I think one of your locos is in this video at the 6:53 time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZnPl6SdnKyCkNksi=7Uo5w_GMl4hs0S5o

Hope work on more making track longer idk how many passenger cars I mean small but powerful little engines should handle idk 3 or 4 cars. What u have barely enough track dead ends like huh, others have small gauge engines on KZbin they have track all over place. I’m not saying make your track side that big but mire rail then that run 58 with passenger cars just saying

If it's German, is it really 2 ft. gauge or the common German 600 mm gauge?

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What an incredible undertaking! If you guys didn't do it there wouldn't be a TOD engine!

I grew up on cohasset drive on the south side 2 blocks down from where I lived was Glenwood Ave and several blocks up was hillman Ave. If you went down to Glenwood Ave and crossed the street you could go right into Millcreek park.

Thank you for all the work you put in to preserve the industrial heritage of the Mahoning Valley!

Well done. Future generations need to see what built America.

Great work Rick, personally I'm in favor of the next locomotive taking on a more 'road locomotive" look (no saddle tank, front pilot, walk ways on the boiler etc.) keep up the good work.

and the name of your new steel mill will be???

soc when are you going to start making steel there young man ????/

Do you have Morgan Engineering's yard locomotive?

A berk would be cool rick!

If you could use some truck transport to move some equipment I'm sure my boss would allow me to help you out in that department .he would probably only require you to pay for fuel and I would volunteer my time. Just let me know.

I remember when you first started talking about this on the stationary engine list and watched the photos come in as the crew started to the gargantuan task of saving the Todd wishing there was some way I could get over the US and help with the people I knew. Respect to you, you've done some amazing things and the refactoring and reconsideration of a museum's purpose is perfectly normal and elements of the Youngs Town heritage will live on in perpetuity.

Any chance of salvaging some of the building structures to erect at the museum, or to make a new building from?

Have you thought about asking them to hold certain machinery, tools, documents and items that you could acquire later on when funding becomes available? (Stuff that could be set aside and stored until it could be saved for preservation.)

Impressive plans from interesting thought processes!!!!

I'd like to see you guys reroll some worn out 100 lb rail into some 8,10,12 and 16 pound rail which is very hard to find for guys like American Industrial Mining.

Small scale live steamers, from 3.5 inch gauge up to 15 inch, would probably be a good market for rail.

Keep up the good work, you have done a fine job so far.

What's happened to the Mcdonald Steel Alco S2?

Was not able to make in 2024; hope to make it in the spring of 2025. Blessed to be friends with you folks and hope to continue to promote your efforts. Thanks again, Giles Kennedy (Crossroads OVR)

Maybe a bit large for the capacity you're describing, but 12 lb (per yard) rail (2" base, 2" tall, 1" wide rail head) is not made in the US anymore, but used for amusement park trains, etc. As I'm sure you're familiar with. And.......I shoulda watched to the end before commenting.....lol

You need to connect with me I can help you.

Make no apologies bro, you actually did something. Not many can say that. Push on.

Good stuff. I’m looking forward to a visit someday.👍

If both of us succeed you may have a repeat customer since I'm trying to start a horse drawn farm implement shop

You're an absolute madman, JR! I'm here for it!

My old crane in the background. Spent alot of 12-13 hour days in that bad boy.

assisting the engine with electricity sounds interesting but where do you get the power from? hopefully not by a nearby diesel generator? also how much more expensive would it be to make or buy an additional boiler compared to that? i dont know much about that

Very interesting!

Also you could also build rails for you railroad too

You could make rails for live steam railroads like what Disney had.

Ingenious: A combined reciprocating steam and electric drive system!

I’m gonna have to come check that out, I’m just north of you in Fowler

I love your mission. I wish I lived close enough to help. I worked in a bar mill once and we had a small furnace natural gas for heating steel bars. The furnace had inside dimensions of about 3ft cubed. The furnace would be used to heat bars that were about 3ft long and 3" diameter that were intended to manually feed into the entry of intermediate mill. The bars were manually fed to test the mill setup after a size change. I think you should look around McDonald for a furnace like that. There may be one there. It would be perfect for heating bars for your museum rolling mill.

I follow your projects with great admiration and respect and wish you every success in realizing your vision. Greetings from Switzerland, where the last steelworks will soon be closing.

So much going on :) But you are making good progress, as always! Personally, I would love to see all of the engines look the same. But I understand that it might be cost prohibitive to do that with 62.

What you have done is truly amazing! People like you give me hope for the world. Too much of our history and industry has been lost over the years, and every bit that we can preserve is worth its weight in gold. I have saved bits and pieces myself over the years, but I don't have the money or resources to do what you do. Thank you for what you do.

You (and those who support you) are AMAZING ! In the way that the sign of vibrant organization is putting in sidewalks after the original design acknowledging and supporting where people are actually walking - you have provided the leadership to make things happen in most useful directions, adapting as you go - seizing opportunities and realizing for the benefit of all ! I started watching on a cold winter morning as you walked around the pieces of “58” and described at how it would be, and sure enough . . . Thank you ! May you live long and prosper.

Appreciate your thoughts and vision. Have you ever connected with SMMSIG, the Steel Mill Modelers Special Interest Group of the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association)?

Hmmm look into making 5/8" live steam rail and track components that would be sweet

Wish I could get the time off work to come visit, I'm a stones throw away in Michigan but just can't quite pull the cards together yet.

The Battleship Texas Foundation makes considerable donations for scrap steel from the hull restoration. They are also selling small deck wood planks removed during the deck restoration. If you what you make could be cut into small souvenirs type items, you might have quite the revenue stream.

You’re doing a lot of good work. The area owns you its thanks for working to preserve a small part of history.

Great overview and roadmap! Appreciate that. Thank you.