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Bruce R. Pier

June 05, 2002 07:57AM

Let a former Pittsburger take a crack at this. Your right that the demise of the old steel industry more or less did away with the ng mill dinks. The old complexes covered hundreds of acres and were connected with both ng and standard gauge lines. The newer plants are a continious operation. Raw materials (or scrap) in one end and the finnished product out the other. No need for a extensive intraplant railroad.
Porter had a complete line of mill locos both in steam and infernal combustion, as well as the other builders.

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Narrow Gauge steel mills	Ted Miles	June 04, 2002 10:00PM
Re: Narrow Gauge steel mills	Bruce R. Pier	June 05, 2002 07:57AM

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