UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

# FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):   April 26, 2005



| | TRANSPORT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.                 | 
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| | (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) | 
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| | Minnesota                                              | 
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| | (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)         | 

|0-24908                                  |  | 41-1386925          | 
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|(Commission                              |  | (I.R.S. Employer    | 
|File Number)                             |  | Identification No.) | 
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|1715 Yankee Doodle RoadEagan, Minnesota  |  | 55121               | 
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|(Address of principal executive offices) |  | (Zip Code)          | 

|Registrants telephone number, including area code | (651)-686-2500
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| | Not Applicable                                              | 
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| | Former name or former address, if changed since last report | 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

|o |  | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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# Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 26, 2005, the registrant issued a Press Release regarding the
registrants results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The full text of the Press Release is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8K.

# Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
             (c)   Exhibits

| | Exhibit 99.1  Press Release issued on April 26, 2005
regarding the registrants results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of
this Form 8-K.
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# SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

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| |                                                                  | TRANSPORT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.
| |                                                                  | By                                     |  | /s/   Michael J. Paxton | 
| |                                                                 
| | Michael J. Paxton, ChairmanPresident and Chief Executive Officer |                                       

Dated:   April 26, 2005

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# TRANSPORT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.
FORM 8-K REPORT

# INDEX TO EXHIBITS

| |  | Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                        
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| |  | 99.1        |  | Press Release issued on April 26, 2005 regarding the registrants
results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.

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