Exhibit 21.1
                                   
                              TRISM, INC.
                      Subsidiaries of TRISM, Inc.
                                   
                                   
                                   
Trism Secured Transportation, Inc.                    Delaware
     
    Tri-State Motor Transit Co.                       Delaware
     
       Aero Body and Truck Equipment Company, Inc.,   Delaware
       Tri-State Transportation Service, Inc.         Missouri
     
    Diablo Systems Incorporated
       d/b/a/ Diablo Transportation, Inc.             California
     
    Emerald Leasing, Inc.                             Nevada
     
    McGil Special Services, Inc.                      Delaware
   
    Trism Eastern, Inc.
       d/b/a/ C.I. Whitten Transfer                   Delaware
     
Trism Heavy Haul, Inc.                                Delaware
     
    Trism Specialized Carriers, Inc.                  Georgia
       Trism Special Services, Inc.                   Georgia
     
    E.L. Powell & Sons Trucking Co., Inc.             Oklahoma
     
Trism Transport, Inc.                                 Delaware

    Trism Transport Services, Inc.                    Utah
     
       EFB, Inc.                                      Delaware
     
TRISM Logistics, Inc.                                 New Jersey
     
Trism Equipment, Inc.                                 Delaware
     
TRISM Maintenance Services, Inc.                      Delaware
     
Transportation Recovery Systems, Inc.                 Delaware



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