**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

In connection with theQuarterly Report of Gasel Transportation Lines, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Michael J. Post, the ChiefExecutive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, that:

 

1. I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Gasel Transportation Lines, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge,this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisquarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4. The registrant’s othercertifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and15d-14) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

 

(b) evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of adate within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “EvaluationDate”); and

 

(c) presented in thisquarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5. The registrant’s othercertifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation,to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) all significantdeficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which couldadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors anymaterial weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

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(b) any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6. The registrant’s othercertifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether ornot there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factorsthat could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of ourmost recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard tosignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 
| Date:  November 19, 2004                            |
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|   /s/  Michael J. Post                    |   |
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| Michael  J. Post, President, Treasurer and Director |

 

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