St Johnsbury Trucking?

St John’s bury was a huge trucking company.  They had a terminal on the west side of Manhattan that bustled all the time.  It was originally a part of the high line

as for models winross did a few different ones in 1:64.   And first gear did a few in 1:34

@bluelinec4 posted:

St John’s bury was a huge trucking company.  They had a terminal on the west side of Manhattan that bustled all the time.  It was originally a part of the high line

as for models winross did a few different ones in 1:64.   And first gear did a few in 1:34

Thanks for posting. The last photo is a beauty.

Yes.  That’s first gear.  They make the nicest stuff.   They do have som 1:48 items.  Wish they would do that one

A very good longtime friend now deceased, Artie Jones was a driver for StJ. He left work on that Friday afternoon in 1993 and when he and the other drivers came to work on the following Monday...all the doors were down. Company closed. No notice.

Photos from my collection.

Miss ya Artie.

Walter

I like that second SJT 1930's truck, but wish it was a similar but frontal shot .  In the NE, a model, even the Ertl "1930" Chevy box truck would sell in that livery, (and could be refinished) but 1940, and 1950 might,  if period  photos could be found.

@colorado hirailer posted:

I like that second SJT 1930's truck, but wish it was a similar but frontal shot .  In the NE, a model, even the Ertl "1930" Chevy box truck would sell in that livery, (and could be refinished) but 1940, and 1950 might,  if period  photos could be found.

In my opinion, an O scale model of that red 1920s/1930s St. Johnsbury box truck would be a big seller in New England and New York. I wonder how long it took for that truck to make the trip from northern Vermont to Boston on the roads of that era.

MELGAR

I remember St. Johnsbury Trucking well from the summer of 1962 when my job in a glove factory included packing sewing machines (in cardboard boxes) to be taken to NYC for shipment to Puerto Rico. Every few days I loaded a few dozen of them onto a "St. J." trailer for the trip to the New York docks. The factory was moving its making (aka sewing) operations to its subsidiary in Puerto Rico. I packed them in double cardboard boxes and never had one arrive damaged - all in knowing how to pack and the care of the shipping company.

Ertl "Chevy" is not a perfect model, as Chevy didn't use the make plate (blurred out when l enlarged) on the side of the hood.  Might be IH, or, several?