Mr. Bone was born in California and moved to Broadus, Montana in 1928 from Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada. He started A.J.Bone Transportation sometime later. On September 26, 1940 he was issued a certificate from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The certificate enable him to haul general commodities between points in Minnesota and Wyoming, serving intermediate and… Continue reading The Story of MC-114 Issued To Albert J. Bone

Alabama Freight Lines, Inc Alamo Motor Lines Big Bend Motor Freight Lines Border Truck Lines Braswell Motor Freight Lines Brem Motor Express C.B. Truck Lines El Paso- Pecos Valley Truck Lines Gillette Motor Transport H. K. Truck Line Hill Lines, Inc. Merchants Fast Motor Lines Pacific Motor Trucking Company Santa Fe Trail Transportation Silver Freight… Continue reading Trucking Companies Serving El Paso, Texas in 1954

A & A Truck Lines 801 Walnut Street Acme Express Line 1622 Irving Street Abraham Diamond-owner, Acme Delivery Service Frank Anderson- driver, Herbert M Gavin- driver, Cecil S Knox-secretary and treasurer, Donald P Rowe-driver, Peter M Stoddard-driver, Ray Teake-driver, John R Vincent-driver, David J Schoen-driver, Acme Fast Freight Line Inc. 225 Union Station Harold A… Continue reading Denver, Colorado Trucking In 1951

Ace Trucking Company, Inc. 521 South Delaware Street Acme Fast Freight Inc. 445 N Pennsylvania Room 445 Virgil Akers-clerk, Edward G Beck- clerk, Adkins Transfer Company 1315 Chocolate Street at West Morris Street daily direct service to Nashville, Indianapolis and Chicago; Mrs Corene M Baughman- bookkeeper, Allied Motor Express Company 315 South Alabama Street American… Continue reading Trucking In Indianapolis, Indiana In 1941

In a previous post I mentioned how important of a trucking center Dayton was in earlier years. Dayton was a major industrial and manufacturing city, most notable the home to National Cash Register Company and McCall’s Sewing Patterns. Although no major carriers were based in Dayton many of the trucking lines operating in Ohio had… Continue reading The Dayton, Ohio Terminals In 1951

Today I learned of an important historical trucking website is going away. Hanks Truck Pictures has been taken down and I will miss all of the Truck photos that were on the site. A lot of work went into managing the website and from all the contributors who posted their collections of vintage trucking company… Continue reading Something important to be read…

Many might not realize the importance of Dayton, Ohio as a trucking center in the early 1950’s. Dozens of common carriers maintained terminals in Dayton and several of the company names represent carriers that eventually merged into others or became fallen flags for other reasons. The research for this article came mostly from a 1951… Continue reading Trucking In Dayton, Ohio In 1951

From the 1963 Council Bluffs, Iowa city directory we found the following Interstate employees that worked across the river at the Omaha, Nebraska terminal: Robert W Ahart, driver Eugene E Clark, driver Russell J Clark, dispatcher Dallas H Covey, driver Gerald W Danberg, driver Warren C Ellis, driver Thomas J Egan, driver Randall L Evans,… Continue reading History of Interstate Motor Freight System- Part 2

Here is a list of all the trucking companies operating in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1957 Be-Mac Transport Company Best Motor Lines Bestway Freight Lines Bill Hunt Motor Lines Checker Transit Company Chief Freight Lines Company Choctaw Express Company Consolidated Forwarding Co. Inc. Day Truck Line Denver-Amarillo Express Edmund Motor Freight El Reno Transfer &… Continue reading Truck Lines in Oklahoma City in 1957

In the early years Keeshin had numerous subsidiaries that operating in individual states and regions of the country. Under the corporate name of Keeshin Transcontinental Freight Lines, the following companies were owned and operated: Keeshin Motor Express Company, Inc ( NY)- routes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Scott Transportation Company-routes in NY, PA,… Continue reading History of Keeshin Motor Express