Doug Tolbert headed to retirement after a 46-year run at Graniterock.
His last day was May 12, 2023.
The Gilroy resident started his long career in 1977 at the Berryessa asphalt plant, which has been closed for many years.
He’s also served as a loader operator unloading rail cars at Berryessa and Capitol and has been responsible for the Company’s recycling operations.
Since 2015, Doug has served as project manager at the Aromas hot plant.
In addition to these roles, Doug was asked by Bruce Woolpert in 1992 to restore the Company’s 1942 steam locomotive, engine number 10, which was originally used to haul rock at the A.R. Wilson Quarry.
Doug spent five years rebuilding the historic locomotive to running condition. The train is now housed at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
Doug has also spent his Graniterock career overseeing maintenance and decoration of the Company’s antique vehicle fleet, which includes a 1950 Ford mixer truck, 1928 AA dump truck, 1948 International Harvester tanker and 1920s Austen motor grader.
He has taken the vehicles to many community events and parades on weekends during his Graniterock tenure.
“Doug was one of the kindest people you would ever meet. He sincerely enjoyed coming to work every day to help make our operations more efficient and productive,” Stuart Mager said. “He willingly passed his vast knowledge of materials plants to other team members he worked with. He had such a long history at Graniterock that he knew where all the bones were buried, so to speak. If we ran into a challenge with the plant that we could not solve, Doug usually knew how to solve it and knew where we could find replacement parts somewhere at one of Graniterock’s other sites, which kept plant downtime to a minimum.”
Doug is passionate about fixing old cars and trucks and fishing.
He plans to spend retirement between his homes in Shasta and Gilroy.
Best wishes, Doug!
Doug Tolbert headed to retirement after a 46-year run at Graniterock.
His last day was May 12, 2023.
The Gilroy resident started his long career in 1977 at the Berryessa asphalt plant, which has been closed for many years.
He’s also served as a loader operator unloading rail cars at Berryessa and Capitol and has been responsible for the Company’s recycling operations.
Since 2015, Doug has served as project manager at the Aromas hot plant.
In addition to these roles, Doug was asked by Bruce Woolpert in 1992 to restore the Company’s 1942 steam locomotive, engine number 10, which was originally used to haul rock at the A.R. Wilson Quarry.
Doug spent five years rebuilding the historic locomotive to running condition. The train is now housed at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
Doug has also spent his Graniterock career overseeing maintenance and decoration of the Company’s antique vehicle fleet, which includes a 1950 Ford mixer truck, 1928 AA dump truck, 1948 International Harvester tanker and 1920s Austen motor grader.
He has taken the vehicles to many community events and parades on weekends during his Graniterock tenure.
“Doug was one of the kindest people you would ever meet. He sincerely enjoyed coming to work every day to help make our operations more efficient and productive,” Stuart Mager said. “He willingly passed his vast knowledge of materials plants to other team members he worked with. He had such a long history at Graniterock that he knew where all the bones were buried, so to speak. If we ran into a challenge with the plant that we could not solve, Doug usually knew how to solve it and knew where we could find replacement parts somewhere at one of Graniterock’s other sites, which kept plant downtime to a minimum.”
Doug is passionate about fixing old cars and trucks and fishing.
He plans to spend retirement between his homes in Shasta and Gilroy.
Best wishes, Doug!