Utility pole distributor opens near Morea
PHOTO COURTESY / READING & NORTHERN RAILROAD - Posing in front of the first inventory utility pole car to be unloaded at the new Morea Yard. L to R: Eric Peters, RBMN VP Transportation; Tyler Glass, RBMN EVP Transportation; Ettore DiCasimirro, Skytop Fuels Owner; Rian Nemeroff, RBMN SVP; Brian Kwiatkowski, Stella-Jones Corporation Site Manager; Susan Ludwig RBMN VP; Ettore DiCasimirro, Jr., Skytop Fuels VP; Jesse Redgate, Skytop Fuels Head of Operations; and Jim Carr, JFC Hauling, Owner/Operator.
MOREA – A utility pole distributor has opened in Mahanoy Township, and is the newest customer on the Reading and Northern Railroad, the short-line railway announced last week.
Stella-Jones Corporation moved to Morea this year after its lease near Hazleton came to an end.
The company found land along the railway owned by Ettore DiCasimirro which was suitable for their operations and, on March 21, the first shipment via rail arrived at the yard.
The yard will service utilities in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. Poles will be delivered to the yard by rail and will be delivered to the customers by truck.
The yard’s proximity to I-81 and alongside rail tracks makes it an ideal site.
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