The Hottest Train On Earth: Molten Steel Trains Across Chicagoland #steelmilltrains

Ever since I began taking video seriously, the one thing I've wanted to cover the most (by far!) were Norfolk Southern's bottle trains between the steel plants at East Chicago and Riverdale. I touched on these briefly in my IHB East End video (...if you're new here, I'd highly advise watching that first for additional context to the layout of the railroad, etc.), but didn't get terribly in depth with them. Almost a year since that video was released, here is the long version of the hottest, heaviest, and arguably most unique train in the United States. In this program, we take a look at over an hour of previously unseen footage of these unique trains, as well as some additional steel mill railroading within both the massive Indiana Harbor Works, and smaller Riverdale Works. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Introduction 1:55 - Lakefront Yard/Indiana Harbor Works Rail Action 10:06 - Chasing the Hottest Train on Earth 24:18 - Riverdale Works Rail Action 41:37 - The IHB and other Steel Mill Trains 53:47 - Empties/Conclusion As always, for those who enjoy EMD music or other indiscernible steel mill noises, a narration-free version of this video can be found below:    • The Hottest Train On Earth: Molten Steel T...   Thanks for watching!

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36 Hours From Last Train Over Old Bridge to First Train Over New Bridge

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Chicago's Coolest Railroad: A Tour of the Indiana Harbor Belt's East End

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B Furnace Reline 1997 - Rouge Steel

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BNSF's Gateway Sub [Klamath Falls OR to Keddie CA]

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BNSF Trains of The Galesburg Area

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How the WWII Nazi V2 Rocket Actually Worked

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Verstärkung für Roland und seine Lok | Die Nordreportage | NDR Doku

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Only A Memory: 2026 on the B&OCT, and Barr Yard

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BNSF Metra Super Express RFW from Aurora to Chicago. Nonstop Naperville to Chicago. 5/19/26

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【前面展望】コンゴ民主共和国 キハ183系(マテテ→キンシャサ中央駅)Cab Ride in DR Congo🇨🇩 Matete - Kinshasa Express Train Kiha 183

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How Do Railroads Make Deliveries to Customers? Local Trains & Complex Industrial Switching

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Union Pacific’s Big Boy Locomotive - World’s Largest and Most Powerful Steam Train

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Union Pacific Releases the MEGA BEAST Train! 4x2x1 227 Rail Cars!

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General Motor's F Series of Locomotives, 1939 to 1960, Documentary.

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Impossible Places: World's Most Dangerous Railways on Earth You Can't Believe They Exist

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South Shore Lines RFW Chicago Millennium Station to South Bend Airport. 5/20/26

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Making Steel in the U.S. Part 5: Iron Ore Pellets Arriving at the Steel Mill

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Swiss Cabride (Rhaetian Railway): Reichenau-Tamins to Ilanz | Spectacular Rhine Gorge 4K

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Rebuilding a Branch Line: Life on the CSX Whiting Branch

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HUGE Train Passes & Then Looky Looky! Never Know What Will Happen + Sperry Truck Goes Off Tracks