I have begun work on Track Plan 7.0 of the Canton Division. I am a bit stuck with the steel mill track plan. I have been searching the Internet and have found a few. Does anyone here have a track plan to include the blast furnace and rolling mill? Also, Coke Plant. Were these often operated nearby or elsewhere? Another question, I am modeling the modern era, are blast furnaces still in use?
This layout features a rolling mill in Eastern Ontario. I don't know if you can see much of the track plan, but it's a start... "L'Orignal Lines" http://www.ovar.ca/Bill Meek/bill_meek.htm (early photos while under construction) http://www.fridaynightgroup.blogspot.com/ (one of many featured model railroads - you may have to search a bit...!) Andrew
Steel Works Did You Say? Matt, this is a wonderful website about steel & coke works: |zahkunst| Much information about coke & steel plants, along with pictures; he is also modeling a steel mill in 1:160.
Some model publication refereences re modeling steel mills and related operations.... SCRAP METAL Scrap operations. _RR Mod Craftsman_ Nov91 p.86 Scrapyard in North Carolina ships 40-60 carloads/month _Mod RRer_ Oct90 p.74 STEEL MILL/GENERAL steel mill, in-plant switching operations _Mod RRer_ Jan99 p.140 switching a steel mill: handling hot metal and slag cars, timing ModRRer Apr03 p106 Beehive coke ovens. _Mod RRer_ June81 p.100 Blast furnace; Dean Freytag prize model._RMC_ Nov79 p.87 Blast furnance: Paint and weather Mod RRer Nov02 p.96 General layout of steel mill, buildings, processes, in-plant RR traffic. Steel mill layout suggestion. _Mod RRer_ Nov50 p.12 N steel mill from Walthers HO kit, extensive article on detailing, operations, traffic _N Scale_ MarApr98 p.24 part 2. _N Scale_ MayJun98 p.34 Severna Park steel mill- world largest HO bldg? _MR_ Nov84 p.109 Davies Steel mill by Freytag pt.1 coke plant _Mod RRer_ Apr91 p.72 pt.2 supportin structures for coke plant _Mod RRer_ June91 p.107 pt.3 coke plant specialized rail vehicles _Mod RRer_ Oct91 p.116 Dean Freitag's HO Davies Steel, aka South Ridge Lines Model Railroader Nov 03 p.60
Matt -- The guys at Peach Creek Shops are the experts in steel modeling. They have been very helpful to me on a couple of occasions. http://www.peachcreekshops.com/ And thanks for the tip about the KATO transmission towers...they just look so...Japanese! Regards. Hal
Hal, Awesome website. I have been looking through the various gallery pics. Like many quests for answers, more questions are found than answers I noticed many of the feature layouts had blast furnaces and rolling mills and several other structures. This leads me to the question, what structures are required at a steel mill? I had planned on a blast furnace, rolling mill and a coke plan nearby.
Matt -- I certainly am no expert. On my layout I have the Cornerstone blast furnace, the rolling mill, the power plant and am adding the machine shop. The guys at Peach Creek have been very helpful -- even down to the point of explaining where certain blast furnace parts should be mounted in the Cornerstone model when the directions weren't particularly clear. I would drop them an email for their input. On a related matter, the Peach Creek guys have a hot metal car kit available -- which seems to be about the only place to find one in N scale. Have you built the blast furnace yet? I finally managed to get the main building put together and now am taking a little time off before I finish. I was about to run out of energy for that project! Regards. Hal
