Penn Central Transportation Company
American class I railroad company in operation from 1968 to 1976 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads), all united by large-scale service into the New York metropolitan area and (to a lesser extent) New England and Chicago. The new company failed barely two years after formation, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time. The Penn Central's railroad assets were nationalized into Conrail along with the other bankrupt northeastern roads; its real estate and insurance holdings successfully reorganized into American Premier Underwriters.
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Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Reporting mark | PC |
Locale | Connecticut Delaware Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri New York New Jersey Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Quebec Rhode Island Washington, DC West Virginia |
Dates of operation | February 1, 1968āFebruary 21, 1976 |
Predecessor | Pennsylvania Railroad New York Central System New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad |
Successor | Amtrak Conrail |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) |
Electrification | 12.5 kV 25 Hz AC: New Haven-Washington, D.C./South Amboy; Philadelphia-Harrisburg 700V DC: Harlem Line; Hudson Line |
Length | 20,530 miles (33,040 kilometres) |
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Website | pcrrhs.org |