Morning Steel Mill Trains at U.S. Steel Gary Works

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Published 2023-05-29
On May 27th, 2023, I spent a morning with my drone at U.S. Steel Gary Works in Gary, Indiana and saw plenty of action in the steel mill. The trains inside were pulled by various SW1200s and SW1500s in Gary Railway, Fairfield Southern, Detroit Connecting, and of course U.S. Steel paint schemes. I was fortunate enough to witness some interesting operations take place, including a switcher shoving a huge ladle into the #1 BOP and a coke train being brought up onto the high line with three units. I also ventured over the decommissioned coke plant where a line of old U.S. Steel switchers and center-cabs were being stored. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this action packed look at a steel mill rarely seen on video!

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All Comments (21)
  • @kingzooks1
    Never realized this complex was that big. The drone footage shows a unique view of everything going on from not just the trains, but the trucks, elevators going up and down, vehicle movement, and so on. What a busy place👍.
  • @davidballoid2118
    A big Thumbs Up would be Greatly Appreciated on these videos Please, he's spent a lot of time on them.👍
  • @mikehooper5083
    As a steel mill modeler, these vids are a treasure for layout ideas and as a steel mill geek, they are great to just sit and watch over and over. Too bad drones didn't exist back in the days of Bessemer converters...no THAT would have been something!
  • @davewheeler5085
    I work here all the time and it's crazy to see the whole place from overhead
  • @farmerdave7965
    I worked at the last fully integrated steel mill west of the Mississippi River. I approve of this video.
  • @andrewpalm2103
    I worked college summers in the 30" Hot Strip Dept. at USS Gary Sheet & Tin in the mid-60's. It was hot, dirty, and dangerous, but compared to the hellscape in this video, it was the proverbial walk in the park (secept maybe when cleaning out one of the slab reheating furnaces). Thanks for sharing and Cheers from Wisconsin!
  • @b3j8
    These are awesome views! Thank you for taking the time to do it!
  • @jKLa
    Great video! What's always impressive to me about these steel mill videos without music is the loud ROUR that comes from the mills and permeates the area nearby! I live near and once lived near another now shut down steel plant, and you could hear them from miles away! Can be a very disturbing sound to many but I now miss hearing and feeling that deep, oscillating quivering drone at night and sometimes during the day, from the two massive furnaces of the steel mill several miles away...
  • @vikingofengland
    Love this. I really don't know how you only have 8400 subscribers? Should be a lot more!
  • @Tpackage-my8dx
    I worked in the Gary Works Coke Plant in the early ‘80’s. I’m glad you did a flyover of the place now closed unfortunately. But the coke maintenance buildings I worked in still standing. Amazing video. You did a great job filming it from birdseye view