Pacific Intermountain Express Co PIE
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As you may already know, P.I.E./PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS became the largest trucking company in the world in 1956. The story starts in 1927 when Ray V.
Lilenquest joined his brothers Bill and Les to run two Model A Fords providing service from Pocatello, ID, to Idaho Falls. Many changes occurred over the early years, with P.I.E. finally taking shape from three consolidated companies in 1940. By 1946 P.I.E. had 535 employees and was growing rapidly through many acquisitions in the late 1940s and 1950s. With the purchase of West Coast Freight and S
A friend to Labor,
09/18/2019
An interesting page from a '70s brochure called "The Truth About Owning a Kenworth", touting the advantages of this make.
01/27/2019
Thanks to Sam Patten for showing this to me!
Wheels of Progress 1950's historical promotional documentary made by P.I.E. (Pacific Intermountain Express) a defunct trucking company now, PIE was once a significant motor car...
08/01/2018
The original tough guy,,,,
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimmy-hoffa-disappears
05/08/2018
A tiny print of a very cool 1948 Westwood Trailer, sporting P.I.E. colors.
04/11/2018
Pacific Intermountain Express around 1956. This ran in the Jan/Feb 1956 issue of Petroleum Chemical Transporter which today is known as Bulk Transporter magazine. Low center of gravity.
03/09/2018
P I E (weigh station)
02/16/2018
A truck driver and a scaleman both smiling at the same time...what are the
odds ?....
04/21/2016
Repost:Another uncommon P.I.E. As I understand it, these were prototypes built by Hendrickson for Ford using a Budd cab and were placed with various firms to test the practicality of building what would become the Ford "H".
03/31/2016
Just waiting for another dispatch,,,,
03/22/2016
P.I.E. Yard Donkey
01/07/2016
Working for a living,,,,,
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7429 Orchard Avenue
Snohomish, WA
98290