems are the use of content off the DLS, the need of a high end computer for decent frame rates and the session is mostly slow switching activities. With that said the ultimate goal of this route is to make all the products necessary to build railroad cars which the Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel is famious for.
There is still a lot to do........
More to Come.....:hehe:
campbell5149
NS guy stuck a CSX town
yeah thats just how it goes i guess
Blutorse4792
Now T:ANE I can get into
At least you're aware of it. There's absolutely no sign of the USS plant that stood in up Waukegan, ILL... 
Hmm... with some pics, that'd make a good TRS route... :udrool:
Hmm... with some pics, that'd make a good TRS route... :udrool:
At least you're aware of it. There's absolutely no sign of the USS plant that stood in up Waukegan, ILL...
Hmm... with some pics, that'd make a good TRS route... :udrool:
I wouldn't have known of it had it not been for Birmingham Rails 'cos, like the USS plant you mentioned, there's NOTHING LEFT to signify that anything ever stood there--the then/now section of the book is amazing!
robbiehanson
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I was only going to comment originally on the size, but after looking a bit longer....it ain't just big, it's ACCURATE Awesome job!
Awesome job!I was only going to comment originally on the size, but after looking a bit longer....it ain't just big, it's ACCURATE
Thanks for the comments and interest.:wave: When I worked for Bartech Inc which bought the remaining steelmaking facilities in Johnstown, PA in the late 1990s, I noticed a co-worker trashing of bunch of Bethlehem Steel documents. I retrived from the garbage a site map and layout of the entire Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel from 1975 which this route is based. The track plans for the Conemaugh & Blaclick RR were included. I made the route as Accurate as possible but it is all freehand. Every asset is placed individually. Every mountain and grade is done by hand. You might say I am crazy.
But its the labor of love.
