When I started this website I made a promise not to become one of those subscriptions only sites that charge readers to see the content. I hate those as much as everyone else. I have added a donation button to select articles but still the website remains free to readers. It is not free to… Continue reading First Time In Eight Years!
Long time readers of this website know my obsession with using City Directories to get information on fallen flag trucking companies and the people who worked for them. I’m starting a new segment called Who, When and Where. Every so often I’ll use this segment to post information that won’t fill up an entire article.… Continue reading Who, When and Where Number 1
Akers Motor Lines, Inc 6619 Hwy 29 Bypass Associated Transport, Inc. 1001 S Clarkson Bell Lines, Inc. 3450 N Graham Bowman Transportation, Inc. 1325 Statesville Av Bush Transfer, Inc. 517 E Trade St no terminal, answering service office Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. 5104 N Graham Carolina-Norfolk Truck Line, Inc. 4027 Joe St Central Motor Lines,… Continue reading Charlotte, NC Truck Terminal Addresses In 1963
In a previous post I listed the 14 terminals that All States had in 1955. Seven years later the number of terminals had increased to 28, double the number from before. Now I present the listing of terminal addresses from 1962, along with some notes. There were no addresses listed for three of their terminals.… Continue reading All States Freight, Inc Terminals in 1962
Baltimore, Maryland 1240 Nanticoke Street Medford, Massachusetts 75 Locust Street Buffalo, New York 65 Skillen Street Canton, Ohio 1648 Cleveland, Avenue SW Chicago, Illinois 4043 West 52nd Street Cleveland, Ohio 2831 East 34th Street Farmington, Connecticut 451 Main Street Mansfield, Ohio 555 Dewey Avenue Milford, Connecticut 1465 Boston Post Road Providence, Rhodesia Island 375 Promasala… Continue reading All States Freight, Inc. Terminals In 1955
Most of my research into older trucking companies has been in city directories. Some are more detailed than others. Looking at the street listings will sometimes reveal hiidden treasures not found elsewhere. For instance, I found of particular interest how in earlier years most truck terminals were situated in a certain area of bigger cities,… Continue reading St. Clair Street Toledo, Ohio 1957
In July 1957 details were published as to the assets to be sold at the company headquarters at 300 Lunenburg Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Among the assets were: Property at 259 Page Blvd Springfield, Massachusetts; a 10,000 square foot building on 92,695 square feet of land 10 tow motor lift trucks 25 1955 Mack tractors… Continue reading A.B.&C. Motor Transportation Co. 1957 Bankruptcy Sale
The following was one of the early acquisition approvals that was made by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) when that government body was regulating the trucking industry. The industry became under the ICC jurisdiction in 1935 and it wasn’t until early 1936 that operating authorities and mergers started to be acted upon. K&L Transportation Company,… Continue reading An Early Georgia Acquisition In 1937
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