PC: Re: Penn Central Digest V1 #71

["Kristin O'Brien" <kobrien@xxxxxxxx>]

Were there any environmental issues with the Land?
Kristin L. O'Brien
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: Penn Central Digest V1 #71


> Penn Central Digest      Monday, August 27 2001      Volume 01 : Number
071
>
>
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>  Subjects in this issue:
>      PC: PC Land Settlement
>      Re: PC: PC in the news...
>      Re: PC: PC in the news...
>      Re: PC: PC in the news...
>      PC: Will Jamison
>      Re: PC: Will Jamison
>      Re: PC: PC in the news...
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> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Blue Moon Network Administrator  <root -AT- net.bluemoon.net>
> Subject: PC: PC Land Settlement
>
> >From the Weekly Rail Recap:
>
> >
> >(WED) A settlement was announced in favor of landowners whose property
> >adjoined abandoned rights-of-way of the former Penn Central Railroad.
The
> >landowners had earlier launched a class action lawsuit stemming from the
> >railroad's practice of selling or attempting to sell its abandoned
> >rights-of-way to adjoining property owners, arguing that the railroad's
> >control ended when it abandoned a line.  Under the terms of the
settlement,
> >as many as 12,000 individuals may receive small parcels of land. (ffd:
AP)
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> Not exciting, but PC doesn't make the news much anymore.
>
> Henry
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:44:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Vargo <anthrax7 -AT- excite.com>
> Subject: Re: PC: PC in the news...
>
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 02:13:34 EDT, penn-central -AT- smellycat.com wrote:
>
> >   I guess you can say that Penn Central never left us then.......but my
> thing
> >  is wouldn't it go to Conrail since it was a predecessor of the late PC?
>
> Wouldn't you mean Descendant? The predecessors (meaning "coming before" or
> ancestors) to the (ill-fated and maligned) Penn Central would be the
> Pennsylvania RR, N'Yawk Central, and (I do hate to say it so because of my
> fellow fans with a soft spot for it, and it truly does pain me so to put
it
> this way) whiny little b---- New Haven. Conjob was a descendant or
corporate
> successor of the Penn Central.
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Vargo <anthrax7 -AT- excite.com>
> Subject: Re: PC: PC in the news...
>
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:13:15 EDT, penn-central -AT- smellycat.There has
> >  been a big debate recently over converting some of these in Washtenaw
> County
> >  to Rails-to-Trails, connecting Ann Arbor, Tecumseh & Manchester.
>
> Back in NW Indiana a chunk through Griffith, Hobart and Merrillville
> (roughly along the old Penny Panhandle route) have gone the R. To T.
route.
> >From passing by, it looks like a rather scenic bicycle route, IMHO.
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Vargo <anthrax7 -AT- excite.com>
> Subject: Re: PC: PC in the news...
>
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:32:04 -0400, penn-central -AT- smellycat.com wrote:
>
> >  The power transmission line that runs SW along the
> >  south side of the old landfill in Ann Arbor MI mskes it clearly
> >  visible. I bet that whomever owns those lines also owns
> >  the row.
> Possibly the local electric utility. That seems like the safest bet
> according to your description...
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:30:07 -0400
> From: "Ron Stafford" <wvcrr -AT- erie.net>
> Subject: PC: Will Jamison
>
> Is Will Jamison (PCRHS member) on list by chance? I would very much like
to
> get in touch with him.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron Stafford
>
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:02:45 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Iron Will <ironwill77 -AT- yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: PC: Will Jamison
>
> - --- Ron Stafford <wvcrr -AT- erie.net> wrote:
> > Is Will Jamison (PCRHS member) on list by chance? I
> > would very much like to
> > get in touch with him.
>
>
> Yes he is and can be reached at Ironwill77 -AT- yahoo.com
>
> Will
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> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:18:02 -0400
> From: "weldon" <weldon -AT- fastol.com>
> Subject: Re: PC: PC in the news...
>
> <SNIP>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> > Conjob was a descendant or corporate
> > successor of the Penn Central.
> >
>
>
> Shouldn't we be beyond using derogatory terms for Conrail?  I think in its
> 23-year history it more than proved itself as a positive force in
> Northeastern railroading.
> While it is certainly romantic to wonder "what might have been" with Penn
> Central, the reality is that without Conrail, the industrial economy of
the
> region, weak as it was, would have collapsed altogether.
> If you want to consider something an outright Con, look at the dubious
> history of CSX, which was notorious for taking over perfectly viable
> railroads and ripping them up to squelch competition and protect their own
> pockets.
> As fun as it was to watch, Penn Central was a bloated mess, and the
> Anthracite roads were on a death watch as soon as the first oil furnaces
> were installed in Philadelphia and New York.  Conrail managed to pare all
of
> that down into a reasonable, sustainable, and ultimately profitable
> railroad.
> Please, let's not reduce ourselves to name calling.
> Lee
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