Advance Transportation Company, based out of Milwaukie, WI. Advance became ANR-Advance Transportation Co. in 1995.
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Here is a picture of an ANR-Advance International taken at Dayton OH. The tractor once belonged to ABF. In 1986, ABF bought a split order of Internationals and Whites. They were traded in 1989, ANR bought the Internationals, and PIE bought the Whites. ANR actually owned these tractors for almost ten more years. David Faust Collection. |
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Here is an ANR-Advance Ford hooked up to an Advance Transportation Company trailer. The picture was taken in Dayton, OH. The Ford is from Advance Transportation. David Faust Collection. |
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Here is a picture of an ANR-Advance Ford hooked up to a rare trailer with the merger logo on it. The pictures was taken at Dayton, OH. David Faust Collection. |
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Advance Transportation is from a classic carrier from Milwaukee, WI that got its start operating between Milwaukee and Chicago. They always had painted trailers to match their tractors in excellent condition. Tractor had a Caterpillar 1160 diesel engine. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Early on when Advance Transportation were very regional they operated FTL COE tandems and took good care of them ran them for ever. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Later Advance switched to mainly Ford for road tractors as well as city and these always looked great. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
This Western Star came from with acquisition of Tumbelson Transfer in Peoria. Photo taken 1974. They ran Peoria to Chicago and this was the first acquisition for Advance who was still small themselves. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance Transportation Chicago terminal yard in late 70's. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Transportation originally had all painted two tone trailers with a very nice rear door treatment with reflective barricade on a black back ground. Later, when they went to standard prepainted white trailers, they kept the barricade door treatment as shown in these two examples. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance Transportation had a special low boy that could transport a tractor in a set of doubles as shown with the Ford CL9000 single axle tractor. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Local P&D tractor with a P&D trailers taken also in Green Bay, WI. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
A rare Advance Mack R model used for doubles operation. Photograph taken Green Bay, WI in 1993.Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance Transportation Mach CH's with Jifflox. These may have been the last tractors purchased before the merger. |
ANR Advance White/GMC was one of a group purchased and they were the first new tractors purchased in almost 10 years. Many ex-ABF tractors were purchased to keep the fleet going. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| ANR Advance Mack R model with an Advance trailer. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Transportation classic Ford C7000 P&D truck with open top. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
ANR Freight System with an ex-ABF Ford Aeromax LS9000 tractor with ANR Advance decals. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance Ford LT9000 tractors. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Ford LT9000 tractor with old trailer livery. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
A Rare Advance pup trailer. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance White Road Boss single axle with long wheel to allow slider to be slide far forward to transfer weight to front axle. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Transportation Mack C Model with old livery trailer. At the time photograph was taken, Advance operated from Chicago to Milwaukee. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Transportation Ford LTS9000 with Jifflox converter gear attached. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Advance Transportation Ford LTS9000 with Jifflox attachment taken 1991. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
Advance Transportation International tractor obtained in the purchase of A&H Truck Lines and repainted in Advance livery taken 1992 in St. Louis at the old A&H terminal. Don Querciagrossa Collection. |
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| Former Advance Transportation trailer taken in Oak Creek, WI in June 2001. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Former Advance Transportation Co. pup in West Allis, WI taken in spring 2003. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Former Advance Transportation 40' reefer taken in Oak Creek, WI in summr of 2002. Note where the Advance sign used to be. Trailer was probably red and tan at one time. The Lindner family family founded and owned Advance and Lindner Brothers Warehousing & Distribution was a division of Advance run by the grandsons of the founder, August Lindner. Note the two ex-Advance P&D trailers next to the Lindner trailer. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
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Advance Ford with doubles promo photo. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance Ford C Series promo photo. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance terminals. Top photo shows Milwaukie and bottom photo in Chicago. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
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Advance Mack old time promo photo. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance Ford old time promo photo. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance International old time promo photo. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
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Advance promo picture with a White cab over. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance Western Star promo picture. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Advance Western Star promo picture. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
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ANR Advance Ford promo picture. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
ANR Advance Ford promo picture. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
ANR Advance Ford promo picture. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
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Advance Ford tractor shot in Indy in June 1998. David Faust Photo. |
Advance #224 Ford shot in western Illinois on I-80 in June 1998. David Faust Photo. |
Advance Ford shot in western Illinois on I-80 in June 1998. David Faust Photo. |
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ANR Advance Ford photo shot in 1998. David Faust Photo. |
Advance Ford L9000 shot in Indy in June 1998. David Faust Photo. |
Advance Ford with the old Centralia Cartage trailer is a classic! David Faust Photo. |
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ANR Advance Ford tractor. David Faust Photo. |
ANR Advance Ford photo shot in 1998. David Faust Photo. |
Dave shot this Advance International and doubles in 1995 in Ohio and it looks like an old A&H tractor. David Faust Photo. |
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| Former Advance 40' trailer now used for storage in Butler, WI in April 2002. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Another former Advance 40' reefer now owned by Lindner Dist. and Warehousing takne in Milw. WI. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Taken 10/24/04 at Indianapolis, IN. An ANR/Advance 48' van now sees service as a pallet trailer. Brian Clark Collection. |
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| Former Advance trailer taken in Butler, WI in March 2004. Trailer may have been owned by Reilly Cartage, a Milwaukee area cartage agent. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Former Advance 45' trailer with landing gear and tandems removed. Now used for storage in Milwaukee. Photo taken in December 2003. Brian Dessereau Collection. |
Taken 11/30/04; Mattoon, IL. A former Advance L 9000 Ford now used as a training rig. Brian Clark Collection. |
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| I have one of ANR's trucks converted to a dump, I have a copy of the original title to ANR to document ownership and a person can see the imprint left on the paint The original Fleet Number was 319, so I kept that one on it, It still runs like a bear. Photo by Larry Tonelli. |
Advance 48' trailer in St. Francis, WI. Brian Desserau Collection. |
Lindner Warehouse Dist. trailer in Milwaukee. This is not a former Advance trailer which is rare. Brian Desserau Collection. |
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| 4 former Advnace trailers including 3 ex-A&H trailers in New Berlin, WI in March 2005. Brian Desserau Collection. |
Former Advance trailers in St. Francis, WI. The city trailer was red and tan at one time as well as the pups. Brian Desserau Collection. |