farmer52 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 In another thread there is talk of a truck stop on I-81 that closed. I thought this would be a good topic of discussion and also see some pics of "back in the day".I remember three (3) trucks stops near my home in central PA. Two (2) were along Route 22. One was at the bottom of Cresson mountain just west of Duncansville and another was at the top of Cresson mountain next to Cresson Ridge Diesel (old Mack dealer). The third, Peggy's Diner, is along Route 220 between East Freedom and Claysburg. As a kid I was facinated by all the "rigs" sitting at these stops. I searched for pics but found nothing.Peggy's Diner is still open but not many trucks stop there, just locals. I don't usually go that direction but would like to stop in and see if they still have good food.Looking forward to hearing stories and seeing pics of "old truck stops". 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good idea for a topic Ken! i'll "get er' started" many oldtimers remember the famous or (in-famous) Rubes Jersey City Truckstop, place has been the subject of many tall tales over the years! A lot of the meat/produce haulers would hang out there after delivering to Hunts Point or the old Bronx Terminal Market...................................Mark 2 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I miss the Green Shingle on I90 just west of Erie, Pa. That was a great stop. The American Travel plaza in Frystown use to be one of my hang outs. Sad to see that the Flying crook aka, Pilot took over. just isn't the same 2 Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Diamond J's exit 86 I-80 PA 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Louise's - Clinton truck stop Clinton NJ just closed its doors. No more Russian waitresses. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post V8Bulldog Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 Here's one for ya! 1 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 Kelly's Truckstop Shreveport,LA I remember stopping there with my Dad when I was 7-8 years old one summer and they still had the "Kelly Girls" ( women dressed in bright orange jumpsuits) that would fuel your truck,check your oil/fluids,clean the windshield and mirrors,as well as sweep out the floor and empty the ashtray!........................Mark 3 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Doswell VA . Garold's if I remember correctly. Long before petro and the j were in the area. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 Ray,you probly mean Jarrels? had the cafeteria?.....................................Mark 1 5 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulLowboy Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I miss the old Shennandoa truckstop in Mount Jackson VA. Exit 273 on 81. True southern hospitality with every fuel up you were given 3 free chicken wings and coffee. It is now a liberty truckstop and a total dive, 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 How about Speed & Briscoe? couple exits south of Jarrells,now a shithouse T/A................................Mark 1 5 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 That the one used to be across from the Sheetz truckstop? if so you're right,that place is a real shithole now! Lol!......................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Here's one for ya!image.jpgNice! Several cabovers sitting there.Guys.....thanks for posting! Love to see the "good ole days" stuff. Wish I would have taken pics of stops I saw in the past. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks V386. That's it. I was young riding with my dad. Dallas pike the south side of the exit. Used to sit in the back they sold jewelry and like exit 10 on 81 in Pa I know now why my dad was stopping at these places. It took a couple years but I figured it out. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good idea for a topic Ken! i'll "get er' started" many oldtimers remember the famous or (in-famous) Rubes Jersey City Truckstop, place has been the subject of many tall tales over the years! A lot of the meat/produce haulers would hang out there after delivering to Hunts Point or the old Bronx Terminal Market...................................MarkI stopped there once in '79, hadn't been driving but a few months. I had unloaded in Deptford, N.J. and was going to Gardner, Ma. to pick up something, load of furniture I think. I was scared to get out of the truck though. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 You folks remember the truck-n-trailer sitting on top of the oil tanks in Fultonville, Ny? There were 2 stuffed characters in the cab. Snowbunnie and fluffie? Thruway mafia made the truckstop take it down. Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 How about Speed & Briscoe? couple exits south of Jarrells,now a shithouse T/A................................MarkTop Value stamps! I forgot about those. They were "competition" for S&H Green stamps. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I don't remember Top Value stamps,but I do remember Gold Bond? stamps............there are still a few books of S&H greenstamps in my Dads things!.....................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 How about the Truckstop on 27 south of I-4 Decent food, Decent waitresses. Closed or now relocated Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 I took this at the old Ponderosa Truckstop in Longdale Furnce, east of Clifton Forge,Va. right at the bottom of North Mountain on rt. 60. I'd just left the truck wash ( ) Didn't take a lot of pictures back then. It's still standing as far as I know, I should check it out some day.We used to stop there a lot to fuel, eat, get tires fixed,etc. when we were hauling chips to Covington. They had a hamburger called the "Hennis Burger". After it closed, don't remember the year, we got fuel at Lee-Hi in Lexington. Still do sometimes.And Pliny Truckstop on rt.35 in Pliny, W.V. had a huge burger called the Pliny Burger, it had one of everything on it- a burger patty, ham, salami, maybe bologna, maybe even Spam, plus the standard lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion. It's closed now too.Used to be a lot of Blue and Gray truckstops in Indiana. You could order the catfish platter and you got a whole catfish, as long as the platter. Hard to find a real meal any more, it's just fast food and most of the old truckstops are gone, now it's travel plazas that mostly cater to 4 wheelers. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 The Union 76 TruckStop Exit109 at I-40 Gallatin Tn. It has been torn down for the plaza type. The two lane roads had many truckstops. The one I recall near where I lived as a kid was the SkyLine Resturant, near the airport, corner of Murfreesboro Road and Donelson Pike. Everyone came to that place because of the good food. It had cabins next to the Resturant for over nighters. It is now an empty lot because the airport decide it needed an east/west runway. The Tn. Highway Patrol building is the only thing old in that area still going strong.mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Old Truck stop on top of Montegle 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Anyone remember The Wagon Wheel on 30 in Paradise Pa? When it was a real truckstop it was the WW, then it became the Rt 30 Family Restaurant and then a tourist trap called the Garden Gate Diner.Back when it was the WW I ate many a meal there when riding with my pop in his Mercedes or one of the two F-Model Tractors. 2 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I miss the old Shennandoa truckstop in Mount Jackson VA. Exit 273 on 81. True southern hospitality with every fuel up you were given 3 free chicken wings and coffee. It is now a liberty truckstop and a total dive, They still pump your fuel for you at Lee Hi, and clean your windows and mirrors. They used to give you a free coffee when you fueled, but not any more. One time the girl at the fuel desk asked me if I wanted my fuel receipts stapled and I said "yeah, at least i'll get a free staple." Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfesting Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I miss the Green Shingle on I90 just west of Erie, Pa. That was a great stop. The American Travel plaza in Frystown use to be one of my hang outs. Sad to see that the Flying crook aka, Pilot took over. just isn't the same I seem to recall they were near the top of my "nice showers" list. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/#findComment-228828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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