Working rail roads and their tracks.

[Hay Dude]

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.

 

[MossRoad]

Indiana is great. You must have some affordable labor, low taxes and reasonable regulations for businesses. Good on Indiana.

Yep. It's fantastic. Just ignore that it's usually ranked in the top 3 most polluted states in the US.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yep. It's fantastic. Just ignore that it's usually ranked in the top 3 most polluted states in the US.

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.

 

[Hay Dude]

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.

https://www.workstats.dli.pa.gov/Documents/Top%2050/Pennsylvania_Com_Top_50.pdf

Give me the railroads and the steel plants. I’ll be ok with a little pollution.

 

[ArlyA]

A few taconite train photos on the Range-BNSF in northern MN.

 

[MossRoad]

A few taconite train photos on the Range-BNSF in northern MN. View attachment 858075View attachment 858076

Nice!

 

[MossRoad]

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.

https://www.workstats.dli.pa.gov/Documents/Top%2050/Pennsylvania_Com_Top_50.pdf

Give me the railroads and the steel plants. I’ll be ok with a little pollution.

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.

 

[gstrom99]

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.

Thank you. I like this thread...

Old news, but CN is buying Iowa Northern.

CN to Acquire Iowa Northern Railway | cn.ca

CN to Acquire Iowa Northern Railway

www.cn.ca

 

[MossRoad]

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.
(click to enlarge)



Some rail fan took photos of it here:

https://flic.kr/p/2pCisCD

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.

Pictures of INLX 128

Pictures of INLX 128, Model: Unknown

www.rrpicturearchives.net

 

[ArlyA]

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