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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 25 02:55:42 2009, in response to Re: More trains on the CNJ main in Elizabeth, posted by WillD on Sat Apr 25 02:42:43 2009. Why don't you stop ruining a good thread.So that's when they were weighed down by money losing passenger routes and lacked the financial wherewithall to make the sort of improvements the Pennsy did to make their service far more viable No, the PRR had no such wherewithal to make improvements until they started getting federal money. Forgot that the PRR was gone ten years after that pic of the National Limited in the first post? the cab signalling, and the electrification is a major improvement. Hell, the Pennsy built their own route into NYC while the also-rans stuck with lackluster ferry connections The Pennsy had far better political connections. Maybe you forgot the PRR, at the time these photos were taken, was controlling the B&O? The C&O acquired the B&O in 1963. (The PRR had controlled the B&O from 1901.) And oh yeah, there was a brief period where the B&O's Royal Blue went to Penn Station. As for the PRR, they held onto their "lackluster" ferry connection to Lower Manhattan from Jersey City for 50 years after NYP was built. They hadn't built NYP to handle all of their passenger traffic. Also, before the PRR stepped in, the B&O had their own plans to build their own terminal in Manhattan. So say "thank you, bad politics" for that situation. Does this mean you are completely unable to enjoy the pics, BTW? |
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