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Actually the PennCentral was guaranteed to fail with or without the New Haven. The PRR was "sick" financially and the NYC was not much better. The PC became the center of Conrail which swept most of the remaining Eastern railroads up as well (Reading, Susquehanna, Nickle Plate etc.). The financial sucess of Conrail is indicative of the weakness of the rail industry in the East in general. All the welded rail put in to the New York - Washinton corridor was window dressing on the money loosing passenger business on the Pennsy. So the East finally got the great "grants" of the Central and Union Pacifics from the government one hundred years late. <br />Will
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