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Trucks from US carriers often find their way to Toronto

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Here is a Kenworth T2000 from CFI (Contract Freighters) of Joplin MO. Aug 2004 This Freightliner Century from CR England was in Toronto in August 2004 Freightliner Century from C&C Trucking hauling a BABY SUPERSTORE trailer
This Freightliner Columbia is from Heyl Truck Lines based in Akron Iowa ABF Canada 107- Freightliner backing into a customers location in west end Toronto 3/18/05
Here is the Toronto (Brampton) ON terminal. Note the old trailers at the dock. The TIC next to the Carolina is an old GTL Glengarry fleet from the 1980's. ABF Canada 112, a Sterling, seen in Mississauga - April 2005 Speedy Transport of Brampton Ont is the handling agent for ODFL in Toronto. Here are some ODFL (and a WSKT) pups in Speedy's yard- Saturday 04/09/05
Sindall Trucking has been coming to Ontario for many years. They held authority to haul for New Holland Farm Machinery. This Peterbilt was seen in Toronto in March 2005. Central Transport Canada Ford LN9000 unit LC 99726 was seen in Mississauga Ont; May 15 2005 Two Yellow Volvo tractors were parked at a truck stop in Mississauga Ont. - Oct.1 2005
Volvo tractor from D.M. Bowden of Williamsport MD was in Oakville Ont. - March 2006


JB Hunt


Freightliner Century from JB Hunt Transport of Arkansas.
This Freightliner Century was seen in Toronto 01/03/06
This Freightliner Century from FIRESTAR EXPRESS of Laredo TX visited Toronto - April 2006 This Freightliner Coronado that runs for Holiday Express of Estherville IA was in Toronto in April 2006 This Transport America Freightliner Columbia was pulling a trailer marked for PPG -Mississauga, June 2006
This International straight truck from Yellow Freight Systems was in Toronto - September 2006 These two red Peterbilts from UPSTAGING from Illinois were in Mississauga
Taken in March 2006
This JB Hunt Century was sitting in Toronto - October 2006 ABF Canada International, unit 126, was seen in Mississauga - December 2006. Mack CH on The Queensway in Toronto - January 2007
This Freightliner from JDC Logistics of Milwaukee WI was in Mississauga - 2003 Yellow tandem Volvo at a layover motel near their terminal - March 2007 Yellow Freight set of pups seen on the Queen Elizabeth Way - May 2007
CFI Kenworth backed into a shipping dock - May 2007 Yellow Freight Volvo hauling doubles on Highway 427- May 2007
This Volvo from Yellow was parked for a Tim Hortons break.This shows the current name sign on the tractor door. July 2007 This Freightliner from Mesilla Valley Transportation of Las Cruces NM was in Etobicoke - October 2007
Central Transport Sterling doing P&D in Mississauga - October 2007 This Kenworth from Buske Lines was in Mississauga - December 2007
Here is Schneider National 46448 in Brampton - April 2008


Fallen Flag
Contract Freighters Inc of Joplin Missouri was sold to CON-WAY in 2007. Conway's truckload division was folded into the CFI operation and run from Joplin. CFI's name though has been lost with the whole thing named CONWAY TRUCK LOAD. The bright red CFI paint scheme was lost as well.

Several CFI units were seen in Mississauga during the transistion period.

A Conway Truckload trailer is along side a CFI trailer - October 2007 CFI Kenworth T600 20974 was parked at a factory - October 2007 A Conway NOW trailer was dropped on the street. (note Conway NOW!, the expedite division,was sold to Panther Transportation in 2006. This trailer was apparently not included in that deal)
CFI kenworth T600 was parked in front of the receivers - December 2007 CFI 22504 is at the receivers dock This Freightliner is from Dillon Transportation of Mount Juliet TN. - Mississauga July 2007
This Peterbilt from FITZLEY INC of Laredo TX spent Easter Weekend at the ESSO cardlock truckstop in Mississauga. Fitzley appears to be a heavy hauler; the tractor is equipped with an extra lift axle.
This Peterbilt 387 from Ayra's Trucking out of West Palm Beach FL was in Mississauga - February 2009 Here is a FedEx Freight Canada International 8600 with a lift gate trailer doing city deliveries in Missisauga - June 2009 This Freightliner Century from Dillon Transportation based in Tennessee was in Mississauga - January 2010.
A YRC set - Yellow Freight tractor, Roadway pup and YRC pup has exited the Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines ON heading to the ESSO cardlock fuel station nearby. Central Transport Sterling in Burlington ON - October 2010 This Kenworth T600 turned into the METRO stores DC in Etobicoke - August 2010
  FedEx Freight Canada
ABF Canada has a small terminal in Cambridge ON that serves customers in the Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph areas. After YRC Canada combined the operations of Reimer Express and Yellow Freight Canada into Yellow's terminal, FedEx Freight moved into the former Reimer terminal on Shawson Drive in Mississauga.
This Con-way Canada Sterling with a Con-way Canada pup was parked in Toronto on July 8 2011. This Freightliner was lettered for ADMIRAL MERCHANTS Motor Freight, which prior to US Deregulation was a large LTL carrier serving many states.
They closed the LTL side down and turned into a flat deck and heavy haul carrier using owner operators. August 2011.
Here is an owner-operator from Colonial Freight Systems, based in Knoxville TN, in Mississauga - September 2011.
   
   



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