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| A. Brandt was a furniture manufacturer and/or distributor from Ft Worth, TX and the driver of this IH Transtar used to work with Dan Darling (owner of Key Line Freight out of Grand Rapids, MI) who I worked for in the early 80's after he sold Key Line to Roadway and moved South. He was visiting Dan when I snapped this photo at the St Lucie County Airport near Ft Pierce in 1981. |
The Agway (a farm members co-op) was shot at the Westfield, Howard Johnson's in 1973. Each location had their city on the cabs versus the corporate HQ city. |
Alpha Beta Stores (Bary Area Distribution Center) taken at the Muffin Treat Coffee Shop along I-80 at Fairfield, CA. |
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| On our way to Florida in 1972 we stopped at a Howard Johnson's on U.S. 301 in Summerton, SC to have lunch and this O/O leased to Alterman Transport Lines, Miami, FL also stopped. |
This Bekins GMC Astro was from late 1975 and was taken at the Texaco Terminal Stations along I-80 in Cordelia, CA. |
Fishbach Trucking Co. Akron, OH R Mack pulling a Boss Linco Trailer. He was at the Boss Linco terminal in Agawam, MA a suburb of Springfield in 1974. |
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| Colonial Fiber Board from the Boston area was shot at the Old Colony Envelope plant in downtown Westfield, MA in the summer of 1972. I'd ride my bike all over town looking for trucks to photograph. To me that was more fun and important than playing with the other kids in my neighborhood while school was out. |
Eastern White Road Boss from Boston, MA was taken at Old Colony Envelope Co. in downtown Westfield, MA in 1973. |
IML Mack MB was taken along U.S. 5 in West Springfield in 1974. If I remember correctly, IML's closest terminal was in the New Haven, CT area.
Note from R. Peters: I M L Freight had a terminal in Framingham, Mass." |
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| Owner/operator Ford 9000 leased to Refrigerated Transport from Atlanta, GA in 1981 by the Ft Pierce exit area of Florida's Turnpike. |
Ford COE was taken somewhere around Springfiled, MA in 1974 and he was leased to Dubuque, IA based Rowley Interstate who also operated a steel division. |
Roy Widener Motor Lines from Morristown, TN either purchased or was the successor to another Morristown furniture fleet called G.B.C. This most interesting combination was taken at the Valley View Diner at U.S. 5 & I-91 in West Springfield, MA in 1974 |
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| Ryder Truck Lines tractor was layed over t a motel in West Springfield, MA where U.S. 5 and U.S. 20 meet in 1973. Alot of L.T.L. linehaulers used this motel to "bed down" at before they did their turn back to their terminal they were based out of. There was only room for tractors to park in the lot though. |
F Model Mack with a furniture van is for Highland House of Hickory, Inc. Hickory, NC Shot it at the Westfield, MA Howard Johnson's in 1974. It looks like an ex: Kincaid Furniture tractor from the colors of it, maybe some furniture buff from NC would know for sure. |
H.R. Ritter propane tanker from Rahway, NJ that I shot in 1975 at Secondi Bros. Mayflower Truck Stop along I-95 near Milford, CT. |
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| The Sun Oil Co. White 4000 was off-loading at a Sunoco station on U.S. 20 in West Springfield, MA in 1972. I started out taking pictures of the tractors only because my second camera, a Kodak 126 produced a square picture whereas the first 110 I bought produced a more rectangular picture when printed. I guess I hadn't yet realized I could shoot the entire unit in these early pictures with the Kodak Pocket 110. |
KW COE was an O/O leased to the Ref. div. of Transamerican Freight Lines out of Detroit, MI. I found him at the Hampden Beef Co. lot in Springfield in 1974. |
Insured was an oldie auto hauler from the East Bay area of CA, San Leandro, CA. This photo was taken at the Muffin Treat Coffee Shop along I-80 at Fairfield, CA. |
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| These unidentified GMC Astro and Marmon COE were taken in 1976 at Terminal Stations long I-80 at Cordelia, CA. |
Unidentified Pete conventional shot in 1974 ay the Springfield, MA farmers market complex. |
Lester C. Newton Trucking out of Seaford, DE was a classy reefer fleet in that it's trailers wore this Hiway Freezer banner plus their tractors and trailers were "color coordinated" sharp. This was taken at the Pioneer Valley Refrigerated Warehouse located in Springfield's North end. |
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| Zero was a long time oldie reefer fleet out of San Antonio, TX that ran the S.W. and back to to TX. This Zero Refrigerated Lines Peterbilt was taken at Terminal Stations along I-80 at Cordelia, CA. |
Brockway COE was an O/O leased to Associated Tranport, Inc. Special Commodities div. that was unloading at O'Connor Lumber in Westfield, MA in 1973. |
White F/L COE was at the Springfield, MA farmers market in 1974. |
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| This O/O name was Billy Love and hailed from Blackville, SC. This was shot at the motel at the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 5 in West Springfield that alot of L.T.L. linehaulers rested at. You can see part of the grill of a Ryder Truck Lines Road Boss next to the White Freightliner. |
GMC Astro with livestock trailer belongs to Bonner from somewhere in Iowa. Several Iowa based livestock fleets would meet local livestock farmers with their straight jobs and load/off-load livestock across from the entrance to exit 3 of the Mass. Pike in the early-md 70's. |
White 4000 belonged to Mitchell Transport, Inc. a cement hauling fleet w/ bulkers and flatbeds (which was folded into the Leaseway Transportation conglomerate of fleets) was taken in 1972 along U.S. 202 N. of Westfield, MA |
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| Both # 184 and 188 were shot in W. Springfield, MA in 1974. The one with the Penn Central local locomotive in the background (left) was taken right along side Penn Central's railyard and Boston-Albany Div. mainline. Schaeffer was a real common sight in the early-mid 70's around the greater Springfield area. I'm guessing they brought alot of West Coast produce in and hauled anything back out to the S.W. states. |
H&E Schaeffer #191 was along U.S. 202 on the N. side of Westfield in 1974. |
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| H&E Schaeffer with a seafood trailer was taken at the Marquis Texaco on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974. |
H&E Schaeffer tractor in the snow was parked along the Penn Central yard in W. Springfield in 1974. |
H&E Schaeffer #200 was at the Springfield farmers market complex in 1974. |
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| FWD COE was for Hilt Truck Line out of Omaha, NE that I shot at the 49er 76 Auto Truck Stop N. of Sacramento, CA on I-880. |
This action scene was on W. bound I-80 near Fairfield in 1978. |
Inland Express White Freightliner tractor was used to pull turnpike doubles from exit 6 (Chicopee) of the Mass Pike both East towards Boston and across the NY Thruway. I shot it at their Chicopee terminal in 1974. Inland also interlined w/ O'Donnelll's Express from Presque Island, ME as you can see some of their logo on a trailer in the background. |
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| Owner/operator with a sharp KW conv. was shot at the Springfield, MA farmers market complex in 1975. Note the P.I.E. unit in the background. |
These two were taken at Terminal Stations at Cordelia, CA in 1976. |
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| Western Pork from Brooklyn, NY was taken at the now long ago torn down A & P Ref. warehouse in Springfield's North end in 1974. |
Owner/Operator leased to Distributors Service out of Chicago, IL was taken on U.S. 20 (Page Blvd) on the East side of Springfield, MA in 1974. |
Brockway COE was taken out the rear window of my Dad's car on S. bound I-91 near Brattleboro, VT in 1973. |
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| FWD was an O/O leased to a reefer carrier J.B. Montgomery out of Denver, CO and was unloading at a local meat distributor located inside the Springfield, MA farmers complex in the summmer of 1974. The cabs that FWD used sure looked alot like the cab White Motor Co. used on the 1st Road Commander model or that Ford Motor Co. used on one of their W Series COE models. |
Schneider Transport IH Transtar was taken at the Westfield, MA Howard Johnson's at Exit 3 of the Mass. Pike and U.S. 202 in early 1975. Schneider was a heavy user of the Mass Pike running almost exclusively IH Transtars. |
I found this Global Transtar at an ARCO or Atlantic station on U.S. 5 that had diesel on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974. |
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| F.J. Boutell Driveaway from MI was delivering to a W. Springfield, MA MG dealership on U.S. 5 in 1974. |
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