Iron & Steel - Prototype Photos - Weirton Steel

[IronBeltKen]

Some views of ISG (formerly Weirton) Steel Corp. at Weirton, WV:

 

[IronBeltKen]

Weirton - images 5 thru 8:

 

[Steve B]

On photo 7 there looks like a few tons of slag built up on the top of the torpedo/ladel cars, do they ever knock it off or whatever.

 

[IronBeltKen]

On photo 7 there looks like a few tons of slag built up on the top of the torpedo/ladel cars, do they ever knock it off or whatever.

Yeah Steve, they sure do! That stuff is called 'skull', it builds up gradually over a period of weeks. 95% of the stuff they chisel off gets recycled.

[EDIT] Now that I had a closer look, I think you may be seeing the outline of what is called the 'saddle' - a T-shaped bulge on the top of the bottle, to facilitate the pouring-out of hot metal. Walthers neglected to include these on their models of these cars; a friend of mine sells saddles as an aftermarket add-on (resin castings).

 

[Steve B]

Chears Ken, i could not for the life of me remember what the word was for the build up of slag,,, of course it's skull, i remember seeing it in MR a while ago

 

[Steve B]

This is another one i like, gritty and dusty work