Pennsylvania's Steel Route: Taking Ore Down the Bessemer

Follow the Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad and learn how iron ore makes it way from northeastern Minnesota to steel mills near Pittsburgh, from a vision that started with Andrew Carnegie a century and a half ago, to today's operation owned by the Canadian National railway. Watch in 4K!

SPECIAL THANKS to those who contributed photos and video clips for this video:
YouTube djstrains - Detailed drone video of the Greenville shops and roundhouse here:    • Abandoned Railroad Roundhouse of the ...  
Austin MacDougall flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajm9339/
Jim Stanton flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teeveejim/
Jacob Rink rrpa: http://sjrailroader31.rrpicturearchiv...

This is Day 2 of our fall trip to western Pennsylvania, Day 1 we visited the Buffalo & Pittsburgh railroad:    • Old Signals & Railcars on the Buffalo...  

Filmed October 19, 2019 - Copyright 2020 - Central Penn Rail Productions
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