A century of Texas freight

1. 1915

   The Bilbo Jitney Line begins in Dallas

   The Bilbo family enters Texas transportation with the Bilbo Jitney Line, carrying passengers through a fast-growing Dallas. It is the beginning of a transportation business that has now continued for more than a century.

   

   Source: Public Bilbo family / company history

2. Early decades

   From moving people to moving freight

   As Texas grew, the family moved from passenger service into commercial hauling — transporting the building materials and construction equipment that cities are made of.

   

   Source: Public Bilbo family / company history

3. Building Texas

   Materials for Dallas–Fort Worth

   Bilbo trucks carried brick and building materials used in structures across the Dallas–Fort Worth area, tying the company's name to the region's physical growth.

   Source: Public historical accounts of Bilbo hauling brick/materials in DFW

4. Generations

   A family business across generations

   Transportation knowledge passed from one generation to the next, along with the relationships and freight expertise that come from decades in the same industry.

   Source: Public Bilbo family / company history

5. Today

   A modern interstate flatbed carrier

   Bilbo Transports, Inc. operates from Irving, Texas as an active interstate for-hire property carrier — 118 power units, 114 professional drivers and more than nine million miles reported in 2024.

   

   Source: FMCSA data

Additional entries — including decade-specific growth milestones and certain legacy company claims — are held in the site's history archive awaiting confirmation and source documentation from Bilbo ownership. They will publish here once verified.