Samuel Cochrane (born November 1850, date of death unknown) was an American railroad engineer who, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was a locomotive engineer working the Erie-Meadville, Pennsylvania line later awarded the Order of the Red Spot.
Born to Cooper Samuel Cochrane Sr. in Rochester, New York, he attended school until the age of 13 when he left to become a clerk in a local wholesale liquor warehouse.
He continue work there throughout his teenage years until 1870 when he accepted a position as fireman on the Meadville-based Atlantic and Great Western Railroad line.
Throughout his career, Cochrane was praised for his clear record with no accidents and, a later member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division No.
43, he held the distinction of having run the last broad-gauge engine out of Meadville before the main road was narrowed to standard gauge.