Conrail

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Class I railroad freight railroad railroad company

Conrail was a major U.S. freight railroad formed in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Conrail Shared Assets Operations 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
freight railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy CSX Transportation ⓘ
surface form: CSX Corporation

Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
surface form: Norfolk Southern Corporation
acquisitionCompletedOn 1999-06-01 ⓘ
colorScheme blue livery ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1999 ⓘ
foundedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
fullName Consolidated Rail Corporation ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CR ⓘ
hasSubdivision Conrail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
headquartersLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
inception 1976-04-01 ⓘ
industry freight transport ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
listedOn New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
notableFor consolidation of bankrupt Northeastern railroads ⓘ
revitalization of U.S. Northeast freight rail service in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
operatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
ownedBy United States Railway Association ⓘ
owner United States government ⓘ
parentCompanyAfter1999 CSX Transportation ⓘ
surface form: CSX Corporation

Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
surface form: Norfolk Southern Corporation
precededBy Ann Arbor Railroad (original) ⓘ
Central Railroad of New Jersey ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Lehigh Valley Railroad ⓘ
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Reading Company ⓘ
primaryBusiness freight rail transportation ⓘ
privatizedOn 1987-03-26 ⓘ
regulator Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
surface form: Interstate Commerce Commission

Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
servedCity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
servedRegion Rust Belt ⓘ
status defunct as independent railroad ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
Conrail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations

Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
tickerSymbol CR ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NS → alliance → Conrail ⓘ
subject surface form: Norfolk Southern Railway
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Cynwyd station → formerOwner → Conrail ⓘ
subject surface form: River Line
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail → hasSubdivision → Conrail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail → successor → Conrail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conrail Shared Assets Operations
PRR → successor → Conrail ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Three Rivers → usedRailroad → Conrail ⓘ