HIGHWAY SUBSIDIARIES STUDY

This report studies Conrail Corporation's trucking requirements and its growth opportunities in truck transportation. The operations of two highway subsidiaries Pennsylvania Truck Lines (PTL) owned by Penn Central Transportation Company and the Reading Transportation Company (RTC) owned by Reading Company were evaluated through use of interviews of key personnel, observation of facilities, and review of financial and operational performance. It recommends that CRC acquire PTL and RTC, enter the less than truckload market in the New York to Chicago lane, retrieve, if possible, New England Transportation, and undertake studies to blend truck-rail management.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by USRA.
• Corporate Authors:

  Kearney (AT) and Company, Incorporated

  437 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY  United States 

  United States Railway Association

  2100 2nd Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20595
• Publication Date: 1975-7-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 133 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Freight service; Freight traffic; Intermodal services; Less than carload traffic; Motor carriers; Piggyback transportation; Traffic forecasting
• Identifier Terms: Conrail
• Old TRIS Terms: Less carload traffic; Regional rail reorganization act
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Railway Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: USRA/R-060 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: USRA-C-50117
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM