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Re: "It always stinks in Elizabeth! What is that smell?"Now that I know what tolook for |
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Posted by E Line Fan on Wed Sep 26 13:15:12 2007, in response to Re: “It always stinks in Elizabeth! What is that smell?”Now that I know what tolook for, posted by JBar387 on Wed Sep 26 01:07:04 2007. Nice Pics! Actually in 1976, Conrail succeeded a group of banrupt railroads - among these were the C.N.J., the Erie-Lackawanna and the Penn Central. Since then, railroads have further consolidated. In the West, Southern Pacific, which nearly merged with A.T.S.F. and would've created SPSF is now Union Pacific while Santa Fe has merged with Burlington Northern creating BNSF. On the railroads Union Pacific has merged with, the U.P. name has gradually replaced the former name. The Burlington Route (C. B. & Q.) has kept part of the former name: Great Northern and Northern Pacific made Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe makes today's BNSF. CSX has consolidated in the South. Today, basically, there are four main, large freight railroads and a passenger railroad. Quite a difference from 1971 when Amtrak was started and 1976 when Conrail followed. |
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