Friday, January 30, 2015
the story of his dad's 57 Bel Air (very cool)
In the summer of 2002, after attending a car show and seeing a nice 1957 Bel Air and a host of other cars, the excitement and interest flowed about my father’s Bel Air. I sat down with my father and told him about the cars I had seen the past weekend. We talked about what it would take in time, energy, parts, money etc….. We decided it was time to start restoring his Bel Air.
......
I will never forget how my father disassembled the Powerglide on the tail gate of his 69 C10 pick up, and throw everything in buckets. It came to one point where he couldn’t find some tooling to further the disassembly. He found some metal laying around, fired up the acetylene torch and heated and bent the piece into what he needed. Later on after the cases were cleaned and parts bought, I watched him dump those same buckets out and sort everything and re-assemble the Powerglide without even a book in front of him. My dad was a hell of a mechanic and I will never forget watching him rebuild that Powerglide. The car shifts smooth and silky every time I drive it.
.......
As the restoration came up on about two years I got involved with other hobbies and set aside the restoration. My father as well let the project stall being that my interest were elsewhere. During this time the Bel Air sat with no progress and unfortunately during that time my father passed away. One of my biggest regrets in life was wasting the opportunity to finish his car alongside him and see him drive it. With little motivation after my father died, the Bel Air sat for a few more years collecting dust and no progress. In 2011, while looking at my father’s car sitting in pieces I realized that it was a shame to not have a piece of my father’s legacy and my childhood completed.
Full story at
http://carstories.com/2015/01/one-bel-air-spans-two-generations/
Foggy weather and driving too fast for conditions... and this happened, but the driver escaped unharmed
The beam was being transported by another trucker, and the guy in the smashed rig came around the corner too fast to stop, and ended up with the beam in his lap.
http://www.livetrucking.com/log-truck-cab-gets-crushed-by-100-foot-beam-in-washington/
Truckers don't yet have a right to carry a handgun for self defense across all state lines... (Why NOT?) truck and trailer registration is good across state lines, why not gun ownership (2nd ammendment)
Mike was murdered, and his truck set on fire. Cops have no clues, and it's possible he could have defended himself, as obviously, the cops can't, not can they find the killer.
A petition has been launched by the SBTC (Small Business in Transportation Coalition) that calls for the ATF to create a special firearm carry permit for transportation professionals that would be valid in every state.
You can sign the petition here to help get one step closer to making this a reality.
With a permit valid in all states, it will end the cross-state confusion and help protect the truckers who are transporting our goods.
This brings to mind a 'special rules for special people' situation. Why not all citizens? Truck driver or not? Go to www.handgunlaw.us, click on your home state and find out what states honor your home states carry permit and get additional NON-Resident permits from those states you travel to.
Example, with a MN Permit to Carry and Florida non-resident and a Utah non-resident permits, you can legally carry in something like 39-40 states.
I understood the 2nd amendment to have the words "not be infringed" and if you can't be allowed to be ready and available to make use of your constitutional rights regardless of where you are or what you are driving... then I'd say that's proof they've been infringed
Of course, even if you get a gun permit, it's still a matter of if your company allows you to carry a weapon as well.
For all the talk about guns, and drivers, I'd like to point out that a shotgun is a perfect choice for self protection. Few people are stupid enough to tangle with ANYONE that racks a round into a shotgun,. the sound alone is universally understood. Shotgun pellets won't travel for thousands of feet and hit innocent people and objects, they are stopped by most anything after a couple hundred feet, hundgun bullets? Go through most anything in hundreds of feet. And best of all, you don't need to be a good aim with a shotgun, just point in the general direction and tell the asshole goodbye.
And then there's this: Trucker escapes burning rig as it bursts into flames, through the windshield
Found on http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-escapes-fire-climbing-window/
A major accident happened on Route 78, Dec. 06, in union involving a tanker, an Audi, and tractor-trailer hauling mulch.
The Audi, was leaving the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey ramp into Route 78 where he got in the way of the fuel tanker, driven by 35-year-old Balwinder Singh, and resulted in the two colliding. Both vehicles crashed into the tractor trailer, driven by 53-year-old Mario Quiroz, shortly after.
About $1 million cash was found in the back of a deceased truck driver’s semi trailer in Marshall, Texas.
In the 3 a.m dark of east Texas, Eric Royster rolled an 18-wheeler down the interstate, bound for California on a cross-country run, when suddenly his rig caught fire.
He jumped from the cab and watched the trailer burn, blazing orange in the night, but a passing pickup struck and killed him in the road.
This would mark the sad end of the story for Royster, 36, a veteran furniture mover from Angier, a graduate of Harnett Central High School. But there’s more. When police and fire crews opened up the side door at the rear of the truck, they found roughly $1 million in small bills inside, wrapped in plastic and then again in aluminum foil – some of it burned black. What remains, beyond a grieving family, is a long list of questions, chiefly how and why those stacks of cash ended up in the back of an Atlas moving truck, driven by a small-town man.
Freddie Royster, father of the deceased and a moving man himself, supported this story. “My son had no idea what’s in that container,” he said. “We move people. We don’t know what they’re hauling. If you decide you wanted to move your money, we haul it. If you decide you want to move your toilet, we haul it.”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/12/14/4403878/shaffer-angier-man-dies-with-mysterious.html
After a week of counting, Harrison County authorities have finally tallied up the large sum of money found in an 18-wheeler last week after the diesel caught fire and a pickup fatally struck the driver.
“We can only estimate that there was approximately one million dollars within that vehicle,” Sheriff Tom McCool reported to the Harrison County Commissioners Court Monday. “We have been able to salvage approximately three quarters of a million dollars out of that.” He said they deposited $250,000 of the money Monday morning at a local bank.
“We’re going to count, for the third time, some of the damage to funds,” McCool said. “If, in fact, those monies are seized, I will be transporting somewhere near a half a million dollars to Washington to the department of engraving and printing for reimbursement and that could take some months for them to go through those damaged funds and so forth.
The truck driver, 36-year-old Eric Royster of North Carolina, was fatally struck by a vehicle as he stood across the highway, watching his 18-wheeler burn due to a mechanical failure. State Highway Trooper Jason Goldberg, who investigated the scene, said the accident occurred in the wee hours of the morning after 3 a.m., and Royster was wearing dark clothing, therefore, the driver couldn’t see him.
Officials said Royster’s co-driver said he didn’t know who the money found in the 18-wheeler belonged to.
http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/police/sheriff-about-million-discovered-in-truck/article_064b83b6-4534-5a85-83f2-f9732cbcebe4.html
in the news.. trucker faces 6 months in jail for hauling 20,000 pounds overweight
A truck driver, Guadalupe Martinez along with his company, Martinez Trucking and Logistics, have been found guilty of hauling an overweight load in Long Beach, California without the required permits. According to the police report, the load was 10 tons more than the legal limit.
He faces up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge as well as roughly $20,000 in total fines. His employer, can also face similar fines. Martinez was stopped last year while hauling an 88,600 pound load, 20,000 lbs. more than the 67,500 lbs. his vehicle was certified for.
http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-faces-six-months-jail-hauling-overweight-load-california/
He faces up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge as well as roughly $20,000 in total fines. His employer, can also face similar fines. Martinez was stopped last year while hauling an 88,600 pound load, 20,000 lbs. more than the 67,500 lbs. his vehicle was certified for.
http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-faces-six-months-jail-hauling-overweight-load-california/
Here is a dashcam view of the massive pileup in last weeks Michigan blizzard on the I 94
Get better windshield wipers for pete's sake
Not many people have been driving for over 30 years, fewer have been truckers... and they have wisdom to share. Sandi is 71 years old.
Found on http://www.livetrucking.com/71-year-old-female-truck-driver-that-hauls-bombs-gives-her-advice-on-making-it-in-the-industry/
This article brought to my attention a website for women in trucking http://www.realwomenintrucking.com/
which I browsed and read an article http://therumpus.net/2009/09/the-rumpus-interview-with-trucker-desiree/ by Claire who interviewed Desiree who mentioned how rough and shitty it is on the roads and truck stops: "I had someone get my door open one night, but I had the seatbelts strapping [the doors] down so they left."
Desiree has her own blog and lets the outside world get a full understanding of truck drivers work conditions and the shortcomings of corporate rules versus drivers realities. http://truckerdesiree.com/
Such as "shipper and receiver facilities atmosphere that cultivates animosity toward truck drivers."
Respondents to the truck parking survey occasionally included observations that once their trailer was loaded or unloaded, they were expected to leave the property regardless of area safe parking conditions or their HOS. These same facilities enforce strict appointment times and often detain truck drivers well past scheduled appointments.
Mentioning the names of the shippers and receivers is a sensitive topic as many drivers fear retaliation for doing so. 2059 respondents skipped the “naming names” section in the national truck parking survey. Out of over 1800 respondents who did have the courage to answer question 35, Walmart was mentioned 1048 times as one of the worst." http://truckerdesiree.com/2014/06/15/walmart-crash-hours-of-service-and-truck-parking/
From truckers experience, what shippers/receivers never allow parking on their properties?
• A & P Supermarket Chain
• 3M Corporation
• A.K. Steele
• Aarons
• ABC Building Supplies
• ACME Markets
• Adidas
• ADM – Archer Daniels Midland
• AGCO Manufacturing
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
• Albertsons Food Stores/Distribution Centers
• Alcoa Company
• ALDI Grocery Stores
• Allegany Ludlum
• Alliance Tubular Products
• Alton Chemical
• Amarr Garage Doors
• Amazon
• America Cold Storage
• American Can
• American Foods Group – Dakota Premium Foods
• American Gypsum
• American Honda Motors
• American Snuff
• Americold
• Anheuser Busch – Budweiser
• APL Logistics
• Appleton
• ArcelorMittal
• Armstrong World Industries
• Artic Cold Storage
• Ashley Furniture
• Associated Wholesale Grocers Distribution Centers
• Auto Zone
• B & B Plastics
• Barilla
• BASF
• Bass Pro Shops
• Bay Valley Foods
• Bayer Material Science
• Behr
• Ben E. Keith Food Products
• Benjamin Moore Paints
• Best Buy
• Big Lots
• Bi-Lo
• Bitumar
• BJ’s Warehouse
• Blue Bunny
• BMW
• Bolthouse Farms
• Bozzuto’s
• Bridgestone
• Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy
• Burlington Coat Factory
• Burris Logistics
• C & S Wholesale Grocers
• C E Mulcoa
• Cambridge Pavingstones
• Cameron International
• Campbell Soup
• Canada Dry
• Cargill
• Carhartt
• Caterpillar
• Cerro Flow Products
• CertainTeed
• Certified Grocers
• Champion
• Charter Steel
• Cheney Brothers
• CHEP
• Chesapeake
• Chrysler Plant
• Church & Dwight Co. Inc.
• CISCO
• CLOROX
• Coca Cola
• ConAgra Foods
• Con-Way
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• Coors
• Costco Distribution Centers
• CSX Railroad
• Cummins Engine Plant
• CVS Food & Drug Distribution Centers
• Dana Holding Corp
• D’Arrigo Bros
• Del Monte
• Delta Faucet
• Dial Soap
• Dillons
• Disney
• Dole
• Dolese
• Dollar General Distribution Centers
• Domino Sugar
• Domtar Paper
• DOT Foods
• Dow Chemical
• DSI Pharmaceutical
• Dunkin Donuts
• Dunlop
• Dupont
• Earle M. Jorgensen Company – EMJ Metals
• EDC Warehouse
• Electrolux
• ESSROC: Italcementi Group
• Estes
• Exel: Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions
• Exide Technologies
• Expedited Freight Systems
• ExxonMobil
• Family Dollar
• Farmland Foods
• Faurecia Automotive Parts Manufacturers
• Fed Ex
• Feed Energy
• Feralloy Corporation
• Firestone
• First Quality
• Fleming Foods
• Food Lion
• Ford
• Forward Air
• Foster Farms
• Fred Meyer
• Freightliner
• Fresh Express
• Frito-Lay (PepsiCo)
• Fry’s
• Fuji Oil
• GAF – Roofing Shingles & Materials
• Gallatin Steel
• Gatorade (PepsiCo)
• GENCO Product Lifestyle Logistics
• General Electric GE
• General Mills
• General Motors GM
• Genie Industries
• Georgia Pacific
• Gerdau Steel
• Giant Eagle Supermarkets
• Giant Food
• Glad
• Glatfelter Paper
• GlaxcoSmithKline
• Golden State Foods GSF
• Goodman HVAC
• Goodyear
• Gordon Food Service
• Graham Packaging
• Green Bay Dressed Beef
• Green Giant
• Grimmway farms
• H. E. B.
• h.h.gregg warehouses
• Halliburton
• Haniford Brothers
• Harbor freight
• Heinz Foods
• Hercules Chemical
• Hershey
• Hewlett Packard
• Home Depot
• Hormel Foods
• Horsehead Corporation
• Hunter Panels
• Hunts Point Produce Market
• Hydrite Chemical Company
• Hy-Vee Grocery
• IFCO Systems
• IKEA
• IMTT Product Movement & Storage
• Ingles Markets
• International Paper
• Interstate Cold Storage
• Inteva Products
• Iowa Beef Producers (IBP)
• Jacobson Companies
• JBS Packerland Beef
• JBS USA
• JC Penney
• Jewel-Osco
• John Deere
• John Morrell & Company
• Johns Manville
• Johnson & Johnson
• Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Kal Tire
• Keebler
• Keen Logistics Services
• Kellogg’s
• KIK Custom Products Packaging
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Kinder Morgan
• King Soopers
• Kingsford Manufacturing, A Division of Clorox
• Kmart
• Koch Foods
• Kohler
• KOHLS
• Komatsu
• Kraft Foods
• Kroger
• Lear Corporation
• Loblaw Supply Chain and Distribution Centers
• Lofthouse Cookies
• Long Prairie Packing Co.
• Lowes Distribution Center
• Macy’s Distribution Centers
• Manheim Auto Auctions
• Manitowoc-Grove
• Mars Petcare
• MartinBrower
• Martinrea International Inc.
• Maxwell House
• Mayfair Sales
• MBM Food Service Distribution
• McCormick & Company
• McDonald’s
• McLane Company Inc.
• Medline Industries
• Meijer
• Mercury Paper
• Meric
• Meritor
• Michaels Craft Stores Distribution Centers
• MillerCoors Brewing LLC
• Minyard Food Stores
• Momentive
• Morton Salt
• Nabisco
• National Beef
• NESTLE’
• Nestle’ Waters
• Nexeo Solutions
• Niagara Bottling Company
• Nissan
• Nitto Denko
• Nunes Cooling
• Oak Harbor
• Office Depot
• Office Max
• Okonite
• Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Distribution Center
• Omya
• O’Reilly Auto Parts
• Orgill, Inc.
• OSI Solutions
• Owens Corning
• Ozarka Water
• Pacific Coast Container, Inc.
• Parkdale Cotton Mills
• Penske
• Pep Boys
• Pepperidge Farm
• PepsiCo
• Performance Food Group
• Petco
• PetSmart
• PGW Glass Plants
• Phillip Morris
• Piggly Wiggly Warehouses
• Pittsburgh Paints
• Poland Springs Water
• Polaris Industries
• PolyOne
• Polyquest
• Porky Products
• PPG Industries
• Pratt Industries
• Precision Strip
• Precoat Metals
• Preferred Freezer Services
• Premium Waters
• Presto Products Company
• Price Chopper
• Printpack
• Proctor & Gamble
• Proctor & Gamble
• Publix
• PURINA
• Quad Graphics
• Quaker Oats (PepsiCo)
• QVC DISTURBUTION CENTER
• R R Donnelley Logistics
• Ralphs Supermarkets
• ReadyPac
• Reckitt-Benckiser
• Reebok
• Reinhart Foodservice LLC
• Republic Conduit
• Republic Plastics
• Rite Aid Distribution Centers
• Rockline Industries
• Rockport
• RockTenn
• Ross Dress for Less Distribution Centers
• Roundy’s Supermarkets
• Ryerson
• Safety-Kleen
• Safeway
• Sam Adams Plant
• Sam’s Club Distribution Centers
• Sara Lee
• Sav-A-Lot
• SCAFCO
• Scott’s
• Sears Distribution Centers
• Seashore Fruit & Produce
• Shamrock Dairy
• Shaw Carpet
• Shell Oil Company
• Sherwin-Williams
• Shopko
• ShopRite
• ShurFine Markets
• Siemens
• Skechers Shoes
• Smithfield Foods
• Solaris Paper
• Solo Brands
• Solvay Chemicals
• Sony
• Southern Agriculture
• Southern Auto Auction
• Southwire
• SSAB Products & Services
• Stanley Tools
• Staples Distribution Centers
• Stater Brothers Distribution Centers
• Stop & Shop Distribution Centers
• Sun Products Corporation
• Sunny Fresh Cargill
• SuperValu Foods
• Sygma
• Sysco Foods
• Target Distribution Centers
• Temple Steel Company
• Temple-Inland Paper
• The Golub Corporation
• ThyssenKrupp
• TJ Maxx Distribution Centers
• Tobacco Warehouse
• Toshiba
• Toyota
• Toy’s R’ Us Distribution Centers
• TPI Composites
• Tractor Supply
• Trader Joe’s
• Tropicana
• Tubular Services
• Tyson Foods
• UNFI – Unified Grocers
• Unilever
• United States Cold Storage
• United Steel
• UPS
• US Foods
http://truckerdesiree.com/2014/06/15/walmart-crash-hours-of-service-and-truck-parking/
• 3M Corporation
• A.K. Steele
• Aarons
• ABC Building Supplies
• ACME Markets
• Adidas
• ADM – Archer Daniels Midland
• AGCO Manufacturing
• Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
• Albertsons Food Stores/Distribution Centers
• Alcoa Company
• ALDI Grocery Stores
• Allegany Ludlum
• Alliance Tubular Products
• Alton Chemical
• Amarr Garage Doors
• Amazon
• America Cold Storage
• American Can
• American Foods Group – Dakota Premium Foods
• American Gypsum
• American Honda Motors
• American Snuff
• Americold
• Anheuser Busch – Budweiser
• APL Logistics
• Appleton
• ArcelorMittal
• Armstrong World Industries
• Artic Cold Storage
• Ashley Furniture
• Associated Wholesale Grocers Distribution Centers
• Auto Zone
• B & B Plastics
• Barilla
• BASF
• Bass Pro Shops
• Bay Valley Foods
• Bayer Material Science
• Behr
• Ben E. Keith Food Products
• Benjamin Moore Paints
• Best Buy
• Big Lots
• Bi-Lo
• Bitumar
• BJ’s Warehouse
• Blue Bunny
• BMW
• Bolthouse Farms
• Bozzuto’s
• Bridgestone
• Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy
• Burlington Coat Factory
• Burris Logistics
• C & S Wholesale Grocers
• C E Mulcoa
• Cambridge Pavingstones
• Cameron International
• Campbell Soup
• Canada Dry
• Cargill
• Carhartt
• Caterpillar
• Cerro Flow Products
• CertainTeed
• Certified Grocers
• Champion
• Charter Steel
• Cheney Brothers
• CHEP
• Chesapeake
• Chrysler Plant
• Church & Dwight Co. Inc.
• CISCO
• CLOROX
• Coca Cola
• ConAgra Foods
• Con-Way
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• Coors
• Costco Distribution Centers
• CSX Railroad
• Cummins Engine Plant
• CVS Food & Drug Distribution Centers
• Dana Holding Corp
• D’Arrigo Bros
• Del Monte
• Delta Faucet
• Dial Soap
• Dillons
• Disney
• Dole
• Dolese
• Dollar General Distribution Centers
• Domino Sugar
• Domtar Paper
• DOT Foods
• Dow Chemical
• DSI Pharmaceutical
• Dunkin Donuts
• Dunlop
• Dupont
• Earle M. Jorgensen Company – EMJ Metals
• EDC Warehouse
• Electrolux
• ESSROC: Italcementi Group
• Estes
• Exel: Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions
• Exide Technologies
• Expedited Freight Systems
• ExxonMobil
• Family Dollar
• Farmland Foods
• Faurecia Automotive Parts Manufacturers
• Fed Ex
• Feed Energy
• Feralloy Corporation
• Firestone
• First Quality
• Fleming Foods
• Food Lion
• Ford
• Forward Air
• Foster Farms
• Fred Meyer
• Freightliner
• Fresh Express
• Frito-Lay (PepsiCo)
• Fry’s
• Fuji Oil
• GAF – Roofing Shingles & Materials
• Gallatin Steel
• Gatorade (PepsiCo)
• GENCO Product Lifestyle Logistics
• General Electric GE
• General Mills
• General Motors GM
• Genie Industries
• Georgia Pacific
• Gerdau Steel
• Giant Eagle Supermarkets
• Giant Food
• Glad
• Glatfelter Paper
• GlaxcoSmithKline
• Golden State Foods GSF
• Goodman HVAC
• Goodyear
• Gordon Food Service
• Graham Packaging
• Green Bay Dressed Beef
• Green Giant
• Grimmway farms
• H. E. B.
• h.h.gregg warehouses
• Halliburton
• Haniford Brothers
• Harbor freight
• Heinz Foods
• Hercules Chemical
• Hershey
• Hewlett Packard
• Home Depot
• Hormel Foods
• Horsehead Corporation
• Hunter Panels
• Hunts Point Produce Market
• Hydrite Chemical Company
• Hy-Vee Grocery
• IFCO Systems
• IKEA
• IMTT Product Movement & Storage
• Ingles Markets
• International Paper
• Interstate Cold Storage
• Inteva Products
• Iowa Beef Producers (IBP)
• Jacobson Companies
• JBS Packerland Beef
• JBS USA
• JC Penney
• Jewel-Osco
• John Deere
• John Morrell & Company
• Johns Manville
• Johnson & Johnson
• Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Kal Tire
• Keebler
• Keen Logistics Services
• Kellogg’s
• KIK Custom Products Packaging
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Kinder Morgan
• King Soopers
• Kingsford Manufacturing, A Division of Clorox
• Kmart
• Koch Foods
• Kohler
• KOHLS
• Komatsu
• Kraft Foods
• Kroger
• Lear Corporation
• Loblaw Supply Chain and Distribution Centers
• Lofthouse Cookies
• Long Prairie Packing Co.
• Lowes Distribution Center
• Macy’s Distribution Centers
• Manheim Auto Auctions
• Manitowoc-Grove
• Mars Petcare
• MartinBrower
• Martinrea International Inc.
• Maxwell House
• Mayfair Sales
• MBM Food Service Distribution
• McCormick & Company
• McDonald’s
• McLane Company Inc.
• Medline Industries
• Meijer
• Mercury Paper
• Meric
• Meritor
• Michaels Craft Stores Distribution Centers
• MillerCoors Brewing LLC
• Minyard Food Stores
• Momentive
• Morton Salt
• Nabisco
• National Beef
• NESTLE’
• Nestle’ Waters
• Nexeo Solutions
• Niagara Bottling Company
• Nissan
• Nitto Denko
• Nunes Cooling
• Oak Harbor
• Office Depot
• Office Max
• Okonite
• Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Distribution Center
• Omya
• O’Reilly Auto Parts
• Orgill, Inc.
• OSI Solutions
• Owens Corning
• Ozarka Water
• Pacific Coast Container, Inc.
• Parkdale Cotton Mills
• Penske
• Pep Boys
• Pepperidge Farm
• PepsiCo
• Performance Food Group
• Petco
• PetSmart
• PGW Glass Plants
• Phillip Morris
• Piggly Wiggly Warehouses
• Pittsburgh Paints
• Poland Springs Water
• Polaris Industries
• PolyOne
• Polyquest
• Porky Products
• PPG Industries
• Pratt Industries
• Precision Strip
• Precoat Metals
• Preferred Freezer Services
• Premium Waters
• Presto Products Company
• Price Chopper
• Printpack
• Proctor & Gamble
• Proctor & Gamble
• Publix
• PURINA
• Quad Graphics
• Quaker Oats (PepsiCo)
• QVC DISTURBUTION CENTER
• R R Donnelley Logistics
• Ralphs Supermarkets
• ReadyPac
• Reckitt-Benckiser
• Reebok
• Reinhart Foodservice LLC
• Republic Conduit
• Republic Plastics
• Rite Aid Distribution Centers
• Rockline Industries
• Rockport
• RockTenn
• Ross Dress for Less Distribution Centers
• Roundy’s Supermarkets
• Ryerson
• Safety-Kleen
• Safeway
• Sam Adams Plant
• Sam’s Club Distribution Centers
• Sara Lee
• Sav-A-Lot
• SCAFCO
• Scott’s
• Sears Distribution Centers
• Seashore Fruit & Produce
• Shamrock Dairy
• Shaw Carpet
• Shell Oil Company
• Sherwin-Williams
• Shopko
• ShopRite
• ShurFine Markets
• Siemens
• Skechers Shoes
• Smithfield Foods
• Solaris Paper
• Solo Brands
• Solvay Chemicals
• Sony
• Southern Agriculture
• Southern Auto Auction
• Southwire
• SSAB Products & Services
• Stanley Tools
• Staples Distribution Centers
• Stater Brothers Distribution Centers
• Stop & Shop Distribution Centers
• Sun Products Corporation
• Sunny Fresh Cargill
• SuperValu Foods
• Sygma
• Sysco Foods
• Target Distribution Centers
• Temple Steel Company
• Temple-Inland Paper
• The Golub Corporation
• ThyssenKrupp
• TJ Maxx Distribution Centers
• Tobacco Warehouse
• Toshiba
• Toyota
• Toy’s R’ Us Distribution Centers
• TPI Composites
• Tractor Supply
• Trader Joe’s
• Tropicana
• Tubular Services
• Tyson Foods
• UNFI – Unified Grocers
• Unilever
• United States Cold Storage
• United Steel
• UPS
• US Foods
http://truckerdesiree.com/2014/06/15/walmart-crash-hours-of-service-and-truck-parking/
Thursday, January 29, 2015
small towns, backwoods, the world moves on and railroads get pulled up. Sometimes things get left behind. This Pullman did
Some one brought it up to the area to make a roadside diner, but the project never made it past the County permits, and just sits there falling apart now.
In the upper right, that is a rail road that dead ends
in the lower left, W Railroad Dr in the same line.
In the middle, the Wheels of History Museum which has another pre-1905 Pullman and a caboose
Trains rolled through Brimley from 1887 until 1961. A railroad trestle across Waishka Bay connected Brimley with the now nonexistent milltown of Bay Mills with daily passenger train service between Sault Ste. Marie and Bay Mills. Trains brought logs to Mills in Bay Mills and carried away lumber.
Bay Mills was a trading post in an area inhabited by Indians. A post office was established in 1879. The first permanent settlement began in 1882 when a sawmill was built. By 1893, three Churches, two saw-mills, a sash and blind factory, planing mill, box factory, Niagara Paper Co., and pulp mill were doing a flourishing business. Mail was twice daily ! A druggist, machinist, photographer, stage line and ferry operator, butcher, carpenter, millwright, lumber inspector, barber, innkeeper, blacksmith, and saw filer were among the 1,900 residents.
At it's peak, the Hall and Munson Co. carried about 30 million feet of lumber on its docks.
In 1904, the factory burned down; a few years later the sawmill ran out of timber and quit business. As a result, by 1909 the population had diminished to less than 75 people and the post office closed.
http://www.baymillsbrimleyhistory.org/History.html and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wheels-of-History-Brimley/159414800736853
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