(erielack) Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #3688

[Jedalberg_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/2010 5:33:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
erielack-digest_@_lists.railfan.net writes:


There was an "Overnite" trucking out of Richmond, VA that a  couple of 
years ago was purchased by UPS and is now operated as UPS Freight.  Is this the 
same company? At any rate, it would seem that UPS continues to be  committed 
to over the road operations, though this latter purchase was  probably more 
to capture a part of the general freight business as more  trucking 
companies seem to be consolidating. 




One and the same.
 A few years ago the big LTL trucking companies were: CF, Yellow,  Roadway, 
ABF, Carolina, and Overnite. All except Overnite were union  (teamsters). 
CF went south a few years ago, ABF bought Carolina, Yellow and  Roadway 
"merged", and then again, and is now just Yellow, and in trouble. And  O'nite 
went to UP, was spun off, then bought by UPS for their truckload  expansion, 
and the name disappeared. O'nite went through a big teamster  organizing fight 
for a few years and beat them; do not know what the status of  the former 
O'nite-now- UPS people is, regarding teamster-izing. 
These outfits shipped a lot of TOFC, but as mentioned, all the rail shipped 
 LTL tended to be overflow, weekend traffic and largely used railroad owned 
 trailers especially here in the east, and especially as manufacturing 
declined  here in the east--no backhaul. Saved them repositioning fees. Under 
the  teamster agreements, the LTL companies were permitted to ship up to 28% 
of their  traffic by rail, but apparently never came close to that--
 
Jim Dalberg
 


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