The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad that operated in Southern New Jersey in the 20th century. It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads
Ben Franklin Bridge looking south
PRSL's Broadway station a few months before the final service into Camden ended on January 14, 1966
An ACR steam train in 1901
PRSL train led by AS-16 6025 in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1965
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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
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
…bankruptcy, its owners, the Penn Central, successor to the Pennsylvania, did. The Reading filed bankruptcy a few years after the Penn Central. As a result, Conrail took over the P-RSL on April 1, 1976. Effective May 4, 1896, the Pennsylvania Railroad consolidated all of its railroads and several smaller properties…
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