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Amtrak 1982 subsume conrail operations6/26/2023 Two more thoughts on the ex-RDG electrification. Since October 2019, Classic Trains’ editors have celebrated a different Fallen Flag, that is, a Class I railroad that has been felled by bankruptcy, merger, or outright take over - and whose name, logos, symbols, and colors are relegated to history. 1, 1983.Īll through April, Classic Trains editors will celebrate the history and heritage of Consolidated Rail Corp., including a history article, this passenger train gallery, plus freight train and locomotive photo galleries. Aside from the inspection train or executive excursions, Conrail routinely moved people with the rainbow of equipment typically associated with early Amtrak until newly formed commuter railroads assumed the services on Jan. Each of those railroads, to greater or lesser extent still operated largely unprofitable commuter trains around the Northeast and Midwest’s largest population centers.Įach image in this photo gallery helps tell a bit of the story about the last vestiges of passenger service tied up with Class I railroads in the 1970s - primarily in commuter operations from Chicago to metropolitan New York City, Philadelphia, and even Pittsburgh. Morgan Library.Ĭonrail started operations Aptaking over from several defunct or bankrupt railroads, including Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Central of New Jersey, and Reading, to name a few. 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.
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