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Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:50 am
by michaelmuha
Arlo Steel has a dedicated track in Grayling which looks quite new, but Arlo is not listed on the Wiki page of LSRC customers. Anyone know what they ship or receive, and what kind of railcars they use?
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:40 am
by AARR
This Alro location doesn’t receive rail service that I know of. The spur was last used 20 or more years ago when Georgia Pacific used that building. Even though Alro has never used the spur (that I know of) they have chosen to keep it for now.
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:24 pm
by DaveO
aerial imagery seems to indicate the crossing is paved over
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:29 pm
by michaelmuha
Ah! I do see now that Google maps shows the track paved over - thanks AARR and DaveO!
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:06 pm
by NS3322
To my knowledge the only ALRO location that uses rail is the Lansing location on JAIL. And even with that location it is on a very limited basis.
The Potterville location has a spur off of the CN Flint Sub, but it has not been used in a very long time and is out of service.
Just because an industry has a rail spur does not necessarily mean they use it.
Fun fact, Alro is named after founders Al & Robert Glick.
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:25 pm
by MQT1223
AARR wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:40 am
This Alro location doesn’t receive rail service that I know of. The spur was last used 20 or more years ago when Georgia Pacific used that building. Even though Alro has never used the spur (that I know of) they have chosen to keep it for now.
Keep's the truckers honest. That way if they decide to jack up prices they can threaten the use of rail service and thus it keeps the prices fair.
Re: Arlo Steel in Grayling
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:36 pm
by LansingRailFan
NS3322 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:06 pm
To my knowledge the only ALRO location that uses rail is the Lansing location on JAIL. And even with that location it is on a very limited basis.
The Potterville location has a spur off of the CN Flint Sub, but it has not been used in a very long time and is out of service.
Just because an industry has a rail spur does not necessarily mean they use it.
Fun fact, Alro is named after founders Al & Robert Glick.
Lansing gets flat steel from NS and CSX via JAIL