Thread by @A320Lga, Today is........Conrail day! 46 years since that beginning. While mostly gone, CR’s [...]

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Today is........Conrail day! 46 years since that beginning.

While mostly gone, CR’s legacy is still strong: in being an instrument of rail reorganization in the NE has a MASSIVE bearing on how freight works today. The histories of truck traffic, sprawl, deindustrialization and the rail renaissance are deeply linked to it.

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Wiseguys and Wayfreights: Conrail in North Jersey - Railfan & Railroad Magazine

Passing the same North Jersey landmarks that the fictional Tony Soprano made famous in the opening credits of the cable series “The Sopranos,” Conrail’s never-ending procession of trains would work...

http://railfan.com/wiseguys-wayfreights-conrail-north-jersey/

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: 44 years, not 46. I can’t do math today it seems.

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