CR (historical)

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CR (historical) was the stock ticker symbol used to represent Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), a major U.S. freight railroad company formed from bankrupt Northeastern railroads in the 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stock ticker symbol
associatedWith Staggers Rail Act of 1980 NERFINISHED
U.S. railroad deregulation era
country United States of America
surface form: United States
industryOfUnderlyingCompany freight rail transportation
refersTo Conrail NERFINISHED
Consolidated Rail Corporation NERFINISHED
status historical ticker symbol (no longer active)
tickerFor Conrail common stock
underlyingCompanyAbbreviation CR
underlyingCompanyAcquisition joint acquisition by CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation
underlyingCompanyAcquisitionYear 1999
underlyingCompanyAlsoProvided commuter rail operations (until transferred to public agencies)
underlyingCompanyCreatedBy United States federal government NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyFormationContext bankruptcy of multiple Northeastern U.S. railroads in the 1970s
underlyingCompanyFormationYear 1976
underlyingCompanyHeadquartersLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyLegalBasis Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyOwnershipAfter1999 jointly owned by CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation
underlyingCompanyParentAfterSplit Conrail Inc. NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyPredecessor Ann Arbor Railroad NERFINISHED
Central Railroad of New Jersey NERFINISHED
Erie Lackawanna Railway NERFINISHED
Lehigh Valley Railroad NERFINISHED
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway NERFINISHED
Penn Central Transportation Company NERFINISHED
Reading Company NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyPrimaryBusiness freight rail service
underlyingCompanyPrivatizationYear 1987
underlyingCompanyReportingMarks CR
underlyingCompanyRoleAfter1999 terminal and shared-assets operator for CSX and Norfolk Southern
underlyingCompanyServiceArea Midwestern United States NERFINISHED
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanySuccessor CSX Transportation NERFINISHED
Norfolk Southern Railway NERFINISHED
underlyingCompanyType Class I railroad
usedOn New York Stock Exchange NERFINISHED

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