~ Andy
We were recently invited to an open house at DJ Arlia's Union Railroad layout. We have followed DJ's interesting YouTube videos (YouTube channel: djstrains) and website (www.djstrains.com) about building his layout, and finally met him this past winter. In addition to being an over-the-road engineer for CSX, DJ shares our interest in this local uniquely-Pittsburgh railroad. He has captured the essence of the Union Railroad with the Clairton Coke Works, Irvin Works and the Homestead steel mill in N gauge, using a lot of books, research materials and maps he has collected. We hope our layout can include at least some of the meticulous detail and scenery of this layout. It was an enlightening visit, including a nice lunch buffet (thanks Theresa!) and souvenir gold railroad spike! ~ Andy Thanks DJ for a very pleasant visit. We sure learned a lot about the Union Railroad through your neat layout. We look forward to more of your "how to" videos on YouTube! - Andy, Charlie & Kevin
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Robert Braeuner
7/22/2016 06:04:10 am
Very impressive layout! Nothing short of hard work and efforts when building a steel mill. Nice work DJ!
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Deane Mellander
8/16/2016 10:58:14 am
Just wondering if the unidentified bridge with the PCC might represent the original Glenwood bridge? I don't remember seeing a pic of the old one, but it did have trolleys on it.
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Deane Mellander
8/17/2016 09:01:50 am
Ah, that makes perfect sense. Keep up the good work.
Howard W. Steffen
12/28/2018 03:23:34 pm
I just watched your video of historic Pittsburgh steel mill equipment. The Bessemer converter located at station square was manufactured in 1930 for the AM Beyer company located in Ambridge. When they closed in 1966 the converter was eventually moved to Station Square. You mentioned a Hot metal car under the Liberty bridge. It came from USS National works as was used to transfer Besemer steell at that plant. It is a 60 ton capacity compared to 250 to 300 ton cars used today. I was incharge of used equipment at USS back then and donated it to station square.
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Joe Eng
12/26/2020 12:17:11 pm
Thank you for all the Idea, @67 its never too late to start building, I build the frames 4x8 connected to 4x4 with 6x24" horse shoes shape. I will viewing your videos.
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Brandon Wehe
1/27/2021 06:20:53 pm
Love your videos. I model the Union RR in HO scale. But due to popular request I also made some N-scale decals. Send me an address and I will mail you some. You may like to check out the Steel Mill Modeling SIG website, www.smmsig.org we have next zoom meeting planned for 13 Feb 2021 at 11:00 AM EST.
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