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Description: Akers Motor Lines was a trucking company founded in 1933 by Bill Akers in Gastonia, North Carolina, that capitalized on the textile industry's freight movement from the South to the North. The company operated a major terminal in Gastonia and a key northern terminal in Chester, Pennsylvania. While no longer in business, Akers is remembered as one of two major trucking firms to come out of the region's textile industry, alongside Carolina Freight Carriers. The company's name is tied to other parts of local history, such as the former Akers Shopping Center, and is still routinely seen represented on collectibles, model railroading accessories, and die-cast models.