First, some history. To address the looming collapse of freight and passenger rail traffic in the East as a result of those railroad bankruptcies, Congress passed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act ...

It’s not too often that new books are offered complimentary to anyone willing to simply click on a download link. “Conrail, the Early Years – Stories from the Front,” by Stephen Frasher, is a unique ...

Conrail clerk Tom Mullin seems numbed by the transition that rail service has gone through in recent years. He says the sale of Conrail toNorfolk Southern Corp. would not make much difference. The ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

Charging that a merger of the Norfolk-Southern railroad and Conrail would reduce competition and service, Pennsylvania Sen. John Heinz has urged Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole to open the ...

The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the Conrail Historical Society, will feature the equipment, ...

HIGHER OFFER. An investor group headed by First Boston Corp. has raised its bid for Conrail from $1.65 billion to $1.8 billion. The Reagan administration has proposed selling the federally owned ...

A group of large investors organized by Morgan Stanley & Co. has proposed to buy out the government`s 85 percent interest in the Consolidated Rail Corp., commonly known as Conrail, to return it to the ...