David Faust's Crouse Cartage Company Collection


Crouse Cartage Company logo	Crouse Cartage Company brochure showing one of their Freightliner droms.

Shown here is and ex-Holmes Freight Lines Freightliner tractor, carefully painted in the Crouse livery. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	Earlier used trailers all had the rails and the chassis painted Crouse yellow. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	Here is a classic Crouse Cartage Company International 8300 sleeper. Crouse had a number of these tractors, which could have been purchased used. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Crouse Cartage Company 1979 International CO4070B tractor. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	Crouse Cartage Company trailer appears to be an older Pike from Transcon Lines.	Crouse Cartage Company rare GMC Brigadier taken at Sioux City, IA terminal in 1987. Don Querciagrossa Collection.
	Crouse Cartage Company Freightliner more than likely purchased used from Holmes Freight Lines. This picture was taken in Ft. Dodge, IA in the late 80's. In the early years Crouse purchased almost all used equipment and then upgraded the equipment and put their unique livery on it.
	Crouse purchased a number of used International 8100's that were formally UPS or truck rental companies and painted them in their unique livery. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Mack CH purchased used and painted. Don Querciagrossa Collcetion.	Crouse Cartage Company new International 9100. Don Querciagrossa Collcetion.	Crouse Cartage Company International 8300. Many of their International 8300 tractors where glider kits. Don Querciagrossa Collcetion.

Crouse purchased a number of used tractors in earlier years. The International 9700 sleeper and the International 8300 sleeper are some of the used equipment purchased. Don Querciagrossa Collection.		Crouse tractors parked at the Davenport, IA terminal after they shut down. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Crouse Cartage 1973 Freightliner. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	Crouse purchased used White Expeditor which may have come from the Post Office and used for P & D tractors. The tractors and 1974 and 1975 and the photograph was taken in 1995 at their Davenport, IA terminal. The Freightliner tractors are 1987 and are former Holmes tractors. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Both of these Crouse Cartage Volvo's were shot in Streetsboro, Ohio, June 2000. Paul Kane Collection		Crouse International 8300 tractor. These were the mainstay of their linehaul fleet for most of the 90's. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Crouse Cartage purchased a number of International 8300 tractors that were ex-Carolina/ABF lease turn tractors. Parked at Kansas City terminal just before shutdown. Don Querciagrossa Collection.		Crouse Cartage St. Louis terminal P&D tractor lineup. Crouse purchase mainly used tractors in the 70's and 80's. These Freightliners were originally purchased used and operated as linehaul tractors and then rotated to P&D use. Don Querciagrossa Collection.

Crouse Cartage International CO4070 in Kansas City. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	Crouse Cartage Company Freightliner is an ex-Holmes tractor. Don Querciagrossa Collection.	This is a classic Crouse Cartage Freightliner unit in Kansas City in 5-86. Gary Rich Photo.

Crouse Cartage Company equipment at their Davenport, IA terminal awaiting sale after the shutdown.

Crouse trailer showing the unique stickers for the Shriners which was on almost all of thier trailers. Ron Napierala Collection.	Crouse Cartage terminal. Ron Napierala Collection.	Crouse Cartage also had a division called, Crouse Transfer & Storage, that was an agent for Allied Van Lines. Here is a postcard picture of one of their Freightliners. Larry Choate Collection.

1952 KW for Crouse at Carroll, Iowa 5/83. David Finch Collection.

Former Crouse trailers taken Labor Day weekend 2002 in New Berlin, WI. Brian Dessereau Collection.

Crouse Cartage White Expeditors that are ex-Post Office tractors. Crouse purchased a number of these for P&D tractors. Don Querciagrossa Collection.		Former Crouse Cartage terminal, now gutted, taken in West Allis, WI. Brian Dessereau Collection.

Taken 10/25/04 The sign still stands at the old Crouse Cartage Terminal off Hall Street in St. Louis, MO. Brian Clark Collection.	Taken 10/25/04 The former Crouse Cartage Company terminal off Hall St. in Saint Louis, MO. is now used by a local cartage outfit. Brian Clark Collection.
These were all shot along I-80 in 1993. Note the various style cabovers used by Crouse.



	This was shot in November 1992 in Omaha, NE

These Crouse Cartage conventionals were shot in Iowa in 1998.

Crouse Cartage Interntional shot in Iowa in 1998.	Crouse Cartage Interntional shot at Iowa 80.