Hello! New - Looking for Brookledge/Xpressway peeps?

Are you talking about the Brookledge out of Oley?

 

I drove for the owners of that company back in the seventies hauling livestock, haven't heard about them in years. They used to have a terminal in Logansport, Indiana but it has been closed since probably the eighties. I used to always try to make contact with the Brookledge drivers on the CB, but they would never answer, I've seen them all over the country and just wondered how they were getting along after the packing house in Philly closed.

 

Yes that is the company, it was owned by the Gotwal brothers back then, I have heard that Bill and Bob Gotwal are deceased, but haven't been able to confrim it. Their livestock outfit was know as Gotwals, they also hauled a lot of bulk cement back then under the authority of CT Hersch at the Logansport terminal I believe, and they hauled bulk cement from the terminal in Oley, but I don't remember who the authority holder was at that time. I don't know any more than that about them any more, I was curious about them myself.

 

I remember hearing that they had started hauling motor freight after Penn Pack closed but haven't run in to anyone that knew how they were doing. Their Oley terminal used to be out on the family farm, you might go out their and talk to them, it might be that they would start you out as a driver helper or train you if that is what your interest is. They were all just everyday normal people like the rest of us trying to make a living. I'm sure that if you did go out and talk to them, that you would not leave there thinking that it was just a waste of your time. Good Luck and let us know your progress.

 

I never thought about searching online for them, let alone them having a website, I will search that out myself, and I will look forward to seeing your progress.