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Originally Posted by coalregion
Aren't they sort of a sister company to CFI? I kind of remember reading that somewhere?
There was a marriage between the families that ran the two companies, thus a certain level of cooperation existed. Apparently this is no longer the case.
Over a few beers one night (St. Patrick's Day maybe?) a Melton driver told me that the reason
there was a marriage, as opposed to
there is a marriage, was that the fella in the equation had a fondness for the senoritas in Nuevo Laredo. Apparently he got caught. No confirmation, no evidence to back it up, nothing like that. So take it for what it's worth.
I don't know how closely the companies ever worked together, but I know we still always have Melton trucks hanging around our yard in Pocahontas and the terminal in Michigan. They use the same yard that we use in El Paso, as well.