The 10 Biggest Trucking Companies That Vanished

Ten major trucking companies once ruled America’s highways—then vanished, leaving behind empty terminals, lost jobs, courtroom battles, and stranded drivers. I count down the biggest collapses, explain how each carrier met its end, and reveal how three of these legendary names were swallowed by the company at number one before it collapsed too. I cover Jevic’s innovative rise, Preston’s lost financing, Celadon’s accounting fraud, the sacrifices made by McLean employees, Arrow’s abandonment of its drivers, and the final collapse of Yellow. Along the way, I look at Roadway, Consolidated Freightways, Railway Express, New England Motor Freight, and how deregulation permanently reshaped American trucking. 0:00 The carriers that disappeared 0:44 Jevic’s innovative rise and fall 1:37 Preston loses its financing 2:15 New England Motor Freight 3:48 Celadon’s accounting fraud 4:22 Railway Express meets the interstate 4:57 McLean employees sacrifice everything 5:50 Roadway absorbed by Yellow 6:30 Consolidated Freightways builds Freightliner 7:20 Arrow abandons its drivers 8:30 Yellow’s final collapse 9:15 How deregulation changed trucking #Trucking #TruckDrivers #TruckingHistory #AmericanTrucking #Freight #Transportation #YellowTrucking