[PRCo] Re: Steam and steel mills

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Rathke - Another incredible photo!  Do you have a date for this one?


Phil




----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2008 9:21:16 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Steam and steel mills


I 
may 
have 
sent 
the 
attached 
photo 
before, 
but 
it 
depicts 
the 
best 
of several 
worlds 
identified 
by 
Derrick 
- 
Pittsburgh, 
steel 
mills 
and 
steam locomotives.
I 
took 
the 
photo 
from 
the 
hill 
in 
Rankin, 
lookling 
south 
toward 
the 
U.S. Steel 
Homestead 
Works.  
The 
train 
is 
on 
the 
P&LE 
bridge 
across 
the Monongahela 
River. 
Note 
the 
diesel 
switching 
ingot 
cars 
on 
the 
far 
shore.

Riding 
B&O 
passenger 
trains 
on 
the 
P&LE 
line 
(the 
B&O 
had 
trackage 
rights 
on the 
P&LE 
from 
New 
Casatle 
to 
McKeesport) 
at 
night 
provided 
an 
extra 
treat. They 
passed 
right 
through 
the 
USS 
mill 
complex, 
and 
you 
could 
see 
the 
glow of 
molten 
steel 
in 
several 
of 
the 
mill 
buildings.  
The 
view 
was 
even 
better from 
one 
of 
the 
B&O's 
dome 
cars.

Bob 
2/9/08

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----- 
Original 
Message 
----- 
From: 
"Derrick 
J 
Brashear" 
<shadow at dementia.org>
To: 
<pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: 
Saturday, 
February 
09, 
2008 
11:08 
AM
Subject: 
[PRCo] 
Re: 
old 
pictures 
from 
Frank 
Novak


>
> 
See, 
that's 
how 
I 
feel 
about 
the 
Edgar 
Thomson 
shot 
from 
East 
Pittsburgh
> 
:)
>
> 
A 
friend 
of 
mine, 
incidentally, 
got 
me 
into 
this 
years 
AIST 
tour 
of 
Edgar
> 
Thomson, 
so 
at 
least 
last 
I 
will 
get 
to 
see 
the 
inside 
of 
an 
active 
steel
> 
mill, 
2 
days 
before 
I 
turn 
35.
>
> 
Would 
that 
I 
got 
to 
see 
J&L.
> 


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