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Pinnex Transfer Company and began operations with 12 trucks and 20 people. The general office was located in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Pilot grew rapidly south to Savannah, Georgia west to Chatanooga, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky, and
north to Rochester, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. Its motto became “Service Is Our Frame of Mind.” Pilot
was proud of its safety record and boasted 7 national champion drivers and 25 state ROADEO champions.
In the 1980’s. Pilot was purchased by the TNT Transportation Group and became TNT Pilot. In October 1987, the
company was sold to an investment group led by William F. Taggart of Taggart’s Driving School fame. Revenues
for 1987 were $170 million and 77 terminals were operating with 2800 employees.
O.N.C. PALO ALTO, CA
Oregon, Nevada, California Fast Freight, or O.N.C as it was better known, was formed in 1956. It was an Interstate
and Intrastate common carrier with service in Northern California, Oregon, and Reno, Nevada. Over the next
twenty years, a host of companies, or their operating authorities, were added to the trucking giant.
Outright purchases included Southern California Freight Lines in 1957, Hopper Truck Lines of Phoenix in 1972,
and Intermountain Fast Freight in 1972. Acquisitions in 1973 included Northwest Motor Freight and Cashmere
Transfer Co., C-B Truck Lines of Texas, West Nebraska Express, Oregon Trail Cartage, Ephraim Freightways of
Colorado, American Consolidators, and Pacific Freight Forwarding. Another big expansion year was 1974 which
saw Hays Transportation of Colorado, Taos Interstate Exp., Crouch Bros. and Caddo Exp. Of Oklahoma added to
the ONC colors.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Pilot grew rapidly south to Savannah, Georgia west to Chatanooga, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky, and
north to Rochester, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. Its motto became “Service Is Our Frame of Mind.” Pilot
was proud of its safety record and boasted 7 national champion drivers and 25 state ROADEO champions.
In the 1980’s. Pilot was purchased by the TNT Transportation Group and became TNT Pilot. In October 1987, the
company was sold to an investment group led by William F. Taggart of Taggart’s Driving School fame. Revenues
for 1987 were $170 million and 77 terminals were operating with 2800 employees.
O.N.C. PALO ALTO, CA
Oregon, Nevada, California Fast Freight, or O.N.C as it was better known, was formed in 1956. It was an Interstate
and Intrastate common carrier with service in Northern California, Oregon, and Reno, Nevada. Over the next
twenty years, a host of companies, or their operating authorities, were added to the trucking giant.
Outright purchases included Southern California Freight Lines in 1957, Hopper Truck Lines of Phoenix in 1972,
and Intermountain Fast Freight in 1972. Acquisitions in 1973 included Northwest Motor Freight and Cashmere
Transfer Co., C-B Truck Lines of Texas, West Nebraska Express, Oregon Trail Cartage, Ephraim Freightways of
Colorado, American Consolidators, and Pacific Freight Forwarding. Another big expansion year was 1974 which
saw Hays Transportation of Colorado, Taos Interstate Exp., Crouch Bros. and Caddo Exp. Of Oklahoma added to
the ONC colors.
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