I doubt many people in Britain have ever seen some of the less common regional manufacturers of the past from the US, so I’m going to post a few of the more significant ones. Today, I’m going to cover Brockway, a manufacturer of trucks in the northeat US, mostly for the use by municipalities and by gravel haulers. In the later years, Brockway was owned by Mack, and you can see similarities to the R-series cab because it is the same piece of sheetmetal. Even today, some 30 years after the last Brockay was made, you still see Brockway dumptrucks and snowplows all over the northeast US.
A firetruck vintage 1970
An older single-axle tractor, maybe late 50’s
Early 40’s, ex-army tractor, being used by a rigging company.
A Brockway 761 pulling a Michigan 8-axle asphalt trailer
A model 260 from 1961
A 700 model, the last Brockways to be made
They also made busses, including electric trolley-busses back in the 1920’s, but I could not find any pictures.
Brockways were no-nonsense work trucks, built to order. Most were quite heavy-duty, which is why so many still exist today. Few were made for over-the-road usage, though. The last Brockway was built in 1977.
