Conrail - Wikipedia
Conrail (reporting mark CR), 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 company's legal name.
1986 Images | Conrail Photo Archive
1986 saw Conrail moving closer and closer to its financial independence from the federal government. However, profitability came at a price: by this time cabin cars were all but gone from mainline trains, and the early rainbow years had finally given way to nonstop parade of blue.
Conrail: Preserving The Northeast's Rail Network - American-Rails.com
2024年8月22日 · An official, 1986 system map of Conrail by Rand McNally & Company. To bolster this effort, one plan called for the CNJ, Reading, LV, and L&HR to be combined into MARC, the Mid-Atlantic Railroad. The new system would …
CR 5045 at Port Tower in Newport, PA 1986 | Conrail Photo Archive
2008年12月26日 · Conrail B36-7 5045 is seen with an westbound TV train as it passes Port Tower, just west of Newport, PA in 1986.
A mid 1980's look at Conrail. - RAILROAD.NET
2024年11月27日 · First generation GP's..still in service. Conrail rebuilt many of these in the late 70's. My favorites, common as dirt, the classic SD40-2: In 1986 a string of 13 former Erie Lackawanna SDP45's arrived in Sayre, for storage. I never saw any SD45's or SDP45's in service on Conrail, but these rare SD's spent about a year in Sayre.
Conrail history remembered - Trains
2022年4月7日 · In February 1986 the U. S. Senate voted to sell Conrail to Norfolk Southern. Numerous other railroads, CSX notable among them, protested. In August 1986 Norfolk Southern withdrew its bid to purchase Conrail. In October 1986 President Reagan signed a bill changing the course of Conrail history by authorizing the sale of its stock to the public.
Conrail | Trains and Railroads
Operation: 1976–1986. Conrail was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 25, 1974, and operations began on April 1, 1976. The government owned 85%, with employees owning the remaining 15%. The theory was that if the service was improved through increased capital investment, the economic basis of the railroad would be improved.
Conrail by John F. Bjorklund - Center for Railroad Photography …
Westbound Conrail freight train crossing Norfolk Southern's former Wabash line (which is now a bike trail) near Wauseon, Ohio, on June 28, 1986. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art.
Conrail Videos | Conrail Cyclopedia
2020年10月25日 · Volume 1 features Conrail and D&H trains on the Lehigh Line from New Jersey to the Southern Tier between 1979 and 1986 through the films of Jonathan Reck. Description: The Conrail Reading Line consists of the former Reading & Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage between the Allentown - Bethlehem area and Reading.
Conrail passenger trains: A small chapter for a big blue railroad
2022年4月10日 · Conrail passenger trains are probably the least known of all the aspects of the big blue railroad's operations over time. As Conrail is the Fallen Flag Railroad of the Month for April 2022, please enjoy these Conrail passenger trains images from Kalmbach Media's David P. …