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PC: Re: 29 years ago today......



Ahhh yes... ConRail. Basically it was PC with a load of Government money and
PC issues that they had been bringing before the Government for years that
were finally implemented...

I spent most of my "serious" railfanning years during Conrail, but I would
have preferred PC...
For all the griping about PC's paint scheme and logo, I always felt
Conrail's paint & logo were MUCH worse. That "can opener" just can't compare
with the "worms"!
All that having been said, CR in the end was a pretty good RR overall. BUT
one wonders if PC's management had been handed BILLIONS of $$$ and
deregulation / abandonments / labor concessions, etc. as they were asking
for (and CR got), I'll bet we'd still have PC today (or maybe they would
have been split by CSX & NS anyway...)

No matter, history is what it is.
PC is the goat, CR is the hero of NE railroading....

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: <zootowerprr -AT- webtv.net>
To: <penn-central -AT- smellycat.com>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: PC: 29 years ago today......

>
>              Time sure does fly! Chip Syme reminded me today that it was
> 29 years ago today the Penn Central black became ConRail blue. Now those
> of you that think I hit the wrong key, it was "ConRail" before
> "Conrail". Remember?
>               It's hard to belive that it was 29 years ago. I can
> remember being in a hobby shop when two Reading RR employees said"This
> will never work".
>
>    Dave
>
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