I saw this link over on the MR site and thought that steel mill modellers here might enjoy it, too. Also, check out some of the other videos, including "Dumping slag at Bethlehem Steel...".
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Wayne
Hi Wayne,
Great vid
always wondered how they cleared the hold of a ship .... now where Josh is he going to model a working Hulett
The Bethlehem steel vid is interesting i found this truck slag dumper while looking around
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I have seen that video before. An incredible machine and a marvelous feat of engineering considering when they where first built ( 1898 ).
And you won't believe where the control cab is !
Loren
Wow! Great mechanized beasts!
Thanks for posting the video Wayne. I really didn't know much about Hulett Unloaders until seeing an article about modeling one in an issue of Railroad model Craftsman sometime in the last year.
Ralph
That is cool.
They were cool.
Did you check out the working models made from what looks like Erector sets?(Do they still make those?)
Those were just as neat.
Thanks for Sharing Wayne, i book marked it!!
They really look like giant dinosaurs LOL
Great vids on the loaders and Bethlehem steal. On a related topic in the April issue of MRC there is an article on CNJ's McMyler rotary dumpers + a club layout with an HO working model. They are kind of the alter ego of the Hulett's.
Good Lord...!!!! Those machines reminded me of the invaders in the first "War of the Worlds" movie....
Guess one never stops to think how many of the things we take for granted are done by people that literally take their lives in their own hands when they go to work everyday....
Very cool!
The first scene is very similar to (or perhaps was used in) the opening sequence of Major League with all sorts of wide-shots of Cleveland. What made me think of it is the Algoma ore carrier being unloaded.
WOW!! What gigantic beasts!! Anyone know how many tons/cubic yards they scooped up in one bite??
Carl, the capacity varied, depending on the particular machine, from 10 to 22 tons (or up to several scoops of raisins)
with every "bite".
Here's a
link to some more info on these machines.
Wayne
Thanks, Wayne!! I really appreciate the links! I know a whole lot more, now, than I did a little while ago!!
I try to learn something new, everyday!! You just provided me with a weeks worth of learning!!
As usual, Wayne, thanks for some absolutely incredible video of an amazing operation!
Just watching those two guys at shift change gave me a renewed appreciation for the difficulty I had at the end of the work day, pushing back from the drawing board and getting up from my nicely upholstered chair! I never ever gave a thought to how lucky I was to have the kind of job that I did, one that taxed my brain every day and held my attention but didn't send me crawling down the block for a shot of Old Nasty Butt and a mug of Panter Pee Lager draft!
The filth of the workplace was made up for by the boring ness of the tasks ... no wonder those guys stopped at the absolute stoke of five!
Thanks, Wayne! You opened my eyes to some incredible machinery from back when we actuall manufactured the best steel in the world! Bethlehem Steel!
Spoken like a true Pennsylvania boy!
biL