Ed Mines: Elden: Elden, don't spend a lot ot time researching that. The ERIE did indeed go to (and through) "Y-town." That's YOUNGSTOWN you know . . . It went so much "through" Youngstown that

Among the flood of other responses. I can identify; I have definitely reached an age where my memory slips mental gears about things I know perfectly well. Jace Kahn, General Manager Ceres and

Erie did go into Youngstown... as well as the PLE... they serviced Republic Steel, Carnige and its subsidiaries, and YST.. as well as some of the other smaller mills in YO... Other railroads were the

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Guys, At the eastern end of the W&LE they had Wierton Steel, Wheeling Steel, and Wheeling Steel in Steubenville, OH.to fill the gonds for where ever. Fred Freitas rockroll50401

All, Since "now" is past 1960, I'll tip toe on thin ice by pointing out that US Steel is still very much in operation in Gary. I have heard that it is one of the world's largest single site mills.

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Ed; It did. those Greenville gons were used. Youngstown Sheet and Tube too. I will try to find out about YS&T, but I don't think Erie went into Y-town. Pittsburgh, Gary, Birmingham, Bethlehem PA,

You can add Republic Steel at Gadsden, AL to the list. In addition to US Steel, Birmingham also had Woodward Iron and American Cast Iron Pipe Also you must include Sloss Industries which had a two

Ed Mines wrote: The Sparrows Point plant of Bethlehem, near Baltimore, was quite large. And don't forget Youngstown. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

I think EJ&E serviced Gary, Indiana - formerly a steel producing area. Erie serviced the mill in Lackawanna, NY - I believe that's where all those Greenville gons were used. Youngstown Sheet and Tube

Gatwood, Elden wrote: Eldon, there is an interesting article by Larry Kline on the ratios of the various raw materials in steelmaking, aimed at understanding rail traffic, which you might want to

Tim and Group; The source material I have on 1953, broken down, shows somewhat different totals, as I suspected it might, but the bottom line is that: 1) ~100 million tons of that coal was directly

Ed, I have a slide with a EJ&E gon loaded with sugar beet being pushed into the local plant. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Chet, OK with me if you post them everyday. I love this stuff. Was the LCL car next to the caboose for merchandise handled in route by the crew? I've usually seen this done from the head end, but

Garth; Actually, I have been to your page, when I was doing some research on steel in CA for the WPM meet! I just happened to dig this up (for 1960): Pittsburg Plant was part of Columbia-Geneva

I saw and photographed one in [the B&M yard in Greenfield, next to the Connecticut River of which I can't think of the name} probably 20+ years ago. SGL

Bill, I don't know how frequent, but TH&B box cars in yellow and black were found to at least some extent with the following photos: 3042, Paul Dunn photo (Zanesville, Ohio ?) circa 1960 3051, M.