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4/5/2023
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) yesterday announced it signed Stella-Jones Corp. as a new customer, adding the company's distribution yard in Morea, Pennsylvania, to the railroad's network.
A utility pole distributor, Stella-Jones moved to the Morea location after learning that its lease on property in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, would not be extended. Working with Ettore DiCasimirro, the owner of Skytop Fuels and the owner of hundreds of acres along RBMN track and Interstate 81 in Morea, RBMN offered Stella-Jones a long-term deal to set up operation there, railroad officials said in a press release.
On March 21, Stella-Jones received and uploaded its first rail car for pole inventory. The next day, three additional cars arrived, and more cars are in transit as the Morea site ramps up production and the Hazleton site shuts down, RBMN officials said.
The distribution yard will serve utility customers throughout Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Poles will arrive by rail in the yard and be delivered to customers and job sites by truck.