GAXX 1678 one of a few critters that work the Gerdau Ameristeel plant just southeast of Saint Paul Minnesota.

Everything looks to be staged and ready to go for the next shift but today all is quiet on this early Sunday morning at Gerdau Ameristeel, formerly Newport Steel, where they recycle construction d... (more)

Just underway to start a day of moving gons full of reclaimed steel scrap to be recycled into rebars and billets.

Remote-control SW1200 makes a switch move at Gerdau Steel.

Be careful at all crossings, especially where remote controlled locomotives operate.

This rebar mill, formerly Newport Steel, recycles construction debris, automobiles, and shredded scrap to form renewed steel products.

A pair of SW1200 work the steel yard.

Remote Locomotive operates at the Gerdau Ameristeel rebar mill

Gerdau Ameristeel's remote controlled SW1200 moves godolas filled with scrap at mill in Newport, MN. Photo taken from public road.