CONRAIL -HOW THE PLAN BREAKS DOWN

These are four major features to the proposed CONRAIL organization; (1) The establishment of a 15,000 mile system and abandoning 6,200 miles of branch lines; (2) Giving parts of the Reading and Erie Lackawanna to the Chessie System and Norfolk & Western to operate; (3) Improving high speed rail passenger service in the Northeast Corridor; (4) Undertaking a $5 billion, 14 year track and roadway rehabilitation program. The article contains a brief summary of each of these major points.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11-12
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Branch lines; Consolidations; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Conrail
• Geographic Terms: Northeastern United States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095236
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM