A division of ERS Industries, Inc.

About Us

Present:

American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co.™ (AOLCrane™)

Originally, American Hoist & Derrick Co. (Locomotive Crane Division) in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Ohio Locomotive Crane Co. in Bucyrus, Ohio merged in 1987 as American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co.  In 2001, ERS Industries, Inc. purchased the American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co.  ERS Industries, Inc. is now the owner and OEM for both, American & Ohio Locomotive Cranes.

Who's who at AOLCrane: President: Robert P. Rude Vice President: David P. Egner Sales Manager: Robert (Craig) Goodenough Parts Manger: William W. Butler Engineering Manager: Robert M. Lauber Plant Manager: Ronald Fairchild Accounting Manager: Lisa K. Butler

ERS Industries, Inc. (Parent company)

• American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co.
  - a division of ERS Industries, Inc. -
  
  

• North American Equipment Sales Co. Inc.
  
  
• North American Equipment Sales (Canada) LTD.
  
  
• Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
  
  

Past:

Eastern Railway Supplies, Inc.

ERS Industries, Inc. was founded in 1936, supplying railroad track equipment and locomotive cranes to the railroads, steel mills, and the scrap recycling industries.

Stanley H. Smith Co. Inc.

North American Equipment Sales Co., Inc./North American Equipment Sales (Canada) Ltd. was established through the merger of the Stanley H. Smith Co., Inc. (Nicholasville, KY) Eastern Railway Supplies (Canada) Ltd. (Dundas, Ontario) and Eastern Railway Supplies Railroad Division.  Stanley H. Smith Co., Inc was founded in 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio.

American & Ohio, names you can trust.  --  AOLCrane™, a name you can count on.

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