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A sharp R Mack nicknamed "Karmen Baby" from Addison, Maine that was stopped on the W. bound Mass Pike service plaza near Auburn, MA during the summer of 1973. This NAVL Ford had pulled off of U.S. 5 onto a side street in W. Springfield in summer of 1974. This is a somewhat zoomed in scan of a P.B. Mutrie Trans. R Mack from Waltham, MA stopped along MA Route 147 in W. Springfield shortly before they were acquired by Coastal Tank Lines.

FBG Transport stood for F.B. Guest out of Covington, GA who ran a small fleet in and out of Florida. I shot this White Freightliner in April 1974 at the Courtesy House 76. O/O leased on with Leonard Bros. Trucking from Miami. They were a common sight hauling missile and defense related freight back in the 60's & 70's. They must have run up against hard times and shutdown sometime in the late 70's because they just faded away. April 74 at Courtesy House 76. Ploof Transfer Co. from Jacksonville, FL ran these Pete COE's for years up, down and throughout Florida. Taken April 1974 at the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach.

This was a former Western (something) tractor that had parked at the Ft Pierce State Farmer's Market on U.S. 1 in April 1974. Does anyone recognize the paint scheme and know which Western fleet it formally belonged to?
I've had one comment that the color scheme is very similar to Montana Express.
Bendix Trucking Services out of Indiana was a regular to Westfield when I was growing up. This F Mack had stopped across the street from the Exit 3 ramp onto the Mass Turnpike in early 1974. Growing up Cumberland Farms from Canton, MA ran these single axle U Mack's with tri axle trailers delivering products to their C-Stores around Southern New England. I shot this one in 1973 in downtown Westfield.

Wulf Trucking Co. from Eastern Iowa across the street from the Mass 10 at the Flying Yankee Restaurant near Auburn, MA in 1974. J.B. Montgomery, Inc., Denver, CO at the Springfield farmer's market 1974. They were a pretty sharp fleet in their day I thought. An O/O leased on with Pittsburgh and new England Trucking from Dravosburg, PA parked at a towing yard near the Mass Pike in Westfield in 1973. This Mack had a longer hood than the typical R model and the air intake was a square box. He must have had a bigger engine under the hood.

Southwire from Carrollton, GA used this color scheme for years and anyone who followed trucking in the Eastern U.S. remembers this private fleet. Unit S230 was stopped at the Mass Pike Westbound service plaza near Ludlow in early 1974. This O/O has his green KWCOE leased to Spector Freight and is waiting for the light to enter onto the Mass Pike Exit 3 entrance ramp back in early 1973. That's the Hojo's I use to cook at in the background. An unidentified F Mack at the Springfield farmer's market in early 1974.

The lead U Mack was unidentified, but the U Mack behind it belonged to M & M Transportation from Sommerville, MA. C & H Transportation from Dallas, TX in W. Springfield 1974. North East Express, Inc. Mountaintop, PA along U.S. 5 W. Springfield early 1974.

Starcraft Corporation from Indiana at Westfield Hojo's early 1974. W.D.W. Trucking (can't make out where from) at a motel along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in early 1974. Unidentified Mack COE w/ California plates at Bickford's Pancake House along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield late 1973.

Apple House from Scranton and later Moosic, PA was a very common and sight up and down the East Coast running extra sharp equipment until they closed up sometime in 2007. This White Freightliner was at the Courtesy House in April 1974. George D. Wright from what looks like Turkey, NC was the O/O of this nice looking GMC Astro that was parked on the shoulder of FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach, FL in April 1974. I believe Builders Transport acquired the flatbed division of J & M Transportation from Milledgeville, GA some time in the late 70's / early 80's. This KW had pulled into the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.

Roy's Trucking Co from (I'm not sure where) had this colorful F Mack parked in front of a cafe by Indian River Truck Brokerage along FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974. A nice looking Pete 359 for H.L. Greene from Denver, PA, April 1974 at Courtesy House 76. Illes Trucking Co. Ltd from Toronto, ON and Haines City, FL at Courtesy House 76, 4-74.

Jefferey Blackmon , Mt Airy, NC White 7400 at Courtesy House 76, April 1974. Robinson and ? Enterprises next to a Frostways O/O at Courtesy House 76 in April 1974. Here's a Union Carbide Linde Gas Div. D/R from their Suffield, CT facility taken in 1974 along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield.

An O/O who has his U model Mack leased on with propane hauler H.R. Ritter from Rahway, NJ. I shot this interesting looking rig during summer 1974 at this truck stop on MA Route 102 next to the Mass Pike right at the Mass/ NY State border. It was called State Line, but it was just a place in name only.
Thank you Mike Boyd for removing the bacteria spots.

This O/O leased to Keen Transport had layed over for the weekend at the Mass 10 with his oversized load in Jan. 1976. To the best of my knowledge Sitler, Inc. was mainly a U.S. Mail carrier. I think Brown was a leasing company that either merged with or got acquired by Luby Lease and became Luby Brown. At any rate I use to see this fleet quite often and the Marquis Truck Stop on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield was their refueling point. This was the case in summer 1974 when I made this picture. This U Mack belonged to FllexiVan Truck Rental from New haven, CT and was taken at a warehouse next to the W. Springfield St Johnsbury terminal in early 1974.

Hammermill Paper Company #18 was offloading paperstock at Old Colony Envelope Co. in downtown Westfield in summer 1973. ITE Imperial had leased this Ryder owned W Ford and was layed over at the Westfield Hojo's in early 1974. Unidentified but nice looking IH Transtar was parked at a motel along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Summer 1974 found this R Mack for Northern Motor Carriers/Ft Edward Expresss from Ft Edward, NY pulling a Glen's Falls Cement bulker stopped at the Redwood Restaurant on U.S. 202 North of Westfield. This Ford belonged to Frost Moving and Storage and was parked at the Chicopee, MA Allied agent back in early 1975, look at all that "white stuff"! Westbound Associated Transport taken on the MASS Pike when I was Eastbound between Exit's 3 & 4 in 1974.

Caravan Refrigerated Cargo was from Dallas, TX I believe and use to deliver in Springfield quite often when I snapped this Marmon at the farmer's market there during summer 1974. Eastbound P.I.E. taken on the MASS Pike when I was Eastbound between Exit's 3 & 4 in 1974. The Food Haulers/Shop Rite IH Fleetstar was stopped at the Eastbound Ludlow Service Plaza also in 1974.

I shot this Global KW at the Courtesy House 76 in Feb. 1975 Black & White White F/L COE belonged to Dominick Rapoli Produce from Jacksonville, FL and was layed over at the Holiday Inn on FL 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974. M.J. Keegan from Emmett or Emmitt, MI was waiting for a load of citrus to haul back North at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.

An O/O with an extra "snazzed up" GNC Astro leased on with Pilot Freight's reefer division had stopped at the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974. William C. Stent(?) from Lake Park, FL had his Pete at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974. Early 1975 saw this Brockway from NY State at the Pioneer Valley Refrigerated Warehouse in Springfield, MA.

Chemical Leaman from Downington, PA hooked to this Dupont Chemical Freon trailer was layed over at the Westfield, MA Hojo's in summer 1974. Coil International from Dallas, TX frequently came to Southern New England in the mid 70's. I came across this one at the Mass 10 on U.S. 20 near Auburn, MA while home on leave from the USAF in Jan 1976. Lyon Van Lines was layed over at this W. Springfield, MA motel along U.S. 5 in early 1975.

An O/O leased to Alterman Transport Lines from Opa Locka, FL at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974. O/O Don Crupper from Ft Pierce, FL parked at a former Winn Dixie grocery near the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training complex (Dodgertown) in Vero Beach, FL back in April 1974. H.P. Hood Dairy taken in late 1974 at their Agawam, MA dairy plant yard.

Here's a sharp White Freightliner for Newman Produce out what looks like Ararat, VA. I caught him under the fuel island canopy of the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach, FL in April 1974. An unidentified Diamond Reo possibly from PA at the former Holiday Inn on FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974. Wooster Express from Hartford, CT with one of their rare reefer's at Pioneer Valley Ref. Warehouse on Springfield's N. end during winter 1974/75

Shortly after I got my license in 1974 I saw this B Mack dumper parked in front of this haunted looking old building on a side street in W. Springfield. Here's a sharp IH leased to flatbed hauler Eagle Motor Lines from Birmingham, AL delivering high tension transmission poles to a new line that was being constructed N. of Westfield in 1974. Fingerhut a catalog sales outfit from St Cloud, MN ran these Ruan lease IH Transtars across the Mass Pike. This one was dieseling up qt the ARCO fuel stop across the street from the Marquis Texaco on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Freezer Queen Foods, Inc. from Buffalo, NY was a regular at the Pioneer Valley Ref. Warehouse in Springfield. Unico Farm Supplies passing me Eastbound on the Mass Pike between Exits 3 & 4 during summer 1974. This was one of my very few attempts at night photography. Willis Shaw from Elm Springs, AR pulled into the Westfield Hojo's sometime in 1974 and this was the result with my Kodak pocket 110 & flashcube.

Carris Reels, Inc. from Rutland, VT still ran this extra sharp H model Ford in early 1975 when I caught it one evening at Marquis Texaco with my flashcube on my Kodak Pocket 110. E. M. Wyatt & Co. Contractors from Portland, OR backing into his delivery dock at the Springfield farmer's market in summer 1974. Gleason Transportation from Vermont was one of those fleets that hauled a little of everything. They ran more milk tankers than anything but I did manage to catch one of their livestock rigs at the 1974 Eastern States Exhibition in W. Springfield which happens to be the biggest annual fair in the New England States.

I think this is a neat picture of this White Freightliner leased to John F. Ivory from Detroit parked out in front of Anderson & Benson Movers/Central Storage in downtown Springfield, MA during summer 1974. L.E. Johnson Trucking Co. Inc. out of Benson, NC owned this really good looking KW COE that I found near Vero Beach, FL in Feb. 1973 with my old Kodak 126 camera before I got my 110 pocket size. I still remember pedaling up to and talking with the driver of this Midwestern Distribution tractor during the summer of 1973. Said he and his partner were getting ready to take a load of Strathmore Paper from Westfield across I-90 clear out to Seattle, WA. That really made an impression on the 15 year old kid that I was at the time.

NAVL Electronics & Exhibits at Mass 10 in Jan. 1976. I shot this from across the street in front of the Flying Yankee Restaurant. This IH for the local NAVL agent was delivering furniture to some business in W. Springfield in 1974. Overland Express, Inc. Minneapolis, MN (before they got big and moved to Indianapolis, IN) stopped across the street from Burger Chef on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in early 1975.

This West Coast Mack is one of my more favorite pictures because I like the angle this good looking independent from SC has it parked while delivering to the Springfield farmer's market in 1974. I couldn't quite make out the lettering on the cab of this Chevy Titan delivering to the A & P warehouse on Springfield's N. end in 1974. I wonder if there are any Titan's still on the road or at least in local service today? The driver of this original version of the IH Transtar was checking into the Westfield Hojo's early one evening during summer 1973 when I snapped it's picture.

Bothen Corporation from I think it was Woodstown, NJ was in Westfield every week pulling a high sided dump trailer first with a day cab Pete conv. then they got this Pete COE which made for a nice picture right along U.S. 20 on the E. side of Westfield in fall 1974. A good looking but unidentified Diamond Reo offloading at the Springfield farmer's market in spring 1975. This was a tough looking Transtar leased to Ligon Specialized Hauler, Inc. from Madisonville, KY (before they sold and were renamed Ligon Nationwide). It was parked next to the photo lab (how convienent) that I used to print most of my 110 shots along Route 147 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Here's my version of the "view from the overpass"!! Shot this view of Westbound traffic while looking East from the U.S. 202 overpass at Exit 3 in 1976. My "secret bicycle hideout spot" was just past that exit sign where the Westbound KWCOE is passing by. Here's an O/O leased to Eagle Motor Lines, Birmingham, AL delivering another load to that high tension lines construction project near Westfield in 1974. Heavy hauler Hallamore Motor Trans. from Holbrook, MA had layed over at the Country Court Motel by O'Connor Lumber on U.S. 202 in 1974.

Kaukauna Klub Specialty Cheeses from Wisconsin was spending a Sunday at a motel along U.S. 20 on the East side of Springfield, MA in early 1975. Shedd Bartush Foods from some town near Chicago use to run the Mass Pike all the time. I found this IH parked at a motel in Chicopee, MA right by Exit 5 in early 1975. An unidentified KW was also a customer at Courtesy House in April 1974.

Harrison Roe Produce out of Haines City, FL was at the Courtesy House 76 with his "Cornbinder" in April 1974. John Riley owned this Dodge COE that had stopped at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach on FL Route 60 in April 1974. Rigdon's Refrigerated Service from Jacksonville, FL was at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.

T & T Trucking, Inc. from Miami, FL ran a nice small fleet out to the West Coast and back. This Freightliner had pulled into the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974. Another unidentified produce hauler from somewhere in Florida that was waiting for a load at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach in April 1974. An unidentified Pete taken at the former Winn Dixie near Dodgertown in Vero Beach, FL in April 1974.

Melvin L. Sparks out of Clayton, DE had this super pretty KWCOE pulled up in front of Indian River Truck Brokerage in April 1974. I really like the color scheme on this ride. Early 1975 saw these two Anchor Motor Freight Chevrolet's delivering Chevy Camaro's to a W. Springfield, MA dealership on MA Route 147. Dairylea (a daiiry co-op) from NY State delivering in W. Springfield in early 1975.

Subler Transfer, Inc. from Versailles, OH parked by the Exit 4 tollbooth to the Mass Pike coming off of I-91 in 1974.

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A sharp R Mack nicknamed "Karmen Baby" from Addison, Maine that was stopped on the W. bound Mass Pike service plaza near Auburn, MA during the summer of 1973.	This NAVL Ford had pulled off of U.S. 5 onto a side street in W. Springfield in summer of 1974.	This is a somewhat zoomed in scan of a P.B. Mutrie Trans. R Mack from Waltham, MA stopped along MA Route 147 in W. Springfield shortly before they were acquired by Coastal Tank Lines.

FBG Transport stood for F.B. Guest out of Covington, GA who ran a small fleet in and out of Florida. I shot this White Freightliner in April 1974 at the Courtesy House 76.	O/O leased on with Leonard Bros. Trucking from Miami. They were a common sight hauling missile and defense related freight back in the 60's & 70's. They must have run up against hard times and shutdown sometime in the late 70's because they just faded away. April 74 at Courtesy House 76.	Ploof Transfer Co. from Jacksonville, FL ran these Pete COE's for years up, down and throughout Florida. Taken April 1974 at the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach.

This was a former Western (something) tractor that had parked at the Ft Pierce State Farmer's Market on U.S. 1 in April 1974. Does anyone recognize the paint scheme and know which Western fleet it formally belonged to? I've had one comment that the color scheme is very similar to Montana Express.	Bendix Trucking Services out of Indiana was a regular to Westfield when I was growing up. This F Mack had stopped across the street from the Exit 3 ramp onto the Mass Turnpike in early 1974.	Growing up Cumberland Farms from Canton, MA ran these single axle U Mack's with tri axle trailers delivering products to their C-Stores around Southern New England. I shot this one in 1973 in downtown Westfield.

Wulf Trucking Co. from Eastern Iowa across the street from the Mass 10 at the Flying Yankee Restaurant near Auburn, MA in 1974.	J.B. Montgomery, Inc., Denver, CO at the Springfield farmer's market 1974. They were a pretty sharp fleet in their day I thought.	An O/O leased on with Pittsburgh and new England Trucking from Dravosburg, PA parked at a towing yard near the Mass Pike in Westfield in 1973. This Mack had a longer hood than the typical R model and the air intake was a square box. He must have had a bigger engine under the hood.

Southwire from Carrollton, GA used this color scheme for years and anyone who followed trucking in the Eastern U.S. remembers this private fleet. Unit S230 was stopped at the Mass Pike Westbound service plaza near Ludlow in early 1974.	This O/O has his green KWCOE leased to Spector Freight and is waiting for the light to enter onto the Mass Pike Exit 3 entrance ramp back in early 1973. That's the Hojo's I use to cook at in the background.	An unidentified F Mack at the Springfield farmer's market in early 1974.

The lead U Mack was unidentified, but the U Mack behind it belonged to M & M Transportation from Sommerville, MA.	C & H Transportation from Dallas, TX in W. Springfield 1974.	North East Express, Inc. Mountaintop, PA along U.S. 5 W. Springfield early 1974.

Starcraft Corporation from Indiana at Westfield Hojo's early 1974.	W.D.W. Trucking (can't make out where from) at a motel along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in early 1974.	Unidentified Mack COE w/ California plates at Bickford's Pancake House along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield late 1973.

Apple House from Scranton and later Moosic, PA was a very common and sight up and down the East Coast running extra sharp equipment until they closed up sometime in 2007. This White Freightliner was at the Courtesy House in April 1974.	George D. Wright from what looks like Turkey, NC was the O/O of this nice looking GMC Astro that was parked on the shoulder of FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach, FL in April 1974.	I believe Builders Transport acquired the flatbed division of J & M Transportation from Milledgeville, GA some time in the late 70's / early 80's. This KW had pulled into the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.

Roy's Trucking Co from (I'm not sure where) had this colorful F Mack parked in front of a cafe by Indian River Truck Brokerage along FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.	A nice looking Pete 359 for H.L. Greene from Denver, PA, April 1974 at Courtesy House 76.	Illes Trucking Co. Ltd from Toronto, ON and Haines City, FL at Courtesy House 76, 4-74.

Jefferey Blackmon , Mt Airy, NC White 7400 at Courtesy House 76, April 1974.	Robinson and ? Enterprises next to a Frostways O/O at Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.	Here's a Union Carbide Linde Gas Div. D/R from their Suffield, CT facility taken in 1974 along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield.
	An O/O who has his U model Mack leased on with propane hauler H.R. Ritter from Rahway, NJ. I shot this interesting looking rig during summer 1974 at this truck stop on MA Route 102 next to the Mass Pike right at the Mass/ NY State border. It was called State Line, but it was just a place in name only. Thank you Mike Boyd for removing the bacteria spots.

This O/O leased to Keen Transport had layed over for the weekend at the Mass 10 with his oversized load in Jan. 1976.	To the best of my knowledge Sitler, Inc. was mainly a U.S. Mail carrier. I think Brown was a leasing company that either merged with or got acquired by Luby Lease and became Luby Brown. At any rate I use to see this fleet quite often and the Marquis Truck Stop on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield was their refueling point. This was the case in summer 1974 when I made this picture.	This U Mack belonged to FllexiVan Truck Rental from New haven, CT and was taken at a warehouse next to the W. Springfield St Johnsbury terminal in early 1974.

Hammermill Paper Company #18 was offloading paperstock at Old Colony Envelope Co. in downtown Westfield in summer 1973.	ITE Imperial had leased this Ryder owned W Ford and was layed over at the Westfield Hojo's in early 1974.	Unidentified but nice looking IH Transtar was parked at a motel along U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Summer 1974 found this R Mack for Northern Motor Carriers/Ft Edward Expresss from Ft Edward, NY pulling a Glen's Falls Cement bulker stopped at the Redwood Restaurant on U.S. 202 North of Westfield.	This Ford belonged to Frost Moving and Storage and was parked at the Chicopee, MA Allied agent back in early 1975, look at all that "white stuff"!	Westbound Associated Transport taken on the MASS Pike when I was Eastbound between Exit's 3 & 4 in 1974.

Caravan Refrigerated Cargo was from Dallas, TX I believe and use to deliver in Springfield quite often when I snapped this Marmon at the farmer's market there during summer 1974.	Eastbound P.I.E. taken on the MASS Pike when I was Eastbound between Exit's 3 & 4 in 1974.	The Food Haulers/Shop Rite IH Fleetstar was stopped at the Eastbound Ludlow Service Plaza also in 1974.

I shot this Global KW at the Courtesy House 76 in Feb. 1975	Black & White White F/L COE belonged to Dominick Rapoli Produce from Jacksonville, FL and was layed over at the Holiday Inn on FL 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.	M.J. Keegan from Emmett or Emmitt, MI was waiting for a load of citrus to haul back North at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.

An O/O with an extra "snazzed up" GNC Astro leased on with Pilot Freight's reefer division had stopped at the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.	William C. Stent(?) from Lake Park, FL had his Pete at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.	Early 1975 saw this Brockway from NY State at the Pioneer Valley Refrigerated Warehouse in Springfield, MA.

Chemical Leaman from Downington, PA hooked to this Dupont Chemical Freon trailer was layed over at the Westfield, MA Hojo's in summer 1974.	Coil International from Dallas, TX frequently came to Southern New England in the mid 70's. I came across this one at the Mass 10 on U.S. 20 near Auburn, MA while home on leave from the USAF in Jan 1976.	Lyon Van Lines was layed over at this W. Springfield, MA motel along U.S. 5 in early 1975.

An O/O leased to Alterman Transport Lines from Opa Locka, FL at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.	O/O Don Crupper from Ft Pierce, FL parked at a former Winn Dixie grocery near the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training complex (Dodgertown) in Vero Beach, FL back in April 1974.	H.P. Hood Dairy taken in late 1974 at their Agawam, MA dairy plant yard.

Here's a sharp White Freightliner for Newman Produce out what looks like Ararat, VA. I caught him under the fuel island canopy of the Courtesy House 76 W. of Vero Beach, FL in April 1974.	An unidentified Diamond Reo possibly from PA at the former Holiday Inn on FL Route 60 W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.	Wooster Express from Hartford, CT with one of their rare reefer's at Pioneer Valley Ref. Warehouse on Springfield's N. end during winter 1974/75

Shortly after I got my license in 1974 I saw this B Mack dumper parked in front of this haunted looking old building on a side street in W. Springfield.	Here's a sharp IH leased to flatbed hauler Eagle Motor Lines from Birmingham, AL delivering high tension transmission poles to a new line that was being constructed N. of Westfield in 1974.	Fingerhut a catalog sales outfit from St Cloud, MN ran these Ruan lease IH Transtars across the Mass Pike. This one was dieseling up qt the ARCO fuel stop across the street from the Marquis Texaco on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Freezer Queen Foods, Inc. from Buffalo, NY was a regular at the Pioneer Valley Ref. Warehouse in Springfield.	Unico Farm Supplies passing me Eastbound on the Mass Pike between Exits 3 & 4 during summer 1974.	This was one of my very few attempts at night photography. Willis Shaw from Elm Springs, AR pulled into the Westfield Hojo's sometime in 1974 and this was the result with my Kodak pocket 110 & flashcube.

Carris Reels, Inc. from Rutland, VT still ran this extra sharp H model Ford in early 1975 when I caught it one evening at Marquis Texaco with my flashcube on my Kodak Pocket 110.	E. M. Wyatt & Co. Contractors from Portland, OR backing into his delivery dock at the Springfield farmer's market in summer 1974.	Gleason Transportation from Vermont was one of those fleets that hauled a little of everything. They ran more milk tankers than anything but I did manage to catch one of their livestock rigs at the 1974 Eastern States Exhibition in W. Springfield which happens to be the biggest annual fair in the New England States.

I think this is a neat picture of this White Freightliner leased to John F. Ivory from Detroit parked out in front of Anderson & Benson Movers/Central Storage in downtown Springfield, MA during summer 1974.	L.E. Johnson Trucking Co. Inc. out of Benson, NC owned this really good looking KW COE that I found near Vero Beach, FL in Feb. 1973 with my old Kodak 126 camera before I got my 110 pocket size.	I still remember pedaling up to and talking with the driver of this Midwestern Distribution tractor during the summer of 1973. Said he and his partner were getting ready to take a load of Strathmore Paper from Westfield across I-90 clear out to Seattle, WA. That really made an impression on the 15 year old kid that I was at the time.

NAVL Electronics & Exhibits at Mass 10 in Jan. 1976. I shot this from across the street in front of the Flying Yankee Restaurant.	This IH for the local NAVL agent was delivering furniture to some business in W. Springfield in 1974.	Overland Express, Inc. Minneapolis, MN (before they got big and moved to Indianapolis, IN) stopped across the street from Burger Chef on U.S. 5 in W. Springfield in early 1975.

This West Coast Mack is one of my more favorite pictures because I like the angle this good looking independent from SC has it parked while delivering to the Springfield farmer's market in 1974.	I couldn't quite make out the lettering on the cab of this Chevy Titan delivering to the A & P warehouse on Springfield's N. end in 1974. I wonder if there are any Titan's still on the road or at least in local service today?	The driver of this original version of the IH Transtar was checking into the Westfield Hojo's early one evening during summer 1973 when I snapped it's picture.

Bothen Corporation from I think it was Woodstown, NJ was in Westfield every week pulling a high sided dump trailer first with a day cab Pete conv. then they got this Pete COE which made for a nice picture right along U.S. 20 on the E. side of Westfield in fall 1974.	A good looking but unidentified Diamond Reo offloading at the Springfield farmer's market in spring 1975.	This was a tough looking Transtar leased to Ligon Specialized Hauler, Inc. from Madisonville, KY (before they sold and were renamed Ligon Nationwide). It was parked next to the photo lab (how convienent) that I used to print most of my 110 shots along Route 147 in W. Springfield in 1974.

Here's my version of the "view from the overpass"!! Shot this view of Westbound traffic while looking East from the U.S. 202 overpass at Exit 3 in 1976. My "secret bicycle hideout spot" was just past that exit sign where the Westbound KWCOE is passing by.	Here's an O/O leased to Eagle Motor Lines, Birmingham, AL delivering another load to that high tension lines construction project near Westfield in 1974.	Heavy hauler Hallamore Motor Trans. from Holbrook, MA had layed over at the Country Court Motel by O'Connor Lumber on U.S. 202 in 1974.

Kaukauna Klub Specialty Cheeses from Wisconsin was spending a Sunday at a motel along U.S. 20 on the East side of Springfield, MA in early 1975.	Shedd Bartush Foods from some town near Chicago use to run the Mass Pike all the time. I found this IH parked at a motel in Chicopee, MA right by Exit 5 in early 1975.	An unidentified KW was also a customer at Courtesy House in April 1974.

Harrison Roe Produce out of Haines City, FL was at the Courtesy House 76 with his "Cornbinder" in April 1974.	John Riley owned this Dodge COE that had stopped at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach on FL Route 60 in April 1974.	Rigdon's Refrigerated Service from Jacksonville, FL was at the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.

T & T Trucking, Inc. from Miami, FL ran a nice small fleet out to the West Coast and back. This Freightliner had pulled into the Courtesy House 76 in April 1974.	Another unidentified produce hauler from somewhere in Florida that was waiting for a load at Indian River Truck Brokerage W. of Vero Beach in April 1974.	An unidentified Pete taken at the former Winn Dixie near Dodgertown in Vero Beach, FL in April 1974.

Melvin L. Sparks out of Clayton, DE had this super pretty KWCOE pulled up in front of Indian River Truck Brokerage in April 1974. I really like the color scheme on this ride.	Early 1975 saw these two Anchor Motor Freight Chevrolet's delivering Chevy Camaro's to a W. Springfield, MA dealership on MA Route 147.	Dairylea (a daiiry co-op) from NY State delivering in W. Springfield in early 1975.

Subler Transfer, Inc. from Versailles, OH parked by the Exit 4 tollbooth to the Mass Pike coming off of I-91 in 1974.