@sabresrock234 Unions. Plain and simple. Wages kept going up and up and up. Restrictions they put on what work they would and would not do kept getting tighter and tigher. They negotiated themselves right out of work.
I hear that, Harald! There are too many Thomas the Tank Engines and Disney-esque operations around. Don't forget to add the train holdup with the western bad guys wearing bandanas and waving six-guns. They're pretty much a requirement out here in the west...
I remember little "tug" engines (as we called them) at the Bethlehem Steel on 65th Street in Chicago back in the early 60's and on the spur track outside the Bedford Park yard going towards Midway Airport was a GE electric engine rebuild facility about 2 blocks from our house at 58th and Newland. Growing up on the west side of Chicago I've seen steam on up to big cross country diesels. I love trains, always will.
Is this in Bethlehem? Any idea when the stuff their will be on display?
CarGuyZM10 1 year ago
@CarGuyZM10
Yes, it is in the Bethlehem plant located in Bethlehem, PA. I worked there for 31 years but did not make the video. Barry
barrygkx 7 months ago in playlist steel
what happened to Made in America?
sabresrock234 1 year ago
@sabresrock234 Unions. Plain and simple. Wages kept going up and up and up. Restrictions they put on what work they would and would not do kept getting tighter and tigher. They negotiated themselves right out of work.
Boss302fan 6 months ago
@Boss302fan hopefully one day stuff will be made here again
sabresrock234 6 months ago
What gauge is it? Looks a little narrow for 3'.
Trainbrain1949 2 years ago
For a little haiku
I live in pittsburgh
to see the big steel leave us
unemployment sucks
TehAppleSauceMan 2 years ago
all gone - too sad :-(
I am afraid, that this beautiful monument will be turned int oa childish "Disney Land".
Thanks for preserving part of it at least as a video.
Harald
HaraldFinster 3 years ago
I hear that, Harald! There are too many Thomas the Tank Engines and Disney-esque operations around. Don't forget to add the train holdup with the western bad guys wearing bandanas and waving six-guns. They're pretty much a requirement out here in the west...
ediirwin 2 years ago
I remember little "tug" engines (as we called them) at the Bethlehem Steel on 65th Street in Chicago back in the early 60's and on the spur track outside the Bedford Park yard going towards Midway Airport was a GE electric engine rebuild facility about 2 blocks from our house at 58th and Newland. Growing up on the west side of Chicago I've seen steam on up to big cross country diesels. I love trains, always will.
rhblakeman 3 years ago
US made steel gone and Chinese krap to replace it...
muslims7stay7out 3 years ago 5
its all gone now...damn it.
filagadusha 4 years ago
It is so so so so sad what has happend..
nax1345 4 years ago 2
Excellent! You don't often see dual gauge trackage these days!
Narrowgaugefilms 4 years ago 4
Have look at Statfold - 22nd September
PMDVD 4 years ago