My friend Stan Houghton knows about my obsession with everything related to Branch Motor Express Company. To the new readers Branch in their heydey was one of the top 25 common carriers in the country. Look back among the articles on this website (several years ago) to read a multi part history on the company.… Continue reading A Collection of Branch Motor Express Photos During The Years
For the earliest documented history of the company we must first look at an obituary from the New York Times on April 29, 1975 which follows on the next three paragraphs; Meyer J. Butensky, chairman of Branch Industries Inc, a major carrier and terminal operator here, died yesterday in Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami,… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express Company- Part 1
1935- Bew Britain, Connecticut and Detroit, Michigan were the first two terminals opened when the company started in 1935. Revenues in 1940 were $510,252 1941- opened a terminal in Dayton, Ohio at 3018 West Third Street. 1946- Revenues nearly doubled by 1946 to $909,683. In the 1946 New York, NY phone directory the company had… Continue reading Middle Atlantic Transportation
Photo is one of the linehaul units that operated out of the Greensboro, NC terminal of Branch Motor Express Co. This is tractor number 7117 and that same truck number would be used throughout the years as Branch replaced the fleet with newer trucks. After this Ford Ht650 they would use first generation Ford W-Series,… Continue reading 1966 Branch Motor Express Linehaul Tractor Trailer
When I was growing up in Greensboro, NC there was a Branch Motor Express terminal at 2900 Patterson Street. The location was within two miles of our house and several times each week I was able to view the trucks when passing by the terminal. The building was built in the 1950s and Overnite Transportation… Continue reading Branch Motor Express First Terminal in Greensboro, NC
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