Union Railroad slab train from USS-Edgar Thompson Works rolls near the Duquesne-Dravosburg, Pa. boundry in route to USS Irvin Works. The heat from the slabs is noticeable from several feet away fr... (more)
A friend working on the Union said the railroad is slower than its been in twenty years and it shows here. Note the rows of laid up hot metal cars and shuttered blast furnace across the river at U... (more)
Even thought the steel industry around Pittsburgh has all but collapsed, the Union will not go quietly into the night. Case in point; the Union's Duquesne Wharf coal loader is among the most advan... (more)