The Old Regina Motorways Yard and Terminal

The old Regina Motorways terminal on 9th.& Elliot Street in Regina-Courtesy Google Street View Images(2009). Now being used by Kindersley Transport.

Loading and Moving LTL Freight.

Moving LTL freight (less than truckload) was well organized to say the least at Motorways. Workers on the docks unloaded small shipments from city pick-up trucks. And stacker's in turn loaded it onto trailers at the terminal. Things had to be organized and many times the trailer left the warehouse dock to pick up another shipment in the city. The foreman then hoped there was sufficient room left on the trailer for any freight he had sitting on the warehouse floor. After the loading was finished, the office staff would type out all the shipment bills and make them ready for the driver to leave for his destination. Highway dispatch would then decide what loads were to move in and out of the terminals. Motorways was a busy company...they hauled millions of pounds of freight daily!

Motorways Mustangs

The Motorways mustangs of the 60's were not used at all on Saskatchewan highways as far as I know. I believe the tractors came from Motorways Ontario. They were okay in the city, but not in the winter on the snowy streets... the tag axles had to be chained. They're length made backing into small places a bit awkward too. But they were cool looking on Regina streets in the 60's! The gas engine's would backfire too for some unknown reason, especially when backing off the gas pedal while driving in the broad street underpass at 5 pm!

Motorways Yard Tractor

The Motorways yard tractor pretty much worked 24 hours a day. It shunted trailers, hooked up pups for the drivers and basically it was a yard horse... every major terminal had one. A driver worked an 8 hour shift backing trailers in and out of the docks as well as the garage. Three drivers worked around the clock on this job.

A Warm Winter Day

A warm winter day on packed snow with an empty set of pups. And most people don't realize it's next to impossible to get some traction and get rolling. Of course then comes along the smart asses... the Joe Public's who can't figure out why you're unable to move. After all they were drivers at one time too... they claim! Click to enlarge.

Lonesome Rider CB Handle

"'How about you Lonesome Rider'! That CB handle with hundreds of others may still be echoing throughout the universe. I especially liked traveling with Lonesome Rider. Most drivers when the CB's came along found it a very helpful gadget to keep in the truck on trips, especially at night. Info passed on by drivers kept us informed of issues down the road. One time coming home from a 1 & 21 switch at about 5 am or so, a driver going west warned me of pipe laying on the road by Parkbeg! When I arrived at the location sure enough, a driver had fallen asleep and most of the 40 ft. steel pipe that was on his deck was laying all over the road... it could have been bad!

How About It Cottontail

Running with "Cottontail" was interesting to say the least... and he knew just about every trucker out there on the road! He always had a powerful CB and the best aerial money could buy. I don't think a night ever went by without"how about it cottontail" ringing through the night! If an equipment issue or whatever came up during the ride you could count on him to have a solution too. Gerry came to Soo-Security from Comet Transport in the 60's, and I believe it was in the winter. I recall him saying he was fed up working with icy rag-tops(Comet had all rag-tops back then). So what was the first trailer Albert gave him to strip... you guessed it, a rag-top!