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Conrail’s first year of profitability came in 1981. By 1983 Conrail was the fourth largest freight hauler in the United States. In 1985, Conrail management proposed a plan for the public offering of Conrail stock. By the fall of 1986, the Conrail Privatization Act was signed, authorizing a public stock offering to return Conrail to the ...
The Operations. Conrail operated one of the busiest and most dramatic pieces of railroad in the country. The Pittsburgh Line stretches from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh and climbs the spine of the Allegheny mountains with grades of up to 3% and over the world famous Horseshoe Curve.
The Conrail Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that preserves the history of the Consolidated Rail Corporation through education and publication, recognizing the creation of Conrail as one of the most significant developments in the American railroad industry.
The official CRHS YouTube channel. The Conrail Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of Conrail's history through preservation, publication, and...
Apr 5, 2016 · Conrail at 40: An experiment that worked. April 1, 1976 was a watershed day in U.S. railroading history. On that day, Consolidated Rail Corp., better known as Conrail, began operating under the auspices of the U.S. government a new railroad cobbled together from six bankrupt Northeastern carriers: Penn Central, Erie-Lackawanna, Jersey Central ...
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OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR, SUNRISE TO SUNSET. In late 2019, The Conrail Historical Society inquired with CSX Transportation about the availability of an ex-Conrail 86-foot boxcar that could house The CRHS’s growing collection of Conrail archival material and make it accessible to researchers and the public.
