All Ohio Express Inc 1920 East Waterloo Road Anderson Motor Service 1183 Kelly Avenue Arkansas-Best Freight System 1172 Rosemary Blvd Associated Transport Inc 1222 Exeter Road Commercial Motor Freight 1192 Kelly Avenue Cook Motor Lines Inc 403 Wellington Avenue Dearman Transportation Co Inc 613 East Crosier Dixie Ohio Express Inc 237 Fountain Eastern Express Inc… Continue reading Trucking Companies In Akron, Ohio in 1970
A look at how trucking has changed in Asheville, North Carolina by researching city directories. 1935 Asheville-Atlanta Motor Express 44 Valley Street Asheville-Canton Waynesville Motor Express 101 South Lexington Avenue Asheville-Henderson Motor Express 44 Valley Street Boone’s Motor Express 101 South Lexington Avenue Carolina & Georgia Motor Express 44 Valley Street Fredrickson Motor Express Corp.… Continue reading Asheville, NC Motor Carriers Through The Years 1935-1963
The company operated over a system of regular routes between Chicago on the east, Denver Colorado and Scottsbluff Nebraska on the west, Kansas City Missouri and Topeka Kansas on the south, and numerous points in northern Nebraska on the north. There were 143 pieces of equipment in the fleet. Between Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska… Continue reading Watson Bros. Transportation Company in 1947
Compiled from the 1940 Saginaw, Michigan City Directory Allen Rex O, solicitor Armstrong Bruce M, driver Armstrong David, driver Bremmer Priscilla, stenographer Doyle David, President Emeott Francis, foreman Emeott Peter W, helper Evans Charles H, driver Evans Melvin S, driver Forbes Anne M, clerk Greenwood Anna M, bookkeeper Kryso Frank, clerk Lindsey LC, solicitor Long… Continue reading Doyle Freight Lines 1940 Employee Roster in Saginaw, Michigan
Armbuster Alice, clerk Beirwaites Frank W, service manager Blessings Frank X, driver Born Carl, driver Born William H, driver Brown Jay M, solicitor Buhl Raymond F, driver Clinton T Coash, clerk Dallas Jack, helper Daniels Lewis, driver Savis Maurice R, driver Diffel Hector, dispatcher Erickson Frances, clerk Frank Peter J, driver Garbach Harold, clerk Hall… Continue reading Consolidated Freight Company 1940 Employee Roster in Saginaw, MI
Trucking Companies In Saginaw, Michigan In 1940 Saginaw, Michigan was a very industrial city in 1940 with 154 factories employing more than 18,200 people. The 7 auto parts plants in the city , with over 9,000 employees, included the Chevrolet Grey Iron Foundry, Chevrolet Transmission Division, Saginaw Malleable Iron Division and Saginaw Steering Gear. Other… Continue reading Saginaw, Michigan Trucking Companies in 1940
From Volume 57 ICC reports 1950 page 73 Union Freightways territory extends from Minneapolis and St Paul on the next Ruth, Kansas City via Omaha on the south, Chicago on the east and Denver on the west via Omaha and Lincoln. The company fleet consists of 92 trucks, 210 tractors and 270 trailers from 13… Continue reading Union Freightways-Details of Kansas City Terminal
A close up of the new color scheme adopted by Branch in the mid-1970’s on one of the city straight trucks.
After the Morgan Trucking Company acquisition just about all future mergers for Branch were westward into the Great Lakes and Midwest areas. With each company that Branch purchased, their system map of routes and terminals expanded into new states, gradually making Branch one of the top twenty-five common carriers in the country. In May… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express- Part 3
In Part One of the history of the company much of the historical research centered around the Pennsylvania-based Branch Storage Company. The company in the 1920’s and 1930’s had become a trucking business specializing the in movement of fabric and related goods for the clothing industry in southeast Pennsylvania and New York City. The advertisement… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express-Part 2
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