F.Y.I., G.L.C. in T.C. today

[MIGN-Todd]

GLC came into town today with the battered blue and yellow holdout pulling two centerbeams ( TTTX and BNSF). Caught them along Keystone and watched them transit the tunnel which if I had my darn camera with me and the battery not on the charger, would have made an awesome picture. Sorry guys, I screwed the pooch on that one. Paced them at a blistering 15mph for a minute but had to go back to work. Don't know if they waited for them to unload at Amerhart or not as that was the last I saw of them.

[Rick in TC]

Amerihart does seem to get quite a few loads in per week. They brought 2 up Monday also. Not sure if Tues or Wed.

[KVERBERK]

saw them leaving town today with two empty center beams.

[MIGN-Todd]

Yeah, I was back at Amerhart today and the yard guys said they did a turn around. Yard was in total disarray. Bunks of lumber everywhere. It appears it was a rush job. Amerhart's business is picking up now. Quite a bit of product coming in means alot going out too.

[AARR]

I'd love to know the reason NorPac couldn't make it when Amerhart seems to be going like in the days whenb SSS operated the yard

[MIGN-Todd]

Well Don, as for their employees- they told me that Amerhart is a family owned company and treat their workers really well. Their products are pretty much the same but may have better purchasing agents and can get more deals. I know NorPac used to carry Paralam beams that are a necessity in building these days but we had to return ALOT of them due to quality control problems. I can't really see much difference between the companies yet but if you'd like, I'd be more than happy to ask a couple of them to see what maybe they know about the three and what was the past two's downfalls.

[Rick in TC]

If you read their web site, they only locate on rail lines, and in fact build anew location in WI that was on a rail line, but needed a long spur to their place (like the Gaylord scrap place). They seem very dedicated to rail. So that's good for us- I mean for GLC.

[Rick in TC]

If you read their web site, they only locate on rail lines, and in fact build anew location in WI that was on a rail line, but needed a long spur to their place (like the Gaylord scrap place). They seem very dedicated to rail. So that's good for us- I mean for GLC.

[AARR]

Well Don, as for their employees- they told me that Amerhart is a family owned company and treat their workers really well. Their products are pretty much the same but may have better purchasing agents and can get more deals. I know NorPac used to carry Paralam beams that are a necessity in building these days but we had to return ALOT of them due to quality control problems. I can't really see much difference between the companies yet but if you'd like, I'd be more than happy to ask a couple of them to see what maybe they know about the three and what was the past two's downfalls.

If they're treating their employees well and their quality is better than NorPac that explains a lot