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Trucking Pioneer Cochrane Dies at 103; Founded Overnite

J. Harwood Cochrane, the 鈥済reatest LTL trucker鈥 of them all, who entered freight transportation by driving a horse-drawn carriage, founded Overnite Transportation Co. during the Great Depression and sold it to Union Pacific Corp. for $1.2 billion in 1986, died July 25 at the age of 103 in Richmond, Virginia.

August 8, 2016
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Overnite Transportation Founder J. Harwood Cochrane Dies at 103

Trucking legend J. Harwood Cochrane,聽who entered freight transportation by driving a horse-drawn carriage and founded Overnite Transportation Co. during the Great Depression,聽died July 25 at 103 in Richmond, Virginia.

July 26, 2016