TKW "The Steelworks" Part-1    from "The Keystone Works"

By Bill Bzak  aka  Longhairedwizard


A Steelmill structures kit for builders of Freeware MSTS Route releases.

PART 1:  Blast furnace and Oreyard kit.

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This package contains several structure for creating a Blast furnace and Oreyard complex for your custom Microsoft trainsimulator route.  

Objects included:
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dv_blastfurnace1          
LHW_OreYard_Complete_v1   
LHW_OreYard_Complete_v2
LHW_OreYard_Complete_v3
LHW_Orebridge1+Cranerails
LHW_Orebridge2+Cranerails
LHW_Orebridge3+Cranerails
LHW_Orebridge#1
LHW_Orebridge#2
LHW_Orebridge#3
LHW_CraneTransferRails
LHW_HighLine_750ft_3-track_Orebins
LHW_HighLine_SkipHoist_Housing
LHW_Highline_Trestle_400ft
LHW_Orepile#1
LHW_Orepile#2
LHW_Orepile#3
LHW_Orepile#4
LHW_Aggregatepile#1
LHW_Aggregatepile#2
LHW_Aggregatepile#4
LHW_Coalpile#1
LHW_Coalpile#2
LHW_Coalpile#4
LHW_Cokepile#1
LHW_Cokepile#2
LHW_Cokepile#4
steelmill1 sound source (Blast furnace sound)

FEATURES:

*3 complete oreyards, each with Orebridge with crane bucket in different postion, different shaped orepile, Crane-transfer rails....

*3 separate Orbridges with and without cranerails 

*Set of Crane-transfer rails on piling

*Highline ore bin section {to be place adjacent to blast furnace(s)}

*Skip-hoist Housing {to connect each blast furnace skiphoist(inclined trusswork) to highline orebin section..see screenshots for reference)

*Highline trestle section {to connect highline orebin sections that are far apart or to lead up to orebin sections}

*4 different Ore-piles

*3 different Aggregate/limestone/ballast piles

*3 different Coal-piles

*3 different Coke-piles




COMING SOON:

"The SteelWorks" part 2

Blast furace Detail and support buildings (add-ons details for Jim Jendro's blast furnace, Water reclamtion facility with Dorr thickeners, Blower house building, Powerhouse building, slag-dump, other features)
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CREDITS:
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dv_blastfurnace by Jim Jendro (copyright under GNU), All other structures by Bill Bzak, Textures (except for SRV Bridges #4 by Ron Picardi, plategirder texture by Ron picardi) done by Bill Bzak aka Longhairedwizard of "The Keystone Works.

Steelmill1 (Blast furnace sound source) by Chuck Zeiler

Prototype Steelmill reference photos by Harold Finster <Industrial photographer>   http://www.finster-stahlart.de 
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INSTALLATION:

On the route that you wish to use these objects, place the textures into your TEXTURES folder, the shapes into your SHAPES folder, the files in the sound folder into your routes SOUND folder, copy the entries from the REF FILE.txt folder into your routes REF file...open your route up in the msts route editor and look under LHW_SteelMill_Objects for the included steelmill structures.  (the Blast furnace sound source is labeled as Steelmill1 and is under SOUND SOURCES in the object selector in the RE.
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TKW TERMS OF USE: These 3D objects are Intellectual property (IP) of William Bieszczak...aka Bill Bzak  aka Longhairedwizard of "The Keystone works" designers of fine freeware northeastern themed add-ons for Microsoft's Train-Simulator

These files are FREEWARE ONLY and may not be re-distributed in anyform without the prior consent of all authors involved.

the dv_blastfurnace1 is IP of James Jendro (aka Deanville) and may be distributed only under terms of GNU general public licence (document included).

My Email:  bbzak@msn.com

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THANKS to... 

Jim Jendro for allowing me to include his excellent blast furnace, 
Chuck Zeiler for creating steelmill sound sources for me, 
Harold Finster for allowing the use of his excellent industrial photo's of steelmill as reference pix and in an upcoming tutorial on how to create a prototypical steelmill in MSTS,
Ron Picardi for allowing the use of some of his original bridge textures
Shawn Kensalaar (icyfire) for creating the main title image for this package

And especially all the guys such as Greg klepzig, Brendan Brosnan, bb <kishbuster>, and Bruce Kettunen over at the Yahoo steel-group for answering my many questions on various aspects of the steelindustry. 

For plenty of great information and pictures, You can visit the Yahoo Steel group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steel/

 