This blog has been ongoing for ten months now and it is time to thank my readers. Since my first post there have been over 800 visitors to the site. My hope is that the time the first anniversary arrives that there would be over a thousand visitors. Are you enjoying the posts? Are the… Continue reading Be-Mac Transport 1946 Route Map
From a 1945 copy online of Statistics of Class 1 Motor Carriers from The Interstate Commerce Commission. This list represents the largest trucking companies based in the mid-western region of the United States based on annual revenues which are listed beside the name of the carrier. 1-Watson Bros. Transportation Co. Inc. $3,856,179 2-Denver-Chicago Trucking Co.… Continue reading The 18 Mid-Western Region Class 1 Motor Carriers In 1945
When you see an Old Dominion Freight Lines tractor it shows the company being based in Thomasville, North Carolina. Located at the interchange of Business Interstate 85 and Nc Hwy 68, the building originally was home to Bassett Furniture Industries. Like Thomasville Furniture Industries, Bassett left the area and the former furniture manufacturing city lost… Continue reading Old Dominion Corporate Offces in Thomasville, NC
Located at 3333 South Iron Street in Chicago, there is still-standing, a large truck terminal building that was known at one time to have many trucking companies as tenants. Many of the trucking companies that rented space in this terminal were smaller operations that would have used only a few dock doors. For example, Central… Continue reading Major Terminal in Chicago in 1946
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