Scrap Service Company
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| Formerly | Pielet Bros. Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron and Metal |
|---|---|
| Industry | Scrapping |
| Founded | 1947[1] |
| Founder | Arthur Pielet[2] |
| Headquarters | Des Plaines, Illinois |
Scrap Service Company (formerly known as Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron and Metal or simply Pielet Bros.) is a scrap company based in the Illinois state, the company was founded and operated by Arthur Pielet from its inception date, 1947, until 1986,[2] the company had three scrapyards in five divisions, these five divisions were the Arlington Heights division in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the Chicago division in Chicago, Illinois, the Joliet division in Joliet, Illinois, the LaGrange division in LaGrange, Illinois and McCook division in McCook, Illinois.
History
[edit]The company was organized in 1947, as Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron and Metal Company,[1] and from 1954 onwards, the exclusive scrapper was used by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) when they started their locomotive trade-in program,[3] the company also made trade-ins from General Electric (GE).[4]
Pielet Bros. had made a contract with the Luria Brothers Scrap Company to sell 35,000 tons of scrap steel from dismantled barges. Pielet argued that no enforceable contract existed and that any agreement was contingent on receiving the scrap from a third-party supplier. On April 4, 1978, Luria filed a lawsuit against Pielet for breaching that contract, and on June 18, 1979, the jury of the Illinois district court found the favor of Luria Bros., awarding Luria a total of $600,000 in damages.[5]
In December 1986, Arthur Pielet sold his interest to his sons James Pielet and Robert Pielet.[6] As part of the sale, Arthur was promised a lifetime consulting fee, and after his death, the same fee would go to his wife, Dorothy Pielet. The agreement stated it was binding on successors and assigns. The original company dissolved in 1994, but payments continued until 1998. When the successor company Midwest Metallics had faced financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy in 1999, payments had stopped. As a result of all of this, Dorothy had filed multiple lawsuits against multiple successor entities for breach of contract and successor liability.[6][7]
Locomotive fleet
[edit]| Photograph | Number | Builder | Model | Build date | Date purchased | Sold to | Date sold | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOO 1210 | EMD | SW1200 | November 1954 | - | Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) | - | ||
| BN 6112 | SD9 | January 1957 | December 11, 1986 | National Railway Equipment Company (NREX) | December 1986 | [8] | ||
| BN 6132 | March 1954 | |||||||
| ATSF 2086 | GP7u | May 1952 | 1991 | Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (W&S) | 1991 | |||
| BN 1726 | GP9 | February 1957 | May 1991 | Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) | 1991 | [9] | ||
| SOU 2558 | GP30 | September 1962 | January 1992 | 1992 | ||||
| N&W 523 | July 1962 | February 1992 | ||||||
| UP 1216 | SW10 | October 1953 | March 17, 1993 | National Railway Equipment Company (NREX) | July 1993 | [10] | ||
| ATSF 2058 | GP7u | November 1952 | August 1995 | Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC) | 1996 | |||
| ATSF 2106 | January 1952 | |||||||
| BN 6445 | SD45 | April 1967 | March 15, 1987 | Helm Leasing (NHL) | 1988 | [11] | ||
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BN 6593 | SDP45 | June 1967 | April 15, 1987 | Morrison–Knudsen Rail | 1996 | [12] |
See also
[edit]- Pacific Rail Industries
- Southwest Railroad Car Parts
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois". Newspapers.com. 1999-05-06. p. 187. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ a b "Pielet v. Pielet". Justia Law. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
- ^ Shaver, Carl W. (1982). Chesapeake and Ohio Diesel Review. Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-87012-444-0.
- ^ Pacific Rail News. Interurbans Publications. 1988. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-916374-64-8.
- ^ Luria Brothers & Co., Inc. V. Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 1977.
- ^ a b "HIGHLAND PARK EXEC SUED BY HIS OWN PARENTS". Chicago Tribune. 1998-12-23. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Pielet V. Pielet. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 1981.
- ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1982. pp. 8, 11.
- ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1990. p. 5.
- ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1992. pp. 5, 10, 14.
- ^ "GN EMD SD45 Roster". www.greatnorthernempire.net. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ "GN EMD SDP45 Roster". www.greatnorthernempire.net. Retrieved 2025-09-24.