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Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the comp
CR 6256 and 6469 at former Erie Yard in Gang Mills, New York on October 4, 1987
The 1975 Final System Plan left major parts of the Erie Lackawanna Railway and Reading Company out of Conrail
Conrail transfer caboose 18065 brings up the rear of a local freight passing Porter, Indiana, in the early 1990s
Conrail Shared Assets is jointly owned by CSX and NS, and uses locomotives from both companies
Erie Lackawanna Railway
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The Erie Lackawanna Railway, known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official motto
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…created Conrail to take over the potentially profitable lines of multiple bankrupt carriers, including the Penn Central Transportation Company and Erie Lackawanna Railway. After railroad regulations were lifted by the 4R Act and the Staggers Act, Conrail began to turn a profit in the 1980s and was privatized in 1987. The…
An Erie Lackawanna train passes State Line Tower on the Indiana-Illinois border en route to Chicago in January, 1972
Erie Lackawanna MU cars at Gladstone station on April 25, 1970
Trains at the Erie Lackawanna rail yard in Waldwick, New Jersey on April 25, 1970
The Phoebe Snow at Hoboken Terminal in September 1965