PTI Forest Products By Rail - Team


Frank Bureau - Boxcar Loader and Head Mechanic
20 years experience in rail industry fixing and loading cars. Lead man of railcar setup projects, log bunk repairs and installation, Hoquiam transload operation.

Lynne Busse - Railcar Accountant
8 years experience tracing cars using internet tools and an internally developed database. Communicates daily with the railroads to solve problems with routing or bad orders. Hazmat certified.

Scott Olmstead - Business Manager
12 years with PTI. Overall business manager.

Mark Montoure - Transload Manager
8 years experience loading log cars, project management, supervisor of Hoquiam transload operation, boxcar loading manager, arranges boxcar routing and rates with western and eastern class 1's.

Mark Knudtson - Log Car Manager
10 years experience loading log cars, managing others loading cars, setting up transload yards, working with the Class 1 Open Top Loading rules, designing and supervising railcar set up for logs, misc. railcar repairs, customer service.


From left to right:
Frank Bureau, Lynne Busse, Scott Olmstead, Mark Montoure, Mark Knudtson.


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Give customers direct access to PTI managers who have the skills, the tools and the authority to quickly act to solve their problems.

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