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Jason Greene
I am looking for any and all pictures of the SSS&I. They owned hundreds of hoppers and gons for coal and coke use in Birmingham, AL. Many if not most were purchased second hand from other railroads. I am modeling the years around 1954.
I am also interested in you have any divestiture information about hoppers that were sold to Sloss or US Pipe & Foundary in the 40s and 50s. Jason Greene
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Jason Greene
I have researched the railroad thoroughly. There is very little that has been written about this railroad. I have been working on a history, the Sloss Furnace Museum in Birmingham has the first edition, and have found very few pictures of the operation.
I have dug through old books on Birmingham and Sloss both. I have been to train shows looking for pictures. I have not had a chance to speak with Bob from Bob’s Photo because I can’t seem to get a working phone number for him. I have looked through several books and very little has shown up. That is why I am looking for help. The railroad utilized nearly all second hand hoppers from what I can tell. I am hoping that some of you may have pictures or sources that may show cars being sold to Sloss. Company name followed this sequence: Sloss Company, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co., US Pipe & Foundry Co., Jim Walter Industries, Jefferson Warrior and now it is Alabama Warrior. Thank you for your help. Jason Greene
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al_brown03
In the 1/43 ORER, US Pipe & Foundry (UPFX) is shown with three tank cars as their whole fleet. None of the companies listed appears in the 1/53 ORER. Were the hoppers not used in interchange?
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Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.
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water.kresse@...
Try the Hagley Museum in Greenville Delaware digital collections for photos . . . start with the AISI Collection and then check others.
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From: "Jason Greene" <jason.p.greene@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:25:12 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron I have researched the railroad thoroughly. There is very little that has been written about this railroad. I have been working on a history, the Sloss Furnace Museum in Birmingham has the first edition, and have found very few pictures of the operation. I have dug through old books on Birmingham and Sloss both. I have been to train shows looking for pictures. I have not had a chance to speak with Bob from Bob’s Photo because I can’t seem to get a working phone number for him. I have looked through several books and very little has shown up. That is why I am looking for help. The railroad utilized nearly all second hand hoppers from what I can tell. I am hoping that some of you may have pictures or sources that may show cars being sold to Sloss. Company name followed this sequence: Sloss Company, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co., US Pipe & Foundry Co., Jim Walter Industries, Jefferson Warrior and now it is Alabama Warrior. Thank you for your help. Jason Greene [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Jason Greene
No, it does not appear that the company cars were interchanged. The Companies did however interchange cars from the Southern, L&N, Central of Georgia, Frisco and Seaboard. I know CG got Sloss coal from Flat Top and/or Bessie Mines but not sure where it was delivered by the CG. Southern had a branch to Flat Top at one point but pulled it up before the 50s it appears. Frisco had a brach that reached Bessie Mine from the west.
The railroad would have interchanged cars at North Birmingham to the above roads loaded with the following: Coal, Coke, Slag (Rock) Wool, and several types of chemicals from the coke process. North Birmingham had the Sloss Co. Coke Ovens (220 mechanical ovens), Chemical By-Products plant and Wool Plant. The served the now famous Sloss Furnaces, called City Furnace 1 and 2 then, on a line that ran into Birmingham. There were also two blast furnaces in another part of N. Birmingham. In 1954 or so the company built a fifth furnace on the same site as the ovens and chemical plant. Lots of switching to do to say the least. Jason
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