75T Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Pop's was a really big eye opener, all that stuff for sale!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jake Posted January 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2014 This was "Hilltop" on US 10, in Wisconsin about 15 miles from the Minnesota border. They had one fuel pump, only gasoline. The main building was a bar and the old streetcar was converted into a diner. The photo was taken in the early 1950's. 1 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Not my picture,but here's a neat one of the Bendix Diner Route 17 Hasbrouck Heights,NJ.............been in there many times,not as good as it used to be!...................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The one truckstop that sticks in my mind that went "over and above" for me,was the Duke Travel Plaza at the intersection of OH 79 and I-70 in Buckeye Lake OH. Many years ago,i stopped in there one night and I was sick as a dog with the flu! all I wanted was to get out of that truck,get a room to lay down and go to sleep,they at the time also operated a small motel adjacent to the truckstop,I checked in,and the lady at the desk said "you don't look so good bud!" told her I felt like I had died and no-one told me! Went to the room,cranked up the heat and passed out! Lady was kind enough to go to the store and get me some cold/flu medicine and some home-made vegetable beef soup! their whole staff checked on me that weekend to make sure I was alright. Something I never forgot! not too many people today would go out of their way to help a stranger,especially one as strange as me ! LOL! Dukes went out of business in 2008-9 I believe,there is what appears to be an asphalt plant on the property now,but I haven't been out that way in a couple years.............MarkI passed by there yesterday. That's the old Dukes sign...or the frame the sign used to be in anyway. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Truck World - is that where you get your free hot dogs? That's where I get my free hot dogs. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks Al. I just learned how to scan photos on this thing. Maybe I can contribute a little now. I got lots of pictures.Wish my scanner still worked, I have several photo albums of truck pictures I took over the years with a 35mm camera. Now I have to take a picture of the picture. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Speaking of diners, in Blairsville, PA along Route 22 is Dean's Diner. Not really a truck stop but curious if anyone ate there and if the food is good. 1987 pic from the web. Diner still looks the same today. I ate at Dean's a few times when I drove for Shuster's, 2004-2008. Back then it had good food, good prices, and a friendly staff. It was exactly what you'd expect to find in an old school diner.I remember the HoJos on the PA turnpike. Full service "home cooked" food. The Turnike closed several of the rest stops and reconstructed the old ones into fast food. The only thing I do there is take a wizz. I can get Stubway, Booger King, etc. anywhere. The Midway stop near Bedford PA was a fancy place at one time.That pic is of the Bedford South plaza on the eastbound side. Rather than tear it down and rebuilding, it was gutted and modernized and now features and awesome collection of turnpike history and memorabilia. The upper level windows were once a second floor bunk room for truckers. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the area and have some time. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 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...................................MarkLose the canopy over the fuel island and hang a Coca-Cola sign on the red brick building and voila! it's 1975. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Anyone know if the Chuck Stop on RT 41 in Gap, PA is still open? The owner passed away a few years ago but was quite a character. He would walk around to each table telling stories and doing card tricks. It sure was a nice way to wind down at the end of the day. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-229994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Truck World in Hubbard, Ohio.Stopped there Tuesday. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Columbia city In on 30. Was a Wilde place Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 How about Bailey's in New Castle, PA? they were also a White dealer. I went by there a few years ago and all closed up. I could not believe how small the garage doors were to the shop. No one ran tall stacks back then. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david wild Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 How about JOE Bs at the end of the jersey pike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Joe B's could be a wild place at times back in the day! Lol!..........................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Does anyone remember the old Bordentown Junction and Sandman long before the Pilot/Loves and Petro? exit 7 at the entrance to the Turnpike.............................................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Does anyone remember the old Bordentown Junction and Sandman long before the Pilot/Loves and Petro? exit 7 at the entrance to the Turnpike.............................................................Markyessir, used to fuel there on the Boston runs- ain't been there for years. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I have fuel at both of them.I always stayed there nigh before going into NYC. 1 Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The Illinois Tollway is going to start tearing down the Des Plaines Oasis (I-90 west of 294) in April of this year to make way for future expansion of the western corridor around O'Hare Airport.It originally opened in 1959 as a Howard Johnson's. During the blizzard of 1967,my grandfather had to spend the night there as the State Troopers closed the roads.He argued with them and told him his new VW Beetle was doing just fine in the snow,as he was on his way to his second job,a machinist. 1 Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 My wife and I stopped at the Des Plains rest area one time in our travels and it truly did feel like an oasis. We had just come thru Chicago and it wasn't even rush hour but it was nasty. I hate to see that go. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Fred,many locals don't want see it go either. The gas station/convenience stores will stay,just the fast food restaurants/seating area (the whole overpass) will be dismantled to make way for an extra lane on both sides as the Elgin/O'Hare Expressway connects with I-90,just west of the Oasis. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 That's a shame! I stop there every time I'm out that way! (provided there's any truck parking left!)..........................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-231999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 lebanon jct n KY I forget what it was called before the p---t took it over was a good spot to eat and fuel.. also grama's kitchen in mortons gap KY .. before that same bunch p----t took it over. there is a citgo fuelstop restraint with a shop just north of the I-81/I-64 turn off going south into NC I would stop there all the time.. I am surprised no one remembered the miniskirt jct truckstop in Pa Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-232043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 lebanon jct n KY I forget what it was called before the p---t took it over was a good spot to eat and fuel.. also grama's kitchen in mortons gap KY .. before that same bunch p----t took it over. there is a citgo fuelstop restraint with a shop just north of the I-81/I-64 turn off going south into NC I would stop there all the time.. I am surprised no one remembered the miniskirt jct truckstop in Pa Miniskirt junction was the one mentioned in the first comment. I think I know which one you're talking about on I-81, sits on the right when you're going south? If I stop anywhere around Wytheville that's usually where I go. I like the chili burgers there. Last time I came up that way I was really hungry. Started to stop at exit 30 in Tennessee to eat, but said "nah, i'm going up there and get a chili burger"...and when I got there the restaurant was closed, so I went on up to exit 101 and ate at the Huddle House. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-232611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Stopped- well, I was going to stop, but the lot was still snow covered- at the old Ponderosa Truckstop yesterday. This is the old restaurant, but it looks like it's now a home. Good thing I didn't pull in, looks like some shrubs growing in what used to be the parking lot...probably grass under there too. I took a drive-by picture though.The fuel desk was to the right of the restaurant in a separate building, and there was a shower room in between, towards the back, also in a separate building. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-233346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 This may be heresy considering the fine foods that many of the mentioned establishments turn out, but has anyone ever been to the biggest McDonalds in the world- the one on I44 in Oklahoma that is built over the interstate??? I remember being in there when I was about 9 or 10 with my father. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34407-old-truck-stops-and-pics/page/6/#findComment-233351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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