United States Railway Association

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The United States Railway Association was a U.S. government-created corporation responsible for restructuring and revitalizing bankrupt northeastern railroads in the 1970s, most notably through the formation of Conrail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government agency
government corporation
appliesToJurisdiction Ann Arbor Railroad (original)
surface form: Ann Arbor Railroad

Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie Lackawanna Railway
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Northeast Corridor
surface form: Northeast Corridor rail system

Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (partial interest)
surface form: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

Reading Company
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource United States Code
surface form: United States federal statutes

transportation history literature
dissolved 1987
fieldOfWork railroad finance
railroad planning
railroad restructuring
followedBy Federal Railroad Administration
hasAuthority to designate rail properties to be transferred to Conrail
to prepare a Final System Plan for rail service
hasJurisdiction Northeastern United States
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasPublication USRA Final System Plan reports
Preliminary System Plan
surface form: USRA Preliminary System Plan reports
helpedCreate Consolidated Rail Corporation
inception 1973
industry rail transport
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
legislativeContext Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
surface form: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
mainAchievement creation of Conrail
notableWork Consolidated Rail Corporation formation plan
Final System Plan
Preliminary System Plan
operatedInThePeriod 1970s
1980s
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
parentOrganization United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
surface form: United States rail deregulation and restructuring era
purpose restructuring bankrupt northeastern railroads
revitalizing rail service in the Northeast and Midwest
reasonForDissolution completion of statutory mission
shortName Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
surface form: USRA
subjectOf United States federal transportation policy history

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Conrail ownedBy United States Railway Association
Consolidated Rail Corporation parentOrganization United States Railway Association
this entity surface form: United States Railway Association (oversight)
CR predecessor United States Railway Association
subject surface form: Conrail
this entity surface form: United States Railway Association (planning entity)
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act strengthens United States Railway Association