
Gary Ellis is wanting some pictures and information on the following western Canadian companies:
If you can help him out, send me an e-mail, or Gary Ellis directly.
Trans Canada Highway Express             M & P Transport (Mohr & Parker) D.S. Scott             Midland Superior
Thanks!!
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| Manitoulin Transport. This company has some unique equipment on the road. This unit has a long box with a van trailer behind it. Photo taken at a truck show. The Ellis Collection. | Manitoulin Transport Freightliner with a long box and a tarp and rack trailer. Note the tractor has 3 axles. The front axle has single wheels and the rear two axles have tandem wheels. The Ellis Collection. | This is a side view of a Manitoulin tractor hauling a flatbed trailer. This gives a better view of the tractor axles. The Ellis Collection. | ||
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| Manitoulin runs mostly into Northern Ontario. This unit has a flatbed trailer with fuel tanks underneath. They haul fuel to the north and return with lumber to the south. The Ellis Collection. | This Ford tractor is part of Manitoulin's fleet. The Ellis Collection. | Manitoulin Transport Peterbilt Super Drom. These units usually run at night. This photo was taken at Martin River, ON in July 2002. | ||
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| Another Manitoulin Transport taken in Huntsville, ON. This is a rather unique way to back the droms up to the dock. The tandem axles back under the dock so it can be unloaded. | Manitoulin Western Star taken at Ingersoll, Ontario in February 2004. | |||
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| Erb Transport from New Hamburg, Ontario. One of the largest refrigerated transport companies in Ontario. The Ellis Collection. | One of their newer units. Trailers now have motto "Another Cool Move" on back sides. Photo taken in Oshawa, May 2000. The Ellis Collection. | |||
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| Restored Erb Transport 1946 KB-8 International taken at Truckfest '98 at Kitchener, Ontario | Restored Erb Transport 1965 Interntional V-Liner taken at Truckfest '98 at Kitchener, Ontario | Erb Transport 1982 International Transtar.taken at Truckfest '98 at Kitchener, Ontario | ||
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| Frederick Transport. This is an older unit. Photo taken in Windsor, Ontario, 1987. The Ellis Collection. | The new look of Frederick Transport after merger with Thompson Transport, now called FTI ( Frederick Thompson Inc.). Photo taken in Mississauga, Ontario, January, 2000. The Ellis Collection. | |||
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| Don J. Pestell from New Hamburg, Ontario. This is a small company that hauls a lot of agricultural products. Photo taken at scales at Putnam, Ontario, May 1997. The Ellis Collection. | Mill Creek from Cambridge, Ontario and Holland, Michigan. This is one of their C/O Pete's. Photo taken in Kissimmee, Florida in March 1992. The Ellis Collection. | |||
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| This is another one of Mill Creek's Peterbilts. Photo taken at " Truckfest 94" in Kitchener, Ontario. The Ellis Collection. | TNT Overland Express. Photo taken in Oshawa, Ontario, June, 1987. The Ellis Collection. | TST Overland Express changed from TNT Overland Express. This is one of their old General's. Photo taken in Oshawa, May, 2000. The Ellis Collection. | ||
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| A row of TST Overland's tractors. Photo taken in their Oshawa yard, April, 2000. The Ellis Collection. | This is one of the newer units of TST Overland Express. Photo taken in Stoney Creek, Ontario, May 2000. The Ellis Collection. | |||
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Vickerd Bros. Transport from Woodslee, Ontario. Vickard company hauls a lot of steel, from Hamilton to Windsor, Ontario, for auto manufacturing. | ||
| Vickerd Bros. Mack with curtain sided trailer. Note all the axles on the trailer. Photo taken in May 1996 at Ancaster, Ontario. The Ellis Collection. | Another Vickerd Bros. unit with a Volvo tractor and a van trailer. Photo taken in July 2000. The Ellis Collection. | |||
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Woodcock Brothers Express Freight from Sebringville, Ontario. This small company has been always well maintained and very clean. | ||
| Here is a newer Woodcock Brothers Ford with matching traile. Photo taken at London, Ontario in August 1999. | Here is one of Woodcock Brothers' rigs with the new version of the company colours. Photo taken July, 2000. | |||
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Walker Transport Ltd. from Aylmer, Ontario. This company has a large contract with Imperial Tobacco and they also haul some auto parts. | ||
| Here is an older Walker Transportation Ltd. GMC with the company colours from the late 1970's. Photo taken in Walker's yard. | This is the current colours of Walker Transport Ltd as shown on this Freightliner. Photo taken at Aylmer, Ontario in October 1996. | |||
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| Wilson's Truck Lines Ford. This photo is of their older colours. Photo taken in December 1986. | This is Wilson's current colours, as shown on this Volvo. Photo taken in July 2000. | Here is a White 4000 for Wilson's Truck Lines, which Ray Ellis took at Truckfest 94 in June 1994. | ||
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Zavitz Brothers ran reefer and dry vans from Wainfleet, Ontario and had a container division in Mississauga. They were boughtout by an Australian in 1985. Wainfleet yard closed in 1988 renamed Zavitz Transport International and went broke in 1990. | |||
| Zavitz Brothers Ltd. model R Mack. Photo taken at Molson's Brewery, Toronto, where he is picking us a load of beer for Florida. Photo taken in March 1987. | ||||
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G. Zavitz Ltd. (GZL) is located in Niagara Falls, Ontario and is still operated by the family of Gerald Zavitz ( a brother of the original owners of Zavitz Bros. Ltd.) | |||
| G. Zavitz Ltd. Freightliner. Photo taken July, 2000. | ||||
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| Harrow Truck Lines Western Star. Harrow Truck Lines has terminals in Toronto, Ontario as well as Los Angeles, CA. | Another Harrow Truck Lines Western Star. | Harrow Truck Lines Western Star taken at Trenton, Ontario in March 2001. | ||
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| Harrow Transport taken at London, ON in June 2002. | ||||
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| Daily Motor Freight Mack. This company was bought out by TCT in the summer of 2000. The photo was taken at Etobicoke, Ontario. | 2002 Sterling displayed in front of the Sterling Truck Plant at St. Thomas, ON. The photo was taken in May 2002. Note the Sterling crest on the bunk. | Team Systems Freightliner based out of Kitchener, Ontario. This photo was taken at Ingersoll, Ontario in August 2000. | ||
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| White Oak Transport Limited Kenworth, based out of Stoney Creek, Ontario. The photo was taken at Bowmanville, Ontari in March 2000. | Kriska Transport from Prescott, ON hauling a trailer promoting the city of Brockville, ON. This photo was taken at Bowmanville, ON in July 2002. | Downey Bros. Transportation Inc. from Mississauga, ON. This unit is decked out with lots of lights and air horns. The photo was taken at Sarnia, ON in July 2002. | ||
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| This is the way Laidlaw looked back through the 1970's and early 1980's. This is a Ford Louisville. Photo taken on the Q.E.W. (Queen Elizabeth Way) at the bottom of the Garden City Skyway, July, 1988. | This picture of Laidlaw's C/O Freightliner was taken at Ingersoll, Ontario in June, 1987. | Laidlaw changed their colours to white in the late 1980's to the early 1990's. This Freightliner was taken at Bowmanville, Ontario in June 1992. | ||
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| This is one of the silver units currently being used by Laidlaw. This Freightliner was taken at Ayr, Ontario, June 1995. | This Peterbilt is hauling a bulk tanker. Taken at Bowmanville, Ontario, May 2000. | This is a Mack flatbed for Laidlaw, taken April, 2000. | ||
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| Another Mack with a set of dump trains. Photo taken at Bowmanwille, Ontario, July 2000. | This is an International hauling a quad-axle trailer for Laidlaw, taken at Trenton, Ontario, August, 2000. | This is a Peterbilt for Laidlaw pulling a Casco trailer. Photo taken, July, 2001. | ||
Some Pictures of Skelton Truck Lines Trucks |
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| This picture was taken at a truck show, May, 1987. | Taken at Truckfest 94 at Ayr, Ont., April, 1994. | This is an evening light show of Skelton's fleet at Truckfest 1994. | ||
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| This is a picture of a couple of Skelton's Peterbilts taken at a truck show in August, 1995. | This photo was taken at the Fergus Truck Show, July, 2000. | This is a 1995 Peterbilt cabover taken at the Fergus Truck Show, July, 2000. | ||
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| This is a different angle of the same 1995 cabover Pete from the Fergus Truck Show, July, 2000. | Skelton Kenworth taken at Capac, Michigan just as it was getting daylight in April 2002. | Skelton Truck Lines from Sharon, ON taken at Kingston, ON in August 2002. | ||
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| Skelton Truck Lines from Sharon, Ont. taken at Ingersoll, Ontario in February 2004. | ||||
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McKevitt Trucking Limited International based out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. This photo was taken at Inersoll, Ontario in Feburary 2001. This company still uses a lot of cabover tractors. | |||
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| This is a Freightliner for McKevitt Transport from Thunder Bay. Photo taken at Grimsby, September 1995. | A few tractors in McKevitt's yard in Thunder Bay. Photo taken April, 2000. | An International from McKevitt Transport. Photo taken at Cambridge, Ontario, March 2003. | ||
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| This is a 6 axle flatbed westbound at Whitby, Ontario. Photo taken April 2003. | This is the only Peterbilt tractor in McKevitt's fleet. Photo taken at Blind River, Ontario, April 2003. | This conventional International was taken at South River, Ontario, May, 2003. | ||
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| Epic Express Ford taken at Ajax, Ontario in November 2003. | Kingsway/Praxair taken at Newcastle, ON. Cabano has deleted their name from Cabano-Kingsway. | Kingsway trains taken in Bowmanville, ON | ||
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| Some of the variety of equipment that Anderson Haulage of Stouffville, Ontario uses. They specialize in over sized loads. In the background of the fourth picture is an old Kenworth. They didn't know the year off hand. The fifth picture is their new Pete, hooked a ready to go and pick up a transformer. They were very gracious and allowed me into their yard to take these photographs. | ||||
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| Atlantis Transportation taken in Bowmanville, Ontario. | Minimax Mack Vision from Cornwall, Ontario taken in Bowmanville, ON. | Clark Transportation from Perth, Ontario taken at Bowmanville, ON in July 2000 | ||
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| Alpine International Transportation Freightliner Columbia from Cambridge, Ontario taken in August 2004 at Mississauga, Ontario | ||||
| Travellers Transportation | ||||
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| This is Travellers Transportation from Brampton, Ontario with a W900 KW. Photo taken at Kingston, Ontario, May 2000. | This is a Volvo for Travellers. Photo taken at Bowmanville, Ontario, October 2000. | Here is a photo of different Travellers tractors at the Fergus Truck Show, July 2004. | ||
| Tudhope Cartage | ||||
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| This is a shot of Tudhope Cartage from Parry Sound, Ontario. They are mainly a gas and oil carrier that have been around for many years. The majority of their fleet are Macks. Photo taken in Oshawa, Ontario, January 2000. | This is a couple of Tudhope's taken in North Bay, Ontario. Note the new company crests on the doors. Photo taken in July, 2004. | This is the oddball of the Tudhope fleet. GVW of the tractor is 60,000 lbs. and the trailer has a GVW of 80,000 lbs. All axles support 20,000 lbs. each with an overall length of 21.8 metres. Photo taken in Sarnia, Ontario, September 2003. | ||
| Canada Cartage
Canada Cartage is an Ontario carrier who has been around for many years. Canada Cartage is based in Toronto. They have a large number of Fords/ Sterlings tractors in their fleet. They do a lot of work for the LCBO ( Liquor Control Board of Ontario ), Canadian Tire and a couple of large grocery stores throughout Ontario. |
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| This is Ford LTL 9000 heading east on the 401. Photo taken in Oshawa, Ontario in June 1987. | Canada Cartage now is starting to put their logo on the side of their trailers. Photo taken in Whitby, Ontario in April 2000. | This is a Western Star pulling a tanker for Praxair. Photo taken in Ingersoll Ontario, June 2000 | ||
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| This is Canada Cartage making a delivery for Canadian Tire to one of their stores in Oshawa, Ontario in Dec.2003 | An eastbound Peterbilt taken at Holt Road in March 2005. | Another Western Star for Canada Cartage hauling a Lantic Sugar tanker. Photo taken in Oshawa, Ontario in April 2006 | ||
| J & F Haulage is mainly a flatbed carrier based in Ajax, Ontario. It is mainly a Mack truck fleet. They have a lot of older equipment, but it is well kept and maintained. | ||||
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| This R Model Mack was taken at Ajax, Ontario, April 2000. | This H Model C/O was taken in J & F's yard, June 2000. | This R Model Mack was taken in J & F's yard in June, 2000. | ||
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| This Superliner was taken at the Mack dealership in Ajax, Ontario, January 2002. | This CH Mack was taken at Bowmanville, Ontario, February 2007. | Macks's new 2009 Titan taken at Truck World 2008 in Toronto in April 2008 | ||
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