THE ELECTRIFICATION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN--AND MIGHT STILL BE

The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act has a provision which provides $200 in loan guarantees for Conrail electrification if it can be justified. This has set off a study of the 250-mile route between Enola, Pa., and Pittsburgh, the former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline across the state. PRR had made a series of studies of this same project from the early years of the century. This article describes these studies made in 1908, 1913, 1923, 1930 and 1955. For a variety of reasons none of those plans were ever implemented.

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  Kalmbach Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • BEZILLA, M
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 30-34
• Serial:
  • Trains
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0041-0934
  • Serial URL: http://trainsmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; History; Locomotives; Planning; Railroad electrification; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: Conrail; Pennsylvania Railroad; Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive design
• Subject Areas: Design; History; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172934
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Trains
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM