Steel mills are amazing places. I told my dad i would do some research on some of the areas. Well, here i go! let's start with the area near the plaza. the closer half is CSX and the other, American crow. Well the American crow ends and on the other side of the building...More lines! the other lines slowly head north east and the csx line going east. In between these lines is the roundhouse museum. They connect and lead to a 2 rail bridge. It has not been down for years. and it leads to a business's that uses tankers. The other side of the line has eroded and i cant find a trace of them. :(. so what is the other bushiness's? A few shop areas(look abandoned), and the yard on the other side of the cuyahoga river(i go here all the time). This is where they store their diesels. Their is a couple of other islands and a bridge leads back other their side but can link to other lines that are used for Norfolk southern. By the looks a third yard is used by Norfolk southern. Their is a area that is ran by a different road(thank my mom) that runs down the line from the sheds. Their is one more business i know about but cant find at the moment, it made steel coils. it's right by the highway. If you want to try, their is more. unless you wanna follow the overgrown weed kingdom(or queendom*shrugs*). You can find a lot of things out. What is the nightmare of these? Modeling them! :o It is a pain. if you do, i say do it one part at a time! Well, this gives you an idea of the puzzles of steel mills! If you ask the owner for a track plan.... good luck! they probably never had one!(no offence) Maybe if i find another source i can make a series of these... probably will not happen(the yard at Wendy park is simple). So if you want to add something, go ahead!
Note: I'm not responsible for fried minds/brains and missing bottom part of your mouth! ;D
Note: this is the Cleveland steel mill.
In place of a track plan, I would try using Mapquest or Google aerials to trace out the track locations. There are support groupls out there specializing in steel mill modeling. I suggest visting the Peach Creek Shops web site for some further references.
Well i used Google maps. If I had found all this out on foot i would have to be working their!
Walthers Cornerstone re-issued their steel mill kit series a year ago.
www.walthers.com
I noticed that in the august issue! It comes with my model railroader issues! Thanks for the reminder! :)