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Working rail roads and their tracks.
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A dark side view of steaming pellets as the first load in the new ore cars rolls south last week. Nomi Jct (Wolf) in MN - Taken back on March 4, 2024
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Shiny new ore cars at last light coming through Biwabik MN and one of the shiny new cars at Ramshaw. Not much snow there.
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Found this Canadian Pacific Hotels bottle opener in a flea market today. $4. Had to buy it. 
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I have a Pennsylvania Railroad coal shovel and a couple old time rail lanterns. Love Railroad memorabilia.
I think when I hit the “old codger” stage of life, I am going to build a replica of the rail system that once existed in my town.
I think when I hit the “old codger” stage of life, I am going to build a replica of the rail system that once existed in my town.
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New rail being delivered between the Soo Yard and the International Bridge in Sault ste Marie, MI. 3-18-24 Note the size of this rail. This is what main lines are built with and the rail sections are 1/4 a mile long.
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I've always been amazed at how "wobbly" the new rail sections are - conforming to the uneven ground, when just laying on the ground like than.
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In northeast Indiana along US30 near Columbia City, there is a Steel Dynamics steel mill that I think deals mostly with scrap steel. Next door is a rail factory. It's the yellow line in the left of the screenshot attached. It's 0.33 miles long. There are many of those cars lined up next to it. (click to enlarge).
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Indiana is great. You must have some affordable labor, low taxes and reasonable regulations for businesses. Good on Indiana.
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Yep. It's fantastic. Just ignore that it's usually ranked in the top 3 most polluted states in the US.
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I would trade some railroad related pollution for jobs and industry along with national security in a heartbeat.
Let’s not be too pollyannish here.
” Polluted” is in the eyes of the one interpreting the word. Which is usually the one in charge of regulating pollution.
An environmentalists today may call something ”polluted” that was considered “clean” 10 years ago.
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Here’s an example of what happens when industry is regulated out of existence in your state like here in PA
The top employers are
1. Fed Gov
2. State Gov.
The rest are colleges and drug companies.
Give me the railroads and the steel plants. I’ll be ok with a little pollution.
The top employers are
1. Fed Gov
2. State Gov.
The rest are colleges and drug companies.
Give me the railroads and the steel plants. I’ll be ok with a little pollution.
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A few taconite train photos on the Range-BNSF in northern MN.
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We've discussed this several times in the past, and derailed (pun intended) several threads in the process.
I've got several paragraphs of reply sitting in my notepad. But per request of the general population, I'll save them for another thread.
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Thank you. I like this thread...
Old news, but CN is buying Iowa Northern.
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Little blue switch engine at a local grain elevator/farm supply company just west of me a few miles. I can't get close enough to get a good photo. It's just to the right of the silos.
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Some rail fan took photos of it here:
The big place to the right is the I/N Tek and I/N Kote plant. They take rolled steel from Indiana Harbor and Burns Habor Cleveland Cliff's plants by rail every day. The Tek plant does continuous cold rolled sheets and the Kote plant does hot-dipped galvanized and electro galvanized sheets for the auto industry. Then they ship it all out by rail when it's done.
Some rail fan has a couple pictures of one of the I/N plant locos. I think there are several.
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The big place to the right is the I/N Tek and I/N Kote plant. They take rolled steel from Indiana Harbor and Burns Habor Cleveland Cliff's plants by rail every day. The Tek plant does continuous cold rolled sheets and the Kote plant does hot-dipped galvanized and electro galvanized sheets for the auto industry. Then they ship it all out by rail when it's done.
Some rail fan has a couple pictures of one of the I/N plant locos. I think there are several.
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Its sure is nice to keep this thread on RR's and not &^@*!. Here is a "rail & sail" photo now that the shipping season has started. The American Spirt was scheduled to depart its winter layup spot at the pipeline dock (Old Town) earlier today, first to fuel and then load at Two Harbors. The Fraser Shipyards truck parked by her suggests there are still some bugs to work out. Superior, WI - March 20, 2024
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