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It was a dark time for railroads in the northeast. New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad had merged into the giant Penn Central but just three years later it declared bankruptcy. Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and others were merged together into the Consolidated Railroad Corporation, a nationalized freight railroad. Conrail was born April 1st, 1976.
Early days were bleak, with the new railroad losing over $1 million per day. Infrastructure that had been left to rot for decades needed to be rebuilt, giant fleets of locomotives worn ragged needed to be consolidated and overhauled, and freight cars needed replacement en masse. Duplicate lines were slashed, drastically reducing the new company's route miles. It was decided that motive power should be rationalized, purging everything save for GE and EMD locomotives.
The end result? With the help of the 3R and Staggers acts, Conrail turned a profit. The company went public in 1987, selling stock worth $1.65 billion. By 1997, Big Blue was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX. Conrail Shared Assets Operations, a terminal railroad jointly owned by NS and CSX, remains in a few small areas to provide competition and ease logistical issues.
In celebration of Conrail's achievements, we're offering a discount of $19.76 on all orders of $200 or more at Trainz.com. Apply the promo code BIGBLUE22 at checkout to save. Please remember discounts cannot be combined, and this promotion is only available to customers in the United States.
