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Morning Steel Mill Trains at U.S. Steel Gary Works

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On May 27th, 2023, I spent a morning with my drone at U.S. Steel Gary Works in Gary, Indiana and saw plenty of action in the steel mill. The trains inside were pulled by various SW1200s and SW1500s in Gary Railway, Fairfield Southern, Detroit Connecting, and of course U.S. Steel paint schemes. I was fortunate enough to witness some interesting operations take place, including a switcher shoving a huge ladle into the #1 BOP and a coke train being brought up onto the high line with three units. I also ventured over the decommissioned coke plant where a line of old U.S. Steel switchers and center-cabs were being stored. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this action packed look at a steel mill rarely seen on video!
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@babaoreally8220 9 часов назад

I worked there many years,made a lot of money.Thanks for the memories.Wish it was still there in its glory for our kids and the security of our Nation.

@marklesnick5211 3 месяца назад

This place is STILL in operation ~ it is NOT CLOSED ❗

@kingzooks1 14 дней назад

Never realized this complex was that big. The drone footage shows a unique view of everything going on from not just the trains, but the trucks, elevators going up and down, vehicle movement, and so on. What a busy place👍.

@davidballoid2118 Год назад

A big Thumbs Up would be Greatly Appreciated on these videos Please, he's spent a lot of time on them.👍

@robertoenduro9439 Год назад

Everything is so dirty, rusty and dusty, love it.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Me too!

@mpeterll 12 часов назад

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

@mikehooper5083 Год назад

As a steel mill modeler, these vids are a treasure for layout ideas and as a steel mill geek, they are great to just sit and watch over and over. Too bad drones didn't exist back in the days of Bessemer converters...no THAT would have been something!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

I always notice my videos posted in steel mill modeling groups online. I’m glad that I can help people out! It’d be neat to model a steel mill like this someday.

@davewheeler5085 Год назад

I work here all the time and it's crazy to see the whole place from overhead

@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 Год назад

A different perspective, like being on the roof of ones house

@stevekalis139 6 месяцев назад

What goes on inside the 1bop building? It’s MASSIVE

@jKLa 2 месяца назад

@@stevekalis139a lot of things but they are LOUD! Those tall structures are I beleave blast furnaces and are responsible for much of the massive drone. I live near a now shuttered steel plant that only closed a few months ago and it could be herd for miles, often permeating the industrial suburb where I live with it's deep, oscillating, quivering droning noise that could be felt almost as much as heard, sometimes even with the windows shut and earplugs in...

@AndrewSSTC 28 дней назад

@@stevekalis139that’s where they make steel from scrap and molten iron from the blast furnaces

@electrictractiontrainsandt3063 Год назад

Amazing Steel Mills! Amazing Footage! Keep The Industrial Train Videos Rolling In!👍

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! Soon!

@farmerdave7965 9 месяцев назад

I worked at the last fully integrated steel mill west of the Mississippi River. I approve of this video.

@jKLa 2 месяца назад

Which one was that? They are really loud! I Curently live a few miles from a recently closed steel finishing plant that used to be an integrated mill. Even with just the two large annealing furnaces at that plant I could often hear them from miles away! A deep, oscillating quevering drone permeated the industrial suburb where I live and as I used to not know what it was, I was bothered and somewhat spooked by the sound. Now I actually miss it! I used to live near a (now shut) integrated mini mill that made steel rods from scrap steel in Emeryville, CA. Nothing like this full sized mill though. But you could often hear the furnace a fairly long ways off including from my home across town, especially at night. The old mill site is now a large lifestyle center shopping mall!

@oldfarmshow Месяц назад

👍❤️

@EntertainmentWorldz Год назад

Awesome video ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Scaletrains 23 дня назад

So cool!

@andrewpalm2103 Год назад

I worked college summers in the 30" Hot Strip Dept. at USS Gary Sheet & Tin in the mid-60's. It was hot, dirty, and dangerous, but compared to the hellscape in this video, it was the proverbial walk in the park (secept maybe when cleaning out one of the slab reheating furnaces). Thanks for sharing and Cheers from Wisconsin!

@WashingtonDistrictRailfan Год назад

Yeah this is amazing.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@b3j8 Год назад

These are awesome views! Thank you for taking the time to do it!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you! It’s always fun taking the drone out for a spin!

@TanteManfred1 Год назад

Fantastic, greetings from Germany.

@lashendawest7509 Год назад

Great catches and video

@jKLa 2 месяца назад

Great video! What's always impressive to me about these steel mill videos without music is the loud ROUR that comes from the mills and permeates the area nearby! I live near and once lived near another now shut down steel plant, and you could hear them from miles away! Can be a very disturbing sound to many but I now miss hearing and feeling that deep, oscillating quivering drone at night and sometimes during the day, from the two massive furnaces of the steel mill several miles away...

@vikingofengland Год назад

Love this. I really don't know how you only have 8400 subscribers? Should be a lot more!

@XBOXShawn12thman 4 месяца назад

WOW ... What a cool video!!! 😳

@Tpackage-my8dx Год назад

I worked in the Gary Works Coke Plant in the early ‘80’s. I’m glad you did a flyover of the place now closed unfortunately. But the coke maintenance buildings I worked in still standing. Amazing video. You did a great job filming it from birdseye view

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you! Someone requested I flyover there in my last video so I made sure to this time.

@tibbers3755 Месяц назад

I loved seeing this place in person last year. Passed by on the Capitol Limited and the sights were definitely something to behold

@MaxCruise73 Год назад

The blue roofed building at the start of the video is the dispensary. This is where workers go for physicals, physical therapy, and medical attention after an accident. Building used to be the main hospital for all of Gary, IN. Road beyond the flag is the end of Broadway/Indiana Rte. 53.

@IowaGrandpaTrain Год назад

This is the best steel mill video I’ve ever seen. Great job!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you!

@paulj1962 Год назад

Those molten cars are truly hell on wheels!

@Mck499 6 месяцев назад

I work at US Steel Clairton works, Coke battery's we go 13-14 19-20 B and C battery's. Mill is pretty old but were hoping with new ownership we can start to revamp the mill

@davebennett2086 Год назад

Great vid. That place is HUGE. Thanks for sharing. Im a follower now 😆

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for subscribing!

@tristandishman8661 8 месяцев назад

Very awesome video.

@jamesevans6086 Год назад

Terrific steel mill footage!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you!

@EasyGrowsIt 11 месяцев назад

Well done video

@thehawkeyerailfan9406 Год назад

Great video of these rarely seen operations. I'm shocked that there isn't a no fly zone above the mill.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! I’m surprised too. The closest no fly zone would be the Gary airport, but their zone doesn’t extend into the mill. I don’t think U.S. Steel can do anything since they don’t own the airspace. As long as the drone doesn’t go down…

@katiemcauley2378 Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains i work there. dont get caught

@texturedpuma5685 8 месяцев назад

It's a MARSEC area because of the slip. It is very much a no fly zone. Technically, we're not even supposed to bring our phones to work because of the cameras.

@galaxyrailfanning7860 Год назад

Very nice footage! Steel mill ops are always cool!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! They sure are

@FrankLowe1949 Год назад

It's massive big and dirty I love this place 😮❤❤

@arlichar11 11 месяцев назад

wow video turned this place of dread , to a very interesting operation , almost beauty

@kensbackshop6399 Год назад

Totaly awesome

@KCTopDawg Год назад

This is unreal. That shot at 02:32 WOW!!

@jKLa Месяц назад

Agree. You can tell that the plant is also extremely loud from this video. I live near a now shuttered mill and you can often hear them from miles away, -a deep oscillating quevering metallic drone! I could hear that sound even with earplugs in and windows closed at night and it used ro give me chills sometimes before I knew what it was... Now that it's gone I actually kind of miss that sound even though it used to bother me!

@allenhill5698 Год назад

Great job, Sam. Thank you very much for sharing these videos.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

@tomstarcevich1147 Год назад

Awesome vid 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃👍

@bobschell8600 Год назад

Thanks for sharing the great drone footage. Over the steel company.

@kahunatiki6498 Год назад

Remarkable video! Outstanding work!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks!

@leroyybrown 11 месяцев назад

What an incredible facility

@MrThecroatian Год назад

Nice bonus view of the Railcats ballpark. I just read an article in Trains magazine where they named the ballpark one of the best ones for railfans.

@kasska6717 10 месяцев назад

The sound is also amazing. I really like the ambience sounds

@myroncoleman9825 8 месяцев назад

My wife's nephew retired from US Steel he often talked about how bi g it was and a ll the operations. He got a job at US Steel after he got o ut of the service and moved to Gar y Indiana from Lexington and still li vessel there.

@pe4793 Год назад

Absolutely Fantastic. Thank you for sharing this video we only have one Iron and Steel making plant in England and one in South Wales now.The large Blast furnace and BOS plant we had on Teesside in the North East of England was sadly demolished earlier this year. A darn shame.

@debracaron6726 8 месяцев назад

Love these kind of videos thanks alot from GLOUCESTER, Ma 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@lexpo181 10 месяцев назад

This is a really massive industry! I loved watching your video, pretty good footage ;)

@kelvintorrence5994 22 дня назад

that place isn't closed down,if they are using hot torpedo cars in there,great video

@davidb8872 Год назад

Fantastic footage, loved it👍🇺🇸

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

@johnpoulson384 11 месяцев назад

This is amazing. Thank you 🙏

@lubzeN Год назад

Awesome video!! I love it.

@stephaniesinger1159 10 месяцев назад

Excellent video, thanks for sharing...!

@centraliowarailproductions2810 Год назад

Nice video!

@franzbrunner499 Год назад

what a brilliant video! thank you very much, Sam -i would never have the chance to see a steel mill that close not to think of going inside to see the process of steelmaking

@Tom.Gregory Год назад

Phuntastic

@johng3960 10 месяцев назад

Nice catch of the EJ&E SD38s at the ~16:30 mark.

@SamLovesTrains 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Those units are always switching the CN yard and often pull out past where I set up to fly.

@vincecrysler3821 Год назад

Great stuff! You have to love heavy industry+ railroads!!😅

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Certainly!

@supercuda1950 Год назад

Great video....gives an idea how large an operation this is. Sad to see the huge parking lots empty that were once full to capacity.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! Just imagine how busy this plant must’ve been at its prime!

@supercuda1950 Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains yeah, you cant tell me its cheaper to have steel made in China and shipped here. We need to bring all this back to America and give us the good paying jobs.

@juliofoolio2982 Год назад

I think most of the job were lost to automation..

@supercuda1950 Год назад

@@juliofoolio2982 Most of the jobs and technology were lost to China!

@peterpiwoski Год назад

At one time US Steel Gary Works was the largest steel mill in the northern hemisphere. 7 miles long!

@stevewoodard527 5 месяцев назад

Very nice -- thanks for posting this. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if someone familiar with the mill could have helped you add captions so that we'd know what we were looking at. I could identify the blast furnaces but that was about it.

@SteadyGhetner Год назад

Fascinating! It's like a real-world version of the Great Machine in the movie "Forbidden Planet"

@RonStanek Год назад

Nice view of the Works! Would be even nicer to see father in along the lake shore of the Works, to see if there's any rail action or movement from the shipping loads. Appreciate your work, I know it's not easy getting this kind of stuff. Fantastic content! Thank You! Keep it up....Sam!

@RailFanRob Год назад

Man I so love these videos that include our remaining steel mills here in the USA!!! Please record more of this type of footage. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome industrial footage with us!!!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thanks! I’ll try to head back soon. Steel mills are some of my favorite places to film!

@xray606 Год назад

Excellent. That cask car move was awesome. Think I've only seen one photo of that before. And you even caught J power on a LFL train. Can't do better than that.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you! I’m glad I was able to capture some unique and rare stuff. The J units will pull up to that spot every once and while. They usually trail on the CN remote control jobs at Kirk Yard.

@chrisroode Год назад

That is the most immersive model railroad I’ve ever seen! How do you get such realism?

@djavidianmx1832 Год назад

It's AI😂

@johnbrogan6583 Год назад

it is the REAL THING

@chrisroode Год назад

I still am getting used to this drone perspective…I have a lookout over Endicott NY near where I live, and the trains going by look like a model…it’s nice to be up there when the train goes by.

@libertyforever836 12 дней назад

Spent four years 1972-76 there working at the ore docks running a dozer and front end loaders. Back in those days they had the unloaders as the ore ships were not self unloaders like they are now. They used to lift my front end loader up and drop it in the ore ship hatch and I would climb down the ladder welded to the wall of the hull, climb on my front end loader And with the bucket, dragged the ore away from the corners into the center of the hold. so the unloaders could reach down into the ship and get it with their bucket. I actually walked the deck of the Edmund Fitzgerald when it was in there several times. They used to have to back it out because it was too long to turn around at the end of the slip. Those were the days ….

@lucmarchand617 Год назад

Thank you expose gary work for long time watch this.i read book uss history but this is best.thank you calgary alberta canada

@jmartin4204 10 месяцев назад

ps forgot to add to previous post , as seen again here drones are not just killing machines . You have a great command of the drone excellent shots .

@SamLovesTrains 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Steven_Williams Год назад

Outstanding work!!

@williambryant5946 Год назад

Awesome video!

@vitaliykramarenko8131 6 месяцев назад

👍💪💪💪

@gmo1515 Год назад

I work at USS Fairfield and recognize some former Fairfield Southern locomotives by their red "bow wave" stripe on the yellow paint. That was an adaptation of the former Birmingham Southern green and yellow scheme. Once our blast furnace and most of the rolling & finishing ceased operation in 2015 a lot of the FSRR engines and slugs were dispersed to other Transtar railroads. It looks like at least some wound up in Gary with the old name painted out.

@johnwatson2952 8 месяцев назад

I also worked at USS Fairfield works on the FS RR left there 2018. 24 years

@JohnR.1968 Год назад

Great vid, look at all those empty parking lots, all those lost jobs!!😮

@danielthoman7324 24 дня назад

Those parking lots were all full a long time ago. 😢

@jmartin4204 10 месяцев назад

Great video . I have always been interested in anything in the industrial arena steel tops the list . I come from the UK as you may know that it was the birth place of the Industrial Revolution and that Sheffield , Yorkshire was steel country from there many parts of the UK got involved in steel , but Sheffield was the main production base . Many cutleries we had in the UK would say Sheffield , England . I hope the steel industry in the US continues to prosper in the future shame if it did not . Same applies in the UK and anywhere else in the world that produces steel. The water seen in the video how did it get to that beautiful colour .

@SamLovesTrains 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment. It’s sad to see what the steel industry has become, but I’m glad I’m able to document what’s left. I too was surprised to see that nice of water at the mill. Maybe the sun was hitting it just right!

@jstoli996c4s Год назад

My gosh, the size of this facility seems to dwarf the old 1100 acre Bethlehem Steel site in Buffalo (Lackawanna). RU-vidr Matty Gunn shoots a lot of videos there with his drone, there’s a mix of industrial activities going on there now.

@sameoldthing2240 Год назад

So far this is the best video of Gary works that I’ve seen so far. Great job on filming this.

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you! I enjoy documenting places not many people do.

@sameoldthing2240 Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains I love exploring these places but Gary works is tough to get too… lol

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

@@sameoldthing2240 I also enjoy exploring stuff. There’s a cool hospital in my area I like to go to some nights with my friends. But a steel mill, especially one that’s still active, would be tough to get into.

@sameoldthing2240 Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains there is parts of Gary works that are shut down and not being use anymore.. I just can’t say where on RU-vid…

@Golfing422 9 месяцев назад

You can see the hot lava in the torpedoes.

@danielthoman7324 Месяц назад

Yes, I noticed that right away.😮

@classifiedfive4377 Год назад

Thank you for more Gary works footage . Looks like DC 459 is working the high line now. Wonder where dc 65 is. They have T&N 1501 there too

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

I have yet to see the Texas & Northern unit but that would definitely be neat to see. It seems like Gary has a bunch of units from various Transtar properties.

@Tony-1950 Год назад

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@OldTrucker958 5 месяцев назад

When you see this facility from the air the size of it comes into perspective. This place boggles the imagination. Great job Sam!

@unpasaro Год назад

A fantastic video, excellent filming and everything that can be seen in that great industry. The old stopped switchers are impressive, I thought I saw some Alco Century 415, is that correct? Thanks for sharing this amazing

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you. They aren’t C415s, but some other centercab or tonner locomotive. Not sure which kind though.

@unpasaro Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains thanks for the information

@alabamared2568 8 месяцев назад

I'm honestly surprised it's still operational..I used 2 drive past this twice a day going from Rockford foundry Gunite to finishing Gunite plant in Elkhart Indiana I did that for years until they closed the plant in Elkhart the Gunite in Rockford Gunite is still open they finish the product there now but we ran 26 loads a day back and forth

@Carmen-co4el Год назад

This is a BLUE RIBBON Video

@EagleCreekRailRoad Год назад

Another awesome production👌🏻 I do have a question though, do you know or are you able to see where the torpedo wagons are emptied??

@sanddabz5635 Год назад

I'd like to see that myself!

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

That I’m not sure of. I’d assume they go back towards to lakefront into one of the mill buildings, but I’m afraid of losing drone connection if I go that far.

@easttnrailray5685 Год назад

New subscriber, great video im going to watch more.

@easttnrailray5685 Год назад

I have the DJI mini 2 but still working on my editing skills.

@richferraro4422 10 месяцев назад

Awesome job! What is the car at 4:09? Just when I thought I’d seen it all 😊

@MaxCruise73 Год назад

At the 4 minute mark, an engine is transporting a ladle via a yellow framed railroad car. Train is called the "Yellow Bird." The Yellow Bird has the right of way.

@zionisimkills1098 Год назад

Anyone else remember 60 years ago when this mill ran 3 shifts around the clock every Day.

@danielthoman7324 Месяц назад

I started working in the mill 1965 . 12 Blast Furnaces, All of them were on. The entire mill had about 25,000 employees. All the parking lots Were Completely full. Nobody ever thought it would downsize the way it did. I am proud to say that I witnessed. Such prosperous times at the mill.oh well, time marches on. 😢

@DarlingAngel666 3 месяца назад

How did they manage to take one of the most beautiful spots on this lake and make it into this

@johnwatson2952 Год назад

The yellow switcher and slug came from USS in Fairfield Alabama. I think. Worked there 24 years on the Fairfield Southern... US Steels in plant RR

@johnwatson2952 Год назад

The one with the red stripe thewere green and yellow and belonged to Birmingham Southern RR. BS RR was sold to Watco and now is call Birmingham Terminal RR

@benblazin8627 4 месяца назад

Fly over Desulf now. Looks different

@toddnance454 Год назад

Awesome drone footage! Which drone do you have?

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

Thank you. DJI Mini 3

@petermarshall7005 Год назад

A great video how many acres does this steel mill cover ? It reminds me of a Bluescope mill here in NSW Australia at Port Kembla I enjoy your videos very much.

@MaxCruise73 Год назад

@Peter Marshall, plant measures 7 miles by 2 miles deep.

@jasonbirkner219 Год назад

Great video,awesome quality. What kind of drone/camera do you use?

@HavelockYard Год назад

What railway was switching at the beginning? That car at 4:20 was the most unique car I've seen in a long time

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

That’s one of U.S. Steel’s own switchers. They haul those interesting ladle cars around the BOP shop.

@HavelockYard Год назад

@@SamLovesTrains At the beginning of the video some Geeps were switching out on the main or lead. We’re some of those CP or CN?

@SamLovesTrains Год назад

@@HavelockYard That was one of the CN remote yard jobs

@HannahHelpy Год назад

We refer to the large ladle trains as the yellow bird.

@HavelockYard Год назад

@@HannahHelpy haha that's awesome!

@fredgonzini7099 3 месяца назад

I was thinking about bringing my drone down there. Then I thought maybe it's on RU-vid. Anyone bother you there

@SamLovesTrains 3 месяца назад

Haven’t had any problems yet. I just make sure to launch from secluded areas away from entrances.

@AndreiTupolev Год назад

What was that object being shunted into #1 Bop shop?🕺

@drew42023 3 месяца назад

Empty steel ladle being brought back from #2 caster to be processed and refilled !

@F4productions4072 2 месяца назад

I thought those were nukes for a second

@lordexplores 3 месяца назад

Hey, Sam. I'm working on a RU-vid video which includes a history portion about Gary's steel industry. Was wondering if I could use a couple clips from this video with full credit to you and your page. No pressure, just love the clips! Thanks

@SamLovesTrains 3 месяца назад

Go right ahead! I’ve seen some of your urbex videos and really enjoy what you do! I’ll be watching for the video. Thanks

@lordexplores 3 месяца назад

@@SamLovesTrains Appreciate it! I followed you on Instagram and can let you know when it drops