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Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name.
Customers located along Conrail's lines have access to the national rail network through either railway. As a local rail service provider, it's our job to make sure that customers' freight shipments are safely and efficiently moved between their rail sidings and the long distance freight trains operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern.
On June 1, 1999, Conrail began operating as a Switching and Terminal Railroad for its owners, NS and CSX, in the three geographical areas of Northern New Jersey, Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit, Michigan.
The Conrail Historical Society is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that preserves the history of the Consolidated Rail Corporation through education and publication, recognizing the creation of Conrail as one of the most significant developments in the American railroad industry.
The Consolidated Rail Corporation, better known as Conrail, was government’s answer to the Northeastern rail industry's collapse during the 1970s. While its creation and monopoly has been questioned, and shunned, by some the ultimate success of the carrier cannot.
Conrail operated one of the busiest and most dramatic pieces of railroad in the country. The Pittsburgh Line stretches from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh and climbs the spine of the Allegheny mountains with grades of up to 3% and over the world famous Horseshoe Curve.
Consolidated Rail Corp. or Conrail — originally spelled ConRail — was the government-led and financially backed bailout of six Northeastern railroads.
The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was formed on April 1, 1976 not by a standard merger, but as a new government corporation that took over only designated lines and other rail-related assets from the existing bankrupt companies. Seven major companies were included:
Conrail history starts with Penn Central’s bankruptcy in 1970, a collapse that upset the entire railroad industry. Something had to be done — Penn Central could not simply be liquidated. It operated one-third of the nation’s passenger trains and was the principal freight carrier in the Northeast.
In late 2019, The Conrail Historical Society inquired with CSX Transportation about the availability of an ex-Conrail 86-foot boxcar that could house The CRHS’s growing collection of Conrail archival material and make it accessible to researchers and the public.