Company
An Inspiring Vision
The Samra family entered the trucking industry with an inspiring vision: to build a company unlike any that they had seen or worked at before - a company where people came before anything else, where determined employees could be paired with the latest superior equipment and backed up by advanced technologies.
We also wanted to create an environment where customers could become more than just business acquaintances, where customers could actually become partners.
A History Of Proven Success
Founded as a family-owned and operated business, the Samra family took Capital Express Lines to the road as an independent carrier in January of 2001. While initially starting with just a single truck, Capital Express Lines has since experienced tremendous, yet steady, growth.
We attribute our execution of our founding vision for the rapid results with a level of performance that exceeded any other local freight carrier. This is when our pursuit of excellence truly took off.
Since our journey started, over two decades ago, we have consistently earned our reputation as a premier carrier in the Western USA. We are now well known for our focus on, and excellence in, the dry van Full Truck Load freight category.
People-Oriented Growth, Customer Satisfaction Driven
Since the beginning, Capital Express Lines has been influenced by the philosophy that success starts and ends with people. Our organization has succeeded for three main reasons:
- First, we continuously equip our employees with outstanding tools and technologies, training and challenging them to meet the highest performance standards.
- Second, we listen to our employees, encouraging their proactive problem-solving skills, and fostering their desire to improve our organization from within.
- Third, our collaborative efforts with strategic partners creates the new and innovative ideas that are needed to solve persistent problems and to ensure our future success.
Continuing The Tradition
We are well known as a trusted asset-based carrier that is highly focused on the Full Truck Load dry van segment. Capital Express Lines routinely offers Critical Capacity and Dedicated Capacity capabilities to our Customers. Our award-winning service matched with our pursuit of excellence is what has always characterized Capital Express Lines and our dedicated employees.
2001
January 1, 2001
A single tractor was purchased to begin operations
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January 1, 2002
Original logo designed
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February 1, 2002
A second unit was added with the purchase of a new Kenworth showcasing the company’s current colors
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January 1, 2006
With 15 trucks in operation, a 3-acre terminal was purchased in West Sacramento
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January 1, 2009
Ordered 50 new Duraplate trailers from Wabash Corp
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January 1, 2010
Ordered 20 new Kenworth tractors with Cummins engines
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January 1, 2012
Purchased a 14-acre terminal in West Sacramento to accommodate the rapidly growing fleet complete with a 50,000 sq ft warehouse and shop.
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January 1, 2013
Put in an order for 20 new Cascadia Evolution tractors from Freightliner equipped with the state-of-the-art Detroit DD15 engine.
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January 1, 2015
Due to great success with the Cascadias with Detroit engines, 30 more are ordered
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January 1, 2016
Celebrated 15 years in business! Ordered 10 new trailers to mark the occasion.
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April 12, 2016
We purchased a new Terminal in South East Sacramento. Always Be Moving!
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August 1, 2016
Purchased 18 new Freightliner trucks. Getting ready for the busy season.
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January 1, 2017
Move into our new South East Sacramento terminal – 79,000 SF of offices and warehouse and a more than 7.5 acre yard. It is good to be home!
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December 21, 2017
Purchase of 10 new Frieghtliner trucks. ‘Tis the Season to be Merry.
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December 27, 2018
Purchased 14 new Freightliner and Volvo trucks. Maybe the post-Christmas sales were just too good to pass up.
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November 15, 2019
Purchased 10 new Freightliner trucks. Ahead of the Holiday season.
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March 31, 2020
All hands on deck to keep the fleet moving during the pandemic – a locked down population is counting on us. Install new McLeod ERP system.
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September 24, 2020
Purchased 15 new Freightliner trucks. Always Moving Forward!
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January 1, 2021
Supply chain madness – continuous adaptation required to keep our customers functioning.
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December 1, 2021
Purchased 10 new Freightliner trucks. Moving forward into the New Year.
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October 10, 2022
Purchased 5 new Freightliner trucks. Keeping the fleet fresh and new.
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May 6, 2024
Roll out new GPS and wireless tracking and in-cab/driver technologies.
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July 24, 2024
Purchased another 15 new Trailers. Drop & Hook is a major value add service for Direct Shippers.
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July 26, 2024
Reorganization and expansion of our sales and marketing department to keep up with our growth. Hired 2 senior sales account managers: Art Urbina and Andy Rakstad.
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