A&K Railroad Materials, Inc. began in Oakland, California when a young man with unusual business savvy recognized an opportunity. It was 1959. Nineteen-year-old Kern Schumacher learned that thousands of railroad ties were about to be removed from the lower deck of the Oakland Bay Bridge. He persuaded a Bay-area salvage expert to help him organize the A&K Tie Company. Kern soon found himself co-owner of the largest supply of used railroad ties in the country.More than fifty years later A&K Railroad Materials is a leading supplier of new and used track materials. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, A&K has sales offices and a network of storage and distribution facilities strategically located throughout the United States. Together, these offices and inventory locations maintain an extensive and comprehensive inventory of new, relay, and reconditioned rail and track materials across the nation.We are driven by high ethics and values and committed to:

• Building our resource base and economic strength through skillful application of our human, financial and creative resources;
• Providing professional and personal growth opportunities to our employees;
• Setting an example of leadership in our industry;
• Serving individuals and communities by providing quality products, competitive pricing and values-oriented services;
• Satisfying our customers’ needs by providing the best products and service in our industry today; and
• Looking ahead with foresight to the future to insure the technological growth and development of products and services needed to retain our customers tomorrow.