Two rail yards a mile from Mingo Junction
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Gould yard 1 mile south-west of Mingo Junction and the Steubenville yard 1.1 miles north. A tractor that shuttles loads to and from either yard is often parked close to one of them, so give us the lot or street where it sits when you first get in touch.
Owners who work those two yards usually keep the truck near the tracks between jobs. Tell us whether the gate is staffed or locked and who holds the key. Pickup at the Gould or Steubenville yard itself is fine with us.
Fuel up the river
According to the Energy Information Administration, a petroleum product terminal operates at Steubenville, 5.5 miles north, and a second one, Wellsville - Asphalt, stands 18.7 miles north. Tank tractors and asphalt haulers that load at those racks are trucks we purchase; list the trailer types the tractor has pulled so we know the full setup.
Two liquid bulk terminals appear in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings for this stretch: one run by Marathon Petroleum Corporation 18.7 miles north, and one run by TransMontaigne Partners LLC 20.5 miles north. If your rig has hauled from either, keep its hazmat placarding paperwork and any terminal access records with the title; those papers describe the work it did.
Collection along that corridor happens wherever the truck is parked. A tractor sitting at a Wellsville lot does not need to come back down to Mingo Junction before we see it.
Processing plants north and south of town
Records from the Mine Safety and Health Administration show the Wellsville Facility, a mineral processing plant, 18.5 miles north of Mingo Junction, and the CCU Bellaire Dock, a coal preparation plant, 22.1 miles south. Dump trucks and dry bulk tractors serving sites like these fit the kind of equipment we take on.
Six of the local carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census list dry bulk commodities as cargo. If yours is one of them, send photos of the body or trailer, the cab and the VIN plate, and tell us which plant or dock the truck has served.
Thirty active carriers on the federal census
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 30 active carriers based in Mingo Junction: 12 hauling general freight, 6 dry bulk, 5 motor vehicles and 4 machinery or large objects. Car haulers, lowboys and dry vans all belong in that mix, and each one is a truck we will look at.
Split by operation, that same federal census shows 13 interstate carriers, 17 intrastate carriers and 16 private fleets. The census’s largest local fleet lists 14 power units and 8 drivers, the next 10 power units and 10 drivers, and a third 7 power units and 8 drivers.
Owners selling several units from one of those fleets can send a single list of VINs and locations. We work through the whole set together instead of one truck at a time.
Among drivers recorded by FMCSA’s carrier census for Mingo Junction carriers, 48 work within 100 miles of base and 31 go beyond it. A local hauler is likely to be home at night; a long-haul tractor may be out on the road when you call, so tell us when it will next be back.
Ten carriers here reported annual mileage to FMCSA, and the median across them is 9,890 miles per truck.
Mills, warehouses and farms around Jefferson County
In 2023 the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded 664 jobs in Mingo Junction, with 251 of them, or 37.8 percent, in manufacturing. Box trucks and tractors that serve plants and distributors along the river are trucks we purchase.
Dump trucks, flatbeds and equipment haulers working those firms are welcome; bring the title and the latest registration card when we come to collect.
Jefferson County had 541 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and corn, soybeans and equine led the list. A grain truck or a livestock and horse hauler parked on a farm can be collected right there, as long as we can reach it from the road.
Bridges and paperwork for the pickup
Tell us the route out from where the truck is parked so we can plan the haul around that one posted span.
Have the title in the owner’s name ready before the pickup.
The questions we get asked in Mingo Junction
- Will you collect a truck parked at the Gould or Steubenville yard?The Gould yard sits 1 mile south-west of town and the Steubenville yard 1.1 miles north on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from either one. Tell us how the gate works and who can let us in.