As readers of this website know a lot of my research comes from old city directories from the metropolitan cities that had a concentration of trucking operations. This advertisement appeared in a 1962 Charlotte, North Carolina directory. Charlotte, for those who might not know, was the home base for many large and small trucking companies.… Continue reading Bruce Johnson Trucking Advertisement
This list was complied from the telephone directory. Adkins Cargo Express-Division Of Gateway Transportation Co Inc 623 4th Av S Alabama Highway Express 600 9th Av S Associated Transport Inc Foster Av Birmingham-Nashville Express 925 Visco Dr Boswell Truck Lines 402 Maplewood Av Bowman Transportation Inc 905 Mile End Av Brown Freight Line Inc 1220… Continue reading Nashville, TN Trucking Companies In 1968
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
From a 1945 copy online of Statistics of Class 1 Motor Carriers from The Interstate Commerce Commission. This list represents the largest trucking companies based in the mid-western region of the United States based on annual revenues which are listed beside the name of the carrier. 1-Watson Bros. Transportation Co. Inc. $3,856,179 2-Denver-Chicago Trucking Co.… Continue reading The 18 Mid-Western Region Class 1 Motor Carriers In 1945
Located at 3333 South Iron Street in Chicago, there is still-standing, a large truck terminal building that was known at one time to have many trucking companies as tenants. Many of the trucking companies that rented space in this terminal were smaller operations that would have used only a few dock doors. For example, Central… Continue reading Major Terminal in Chicago in 1946
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
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