After bringing in a couple empty scrap gons, Steel Dynamic's SW1 uncouples and pulls away from the cars as the excavator to the left gets fired up, preparing to load the gons.

Just a few minutes before the taking of this photo, I was looking out upon the yards and beautiful mountains of Roanoke from a nice Vantage point for viewing both, and I couldn't help but notice t... (more)

One-third of the Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) Columbia City Structural and Rail Mill motive power fleet is seen delivering 140' rail sections to the welding portion of the operation in the mill. Pho... (more)