Trucking was already entrenched as big business by the long list of companies operating within California in 1927. The industry was regulated by the state Railroad Commission. This following list shows all the trucking companies in California along ranked by revenues. The amounts are the actual revenues in 1927 dollars United Parcel Service of Los… Continue reading California Motor Carriers In 1927
From the April 11, 1936 issue of Traffic World magazine came an article entitled “Proposed Rail-Truck System” Three railroads had the idea of creating a large railroad owned system of existing truck lines centering around Omaha, Nebraska and radiating from there to Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago. Union Transfer Company would be the first… Continue reading Railroads Couldn’t Make Up Their Minds About Truckers
Found in a Winston-Salem city directory from 1948 is this full page advertisement for McLean Trucking Company. I like the full listing of terminal locations for the company in an early part of their history.
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