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<p>[quote user="BRAKIE"]These roads would merge under CSX in '87 and contrary to popular belief not under Chessie.[/quote]</p> <p>Which is why I typed what I typed. Their merger process was a long, drawn out process where they slowly integrated their operations over a period of several decades. </p> <p>[quote user="BRAKIE"]Also family lines railroads was not merged until 1982 and would become the short lived [/quote]</p> <p>SCL owned L&N in 1971. Similar to Chessie system, the full merger didnt happen until the 1980s, but the ground work was laid in the late 1960s/1970s. Family Lines was a convienient, call it lazy, way of refering to the related railroads and eventual merged corperations. Didnt feel that it was really relevant as to why PRR failed, so I glossed over it (heavily).</p> <p>PRR and NYC decided to jump into an inadvisable merger situation in a relatively short period of time. </p> <p>[quote user="BRAKIE"]PRR had GP30s,GP35s,SD35s,SD40s SD45 and other "second Generation" locomotives from GE and Alco.[/quote]</p> <p>Yep, and they had a lot of junkers from the first generation, which quickly populated Conrail's deadlines in the late 1970s (not all of which were from PC, but many were). </p> <p>For those of you who are interested in Conrail, here is a pretty good website.</p> <p>Conrail locomotives by type:</p> <p><a href="http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/locomotives.html">http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/locomotives.html</a></p> <p>1976 roster:</p> <p><a href="http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/misc/rosters/roster-76.html">http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/misc/rosters/roster-76.html</a></p> <p> </p>
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