Consolidated Rail Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Consolidated_Rail_Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:CSX_Transportation
gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1999
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Conrail
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:formedBy bankrupt railroads of the Northeast and Midwest US
gptkbp:founded 1976
gptkbp:governmentInvolvement created by the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Consolidated Rail Corporation
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:L._Stanley_Crane
gptkb:Richard_D._Sanborn
gptkbp:logo Conrail logo.svg
gptkbp:notableEvent split between CSX and Norfolk Southern in 1999
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Conrail_Detroit_Shared_Assets_Area
gptkb:Conrail_North_Jersey_Shared_Assets_Area
gptkb:Conrail_South_Jersey/Philadelphia_Shared_Assets_Area
gptkbp:notableRoute Chicago to New York City
Cleveland to Buffalo
Detroit to New Jersey
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
St. Louis to New York City
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:EMD_GP38-2
gptkb:EMD_SD40-2
gptkb:EMD_SD50
gptkb:EMD_SD60
gptkb:GE_B23-7
gptkb:GE_B40-8
gptkb:GE_C40-8W
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 80,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:operatingSubsidiary gptkb:Conrail_Shared_Assets_Operations
gptkbp:parentCompany United States federal government (initially)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Erie_Lackawanna_Railway
gptkb:Ann_Arbor_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines
gptkb:Reading_Company
gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
gptkb:Lehigh_&_Hudson_River_Railway
gptkb:Pere_Marquette_Railway_(via_Penn_Central)
gptkbp:privatizationMethod public stock offering
gptkbp:privatized 1987
gptkbp:purpose to maintain freight rail service in the Northeast and Midwest US
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Northeastern_United_States
gptkbp:serviceType freight rail
gptkbp:status defunct as independent company
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:CR_(former_NYSE_symbol)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Conrail_Shared_Assets_Operations
gptkbp:website www.conrail.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conrail
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6