Eastern Express Inc

Eastern Express Inc

Eastern Express Inc
Terre Haute, IN
MC-106943 DoT None
Filed bankruptcy 1977. Eastern Express was purchased piecemeal in 1977 and 1978 by East Texas Motor Freight, Consolidated Freightways, Overnite Transportation, and Roadway Express


Route Map - 1972
route map
Profiled in Mike Terebecki's The Trucking Pioneers Book II (click image to see Book index)

Acquisitions



Seller Name Seller
State
Sale
Year
Data
Source
Pollack Motor Lines CT CT sld1854 DQ
Bridgeways Inc Detroit MI sld1954 DQ
Brown & Pollack Motor Line Inc Bridgeport CT sld1954 DQ
Culp, Robert C , Motor Freight PA PA sld1954 DQ
Garo Transportation Co Union NJ sld1956 DQ
Rapid Motor Lines Inc New Haven CT sld1959 DQ
Central Transfer Co Peoria IL sld1962 DQ
Wheelock Brothers Inc Kansas City MO sld1965 DQ
Penn Carriers Inc PA PA sld1966 DQ
Smith Transfer Co Inc PA PA sld1969 DQ
Kasmar Rochelle Transit Co (Portions) Rochelle IL sld1973 DQ
R C Motor Lines Inc Jacksonville FL sld1974 DQ
Associated Transport Inc (Portions) New York NY sld1976 DQ


Patches of it that are in my project - Facebook Trucking Industry Insignia Patches

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Other known patches



If you want your own memoribilia:
Items available on eBay
Note that patches sold by "freedomfifty2k" and "bob82ndabn325inf"are likely promo/replica patches, not patches actually used by the company represented.