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The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads), all united by large-scale service into the New York metropolitan area and (to a lesser extent) New ...
American railroad company Penn Central Transportation Company declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, two and a half years after its formation by the merger of the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. At the time, this was the largest bankruptcy in American history. [1] Penn Central was responsible for a third of the nation's ...
U.S. Const. amend. Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision on compensation for regulatory takings. [1] Penn Central sued New York City after the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission denied its bid to build a large office building on top of Grand Central ...
Length. 11,640.66 miles (18,733.83 kilometers) (1926) The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the " Pennsy ", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the ...
Seven major companies were included: Penn Central Transportation Company (PC), successor to the New York Central Railroad (NYC), New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH), and Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL), successor to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and Erie Railroad (Erie) Ann Arbor ...
Alfred Edward Perlman (November 22, 1902—April 30, 1983) was a railroad executive, having served as president of the Penn Central Transportation Company and its predecessor, the New York Central Railroad, and later, president of the Western Pacific railroad presiding over its successful turnaround before being absorbed into the present day Union Pacific system.
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad April 2, 1956. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Anderson Belt Railway, Chicago, Indiana and Eastern Railway, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad and Vandalia Railroad merged into the ...
Railway companies established in 1968. Railway companies disestablished in 1976. Former Class I railroads in the United States. Defunct Connecticut railroads. Defunct Delaware railroads. Defunct Washington, D.C., railroads. Defunct Illinois railroads. Defunct Indiana railroads. Defunct Kentucky railroads.