Overnite Transportation Co

Overnite Transportation Co

Overnite Transportation Co
Richmond, VA
MC-109533 DoT 121058
Acquired by UPS in August 2005. Rebranded as UPS Freight on February 28, 2006.


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US Trademark

Route Map - 1972
route map
Profiled in Mike Terebecki's The Trucking Pioneers Book II (click image to see Book index)

Mr. Cochrane's Overnite
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Acquisitions

Seller Name City State Sale
Year
Data
Source
TPL Freightways, Inc. Winston-Salem NC sld DQ
Motor Cargo Industries. Salt Lake City UT sld2001 DQ
Ward Trucking Co NC NC sld1941 DQ
Winchester Trucking Co Winchester VA sld1945 DQ
Lipe Motor Lines Hickory NC sld1951 DQ
Silver Fleet Motor Express Inc, The (Portions) Louisville KY sld1954 DQ
Piedmont Mountain Freight Lines Inc Richmond VA sld1955 DQ
Lewis & Holmes Motor Freight Corp High Point NC sld1956 DQ
Atlanta-Macon Motor Express Inc Jackson GA sld1958 DQ
E L Long Motor Lines sld1958 DQ
Long, E L Motor Lines Greenwood SC sld1958 DQ
Cochrane Transportation Co Inc Richmond VA sld1959 DQ
Hill City Transfer Co Lynchburg VA sld1962 DQ
Rutherford Freight Lines Inc Bristol VA sld1963 DQ
Myers Transfer & Storage Huntington WV sld1972 DQ
Tidewater Express Lines Inc Baltimore MD sld1972 DQ
Bardstown Transfer Line Inc Bardstown KY sld1973 DQ
Mills Transfer Co OH OH sld1973 DQ
Spade Continental Express Inc Cincinnati OH sld1973 DQ
Aaron Smith Trucking sld1974 DQ
Harris Motor Express sld1974 DQ
Bonifeld Bros Truck Lines, Inc (Portions) W Frankfort sld1976 DQ
Kent Freight Lines Inc Aberdeen MD sld1976 DQ
King Fast Freight VA VA sld1976 DQ
Onan Transportation Co Carrollton KY sld1976 DQ
Point Express Inc (Portions) Charleston WV sld1976 DQ
Southern Forwarding Co Memphis TN sld1976 DQ
Eastern Express Inc (Portions) Terre Haute IN sld1978 DQ
St Louis-Kansas City Express Inc Chesterfield MO sld1978 DQ


Patches of it that are in my project - Facebook Trucking Industry Insignia Patches

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Other known patches


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