western star - Old Time Trucks

White Western Star hauling a Transicold reefer for Trans-Am,
photographed at Philadelphia, PA. August 1976.
Western Star owned by Frank’s Transport, photographed at
Paulsboro, NJ. March 1982.
WESTERN
STAR
Western Star pulling for EFB, photographed at the 76 Truck
Stop in Paulsboro, NJ. July 1982.
Western Star COE with a Fruehauf trailer, photographed at the
76 Truck Stop in Paulsboro, NJ. July 1982.
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Another Western Star COE at the 76 Truck Stop in Paulsboro,
NJ. January 1983.
White Western Star photographed at Paulsboro, NJ. August
1978.
White Western Star pulling for North American Van Lines/OK
Moving & Storage, photographed at the 76 Truck Stop in
Paulsboro, NJ. January 1983.
PHOTO
GALLERY
by William J. Wright, Pittsgrove, New Jersey
Western Star trucks were designed for hauling in
the western portion of the US and Canada. Owned by
White, the company began building Western Stars in 1967
at Kelowna, BC. After Volvo purchased White, Western
Star became an independent company based in Canada.
Western Star moved production to Portland, OR, in 2002,
and is now headquartered in Redford, MI, a subsidiary of
Daimler Trucks.
Western Star with Caterpillar engine photographed at a truck
show in Secaucus, NJ. July 1986.
Western Star with 6 X 4 Summit Steel body photographed at
Englishtown, NJ. August 1988.
Western Star running for Midwest Emery Freight photographed
at the 76 Truck Stop in Paulsboro, NJ. December 1984.
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Western Star pulling for Canadian carrier Fredrick
Transportation photographed at Global Marine Terminal in
Jersey City, NJ. April 1986.
Western Star with Cummins engine, Unit #8710, CAST
North American Truck Lines of Montreal, Quebec,
photographed at Linden, NJ. April 1987.
Western Star pulling a Trailmobile
reefer for Shafer Refrigerated
Lines photographed at Vineland,
NJ. August 1986.
White Western Star 4 X 2 hauling
for Inland Express of Philadelphia,
PA, photographed at a New Jersey
Turnpike rest area. September 1987.
Above: Western Star with 400 Caterpillar engine
and 15-speed transmission pulling for Equipment
Express of Canada, photographed at Paulsboro, NJ.
September 1987.
Left: Robert Ward of Davenport, IA, sent this photo
of an International Transport rig after reading
Michael Hubert’s story about that company. It is a
late 1960s Western Star, No. 6901, which made it a
Canadian Division rig. Robert photographed it at the
Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, IA. [Instead of running
it with Robert’s letter on page 2, we thought it
made a nice addition to the Western Star
photo gallery.—SSS]
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