Part IV
Item 14 Exhibit 23


                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 

         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report dated February 4, 1997 included in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by OTR Express, Inc. (the "Company")
for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 and to all references to our 
Firm included therein, into the Company's previously filed Registration 
Statements on Form S-8, Nos. 333-13503, 333-13507 and 333-13515.

                                               ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

                                               /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
March 27, 1997