They still are a salvage company, based in Indiana,PA. Nick made his money tearing down old paper and chemical plants in the northern tier of the state. He had amassed a fair amount of industrial railroad equipment (two foot) by the time he purchased the EBT (he also bought the Kinzua Viaduct from the Conrail, which the state later obtained). I get the feeling that the last thing that Joe wants to do is sell his father's legacy by the ton, as the possiblity of a lot of negative publicity will hurt the rest of the business. Then again he doesn't want to loose his shirt on it by giving it away,either.