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Happy Conrail Day!

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Posted by choochin3 on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 9:11 PM

3 cheers for Big Blue!

I never thought i'd miss Conrail,but I kinda do.Sigh [sigh]

 

Carl T.

I'm out Choochin!
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Posted by New Haven I-5 on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 6:41 PM
 On April Fools's (how dare I say it) day?

- Luke

Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's

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Happy Conrail Day!
Posted by wm3798 on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 12:30 PM

It was 32 years ago that Conrail was formed to untangle the mess left in the wake of the Penn Central.  It took them awhile, but they ended up turning a profit, paying back every penny the government provided them, and went private in what was at the time the largest IPO in history.

So here's a salute to you, Big Blue...

Lee 

Route of the Alpha Jets  www.wmrywesternlines.net

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