[PRCo] Re: Northside rail

[John Swindler]

>From: rogertrolley.1 at juno.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Northside rail
>Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 04:41:04 GMT
>
>
>It is a sad commentary on where the market and plants that produced steel 
>went. I investigated the source of all the new rail being put down on the 
>former Southern Pacific RR that Union Pacific RR took over and all of it 
>says NIPPON STEEL on the sides of it!!!  The steel story is not over yet as 
>the companys that are left fight over pension rights that cover several 
>thousand retired workers that are financed by a couple thousand current 
>steel workers !! They of course,want to dump the retirees !!!  What a sad, 
>sad, future these people have if that comes to pass.     rogertrolley
>


Something to remember next time one buys a soda (to provide a Pittsburgh 
link) in a plastic bottle.

Likewise, there is a lot of plastic in today's automobiles;   we don't lug 
around as much steel in each car as we use to, which has greatly helped fuel 
efficiency.

LTV managed to dump their retired J&L employees - and widows - couple years 
ago.  I suspect taxpayers are now paying mother-in-laws retirement check.

Actually much cheaper to make steel in a mini-mill using scrap as raw 
material.  Perhaps it is an advantage of USA to let Japan, India and China 
waste their energy resources investing in basic steel production.

John

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