June 1...

Mikeygaw

Member since
July 2003
From: Philadelphia, PA, USA
655 posts

June 1...

Posted by Mikeygaw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:09 PM

a date any railfan should recognize.

It has now been five years since the break up of Conrail. [:(]

Conrail Forever!

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espeefoamer

Member since
November 2003
From: West Coast
4,122 posts

Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:25 PM

That should never have happened.[:(]

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:47 PM

And NS wants to repaint all of the ex-conrails *sigh*...

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JoeKoh

Member since
April 2003
From: Defiance Ohio
13,287 posts

Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 4:16 PM

As csx and NS have proven bigger is not always better.
stay safe
Joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

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Willy2

Member since
January 2002
From: Omaha, Nebraska
1,920 posts

Posted by Willy2 on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 5:35 PM

It shouldn't have happened. I think Conrail was a neat railroad and I liked their blue paint scheme a lot.

Willy

Willy

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eolafan

Member since
December 2001
From: Aurora, IL
4,515 posts

Posted by eolafan on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 5:41 PM

They must have plenty of gallons of black paint over at NS and grey at CSX...otherwise they would have left a perfectly good railroad to make money and move freight with the best of them.

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)

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tree68

Member since
December 2001
From: Northern New York
24,877 posts

Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 6:37 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

They must have plenty of gallons of black paint over at NS and grey at CSX...otherwise they would have left a perfectly good railroad to make money and move freight with the best of them.

There you go - Conrail was making money - no better reason to take it over....

Larry Whistling
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Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you
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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 6:48 PM

Not to break up the party folks but conrail was a major part of this countrys past history.
I remember the past,and to this day I will never forget.
Conrail meant alot to me ingeneral, because Im from the east.
I must agree that Conrail did what it did to try to keep the vast past alive and well to this day.
I will always remember the great eastern name....."CONRAIL".
The breakup of Conrail was a bad one I sapose it had to be done.
BNSFfan.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 6:51 PM

Speaking of Conrail, theres a pretty good 2 and a half pages in the latest issue (July) that talks about NS and CSX working together on shared assets of Conrail. Quite interesting.

But I agree, with everyone else. What happened to Conrail should have never happened.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 7:48 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by 5penniesworth

Speaking of Conrail, theres a pretty good 2 and a half pages in the latest issue (July) that talks about NS and CSX working together on shared assets of Conrail. Quite interesting.

But I agree, with everyone else. What happened to Conrail should have never happened.

I was just reading that article yesterday.

Apparently things are running much more efficiently now.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 5:41 PM

Like ok....What ever.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 11:35 PM

I'll miss CR good and bad...

LC

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