Penn Central Transportation Company

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defunct company railroad company

Penn Central Transportation Company was a major American railroad formed in 1968 by the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad, later becoming infamous for its massive bankruptcy.

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Label Occurrences
Penn Central Transportation Company canonical 69
Penn Central 4
Penn Central Company 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquired New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
acquisitionCompleted 1969 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
surface form: Penn Central
causeOfFailure decline in Northeastern U.S. rail traffic ⓘ
deferred maintenance of infrastructure ⓘ
inadequate regulation of merger ⓘ
incompatible corporate cultures of predecessor railroads ⓘ
mismanagement ⓘ
poor financial controls ⓘ
ceasedRailOperations 1976 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBankruptcyFiling 1970 ⓘ
fate non-rail assets reorganized as a holding company ⓘ
rail assets conveyed to Conrail ⓘ
formedByMergerOf New York Central Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
headquartersLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
historicalSignificance catalyst for U.S. railroad deregulation reforms ⓘ
catalyst for creation of Conrail ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
industry rail transportation ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
notableFor largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time ⓘ
operated commuter rail services ⓘ
freight rail network ⓘ
intercity passenger trains ⓘ
operatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New England ⓘ
surface form: New England states

New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

Northeastern United States ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterReorganization Penn Central Transportation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Penn Central Company
precededBy New York Central Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
regulatorInvolved Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
surface form: Interstate Commerce Commission

United States government ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal government
successor Conrail ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Penn Central Company
transported freight ⓘ
passengers ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

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

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → mergedInto → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
PRR → mergedInto → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
this entity surface form: Penn Central
Broadway Limited → operatedBy → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Central (briefly, pre-Amtrak)
GG1 electric locomotive → operator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) → formerOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company → alsoKnownAs → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Central
Penn Central Transportation Company → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Central Company
Penn Central Transportation Company → parentCompanyAfterReorganization → Penn Central Transportation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Central Company
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad → becamePartOf → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Northern Central Railway → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Amtrak Empire Corridor → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Water Level Route → successorOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Conrail → precededBy → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
New York Central Railroad → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Princeton Branch → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
PCC&StL → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
East River tunnels → ownedPreviouslyBy → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
subject surface form: East River Tunnels
White Plains station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad → successor → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad → mergedInto → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Harlem Line → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Elwyn station → formerOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge → laterOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
New York Central Railroad main line → successorOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Danbury Branch → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Consolidated Rail Corporation → tookOverOperationsOf → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Waterbury Branch → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
United States Railway Association → appliesToJurisdiction → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
CR → formedFrom → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Conrail
New Haven–Springfield Line → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Hyde Park Railroad Station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
New Canaan Branch → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Clocker (portion of service heritage) → operatedOnRailroad → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Clocker (portion of service heritage) → operatedBy → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Central
New Haven Line → successorOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Downingtown Station → formerOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Tarrytown station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Carpenter station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Odenton station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Franklin Line → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Floridian (train) → trackOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad) → historicalOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Chestnut Hill West station → formerOwner → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Lancaster Station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad New Canaan Branch → laterOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Brewster station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Brewster train station → formerOperator → Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ