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Interested in Penn Central? New York Central? Pennsylvania Railroad? New Haven Railroad? or in the smaller Eastern US railroads? Then you will be interested in "What if the Penn Central Merger Did Not Happen". You will also enjoy "Could George Alpert have saved the New Haven?" as well as "What if the New Haven never merged with Penn Central?"

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Not so Long Ago: Some tidbits from railroading magazines of the 1940's which seem so strange and out-of-place now. Also a fictional plan (by Ken Kinlock) for mass transit in the Albany, New York area.

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Since 1950 Over fifty years ago, Merle Armitage published a book called "The Railroads of America". In it, he listed the major railroads of the time. I took his list and tried to see where they all went. I also compared to a 1980 source of Class 1 railroads. Note:"Conrail" is listed as the final disposition because of the added complexity of integrating the final disposition of Conrail. Typical of railroads around in 1950 but gone in half a century was the C&WC. The Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad was merged into the Atlantic Coast Line System after 1959. This GP-7 was painted in the ACL's scheme of Purple/silver but was lettered for the C&WC instead of ACL. When the ACL began repainting their units in the black/yellow stripe scheme the CN&L units were also repainted and renumbered. For more details refer to the Book "ACL-the Diesel Years" by W. Calloway. For more on Southeastern US railrtoads, visit www.hosam.com	Welcome to our WebSite of Railroads Since 1950 Find railroads in alphabetical order: Railroads from A to C Railroads from D to K Railroads from L to P Railroads from R to Z The New York Central Railroad in 1950
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Gone when?	Name	1980?	In between then and now	2000	1966 Mles
1982	Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad	Yes	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern	171
1973	Alton & Southern Railroad	No	Purchased by Cotton Belt and Missouri Pacific	Union Pacific
1963	Ann Arbor Railroad	No	Controlled by Wabash until 1963 then sold to DT&I; 1976 to Conrail; then split up portions of the line in March 1976 and the remainder, including the Lake Michigan car ferries, in 1980. On October 1, 1977, Michigan Interstate Railway began operating the line. In October 1988 a newly formed AA purchased. the Frankfort to Toledo line	CN North America; shortlines; abandoned	292
1995	Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway	Yes	Sante Fe	BNSF
1983	Atlanta & West Point Railroad	Yes	Seaboard System	CSX	226
1967	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	No	Seaboard Coast Line	CSX	5501
1973	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad	No	Chessie System	CSX	5874
Current	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad	Yes		Iron Road Railways
Current	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company	Yes		Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Current	Boston and Maine Railroad	Yes	Owned by Guilford Transportation	Guilford Transportation
1976	Buffalo Creek Railroad	No		Conrail
1994	Cambria & Indiana Railroad	Yes	Bethlehem Steel	Abandoned
Current	Canadian National Railways	Yes		CN Rail
Current	Canadian Pacific Railway	Yes		CP Rail [CP Limited]
1963	Central of Georgia	No	Southern	Norfolk Southern	1745
1976	Central Railroad Company of New Jersey	No		Conrail	630
1959	Charleston & Western Carolina Railway		Atlantic Coast Line	CSX
1973	Chesapeake & Ohio	No	Chessie System	CSX	5119
1996	Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway	Yes		Illinois & Midland (Genesee & Wyoming Ind)
1995	Chicago & Northwestern Railway	Yes		Union Pacific
1975	Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad	No	Purchased by Missouri Pacific. An arrangement with the Wabash provided that railroad with entrance trackage and terminal facilities in the city itself. This arrangement involved joint ownership of the C. & W.I. RR.
1963	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	No	Missouri Pacific (part) Louisville & Nashville (part) Union Pacific acquired Missouri Pacific; CSX acquired L&N		863
1970	Chicago Burlington and Quincy	No	Burlington Northern	BNSF
1968	Chicago Great Western Railway	No	Chicago and Northwestern	Union Pacific
1980	Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad	Yes	Bankrupt; parts to numerous railroads Union Pacific; BNSF; CSX		7849
1971	Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville Railway	No	Renamed Monon; went to Louisville & Nashville	CSX	541
1982	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road)	Yes	Bankrupt.	Part to SOO. Chicago-area commuter lines in METRA CP Rail, shortlines or abandoned
1983	Clinchfield Railroad	Yes		CSX
1981	Colorado and Southern Railway	Yes		BNSF
Current	Columbus & Greenville Railway	Yes	Illinois Central 1972	Now CAGY

Current	Delaware and Hudson Railroad	Yes	Guilford Transportation	CP Rail System
1960	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad	No	Erie Lackawanna	Conrail
1988	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	Yes	Southern Pacific	Union Pacific
????	Detroit & Mackinac Railway			Lake States Railway
1981	Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad	Yes	Grand Trunk Western	CN North America
1983	Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad	Yes	Grand Trunk Western	CN North America
Current	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway	Yes		Duluth Missabe and Iron Range
1961	Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad	No	Soo Line created by merger with Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie	CP Rail
Current	Elgin, Joliet & Eastern	Yes	One of several railroads owned by Transtar (50% owned by US Steel). Sold to CN in 2009	CN North America
1960	Erie Railroad	No	Erie Lackawanna	Conrail
Current	Florida East Coast Railway	Yes		Florida East Coast
1971	Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway	No	CNW	Union Pacific
1982	Fort Worth and Denver Railway	Yes	Colorado and Southern	BNSF
1971	Georgia & Florida Railroad	No	Southern	Norfolk Southern	321
1983	Georgia Railroad	Yes	Seaboard System	CSX
Current	Grand Trunk Western Railroad	Yes		CN North America
1970	Great Northern Railway	No	Burlington Northern	BNSF
1992	Green Bay & Western Railroad	Yes		Wisconsin Central
1972	Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad	No	Illinois Central Gulf	Illinois Central
Current	Illinois Central Railroad	Yes	Illinois Central Gulf	Illinois Central
1981	Illinois Terminal Railroad	Yes	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern	338
Current	Kansas City Southern Railway	Yes		Kansas City Southern
1981	Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad	Yes	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern

Current	Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad	Yes
1976	Lehigh & Hudson River Railway	No	To Conrail some to NY, S&W	Conrail; NY,S&W	98
1960	Lehigh and New England Railroad	No	Lehigh and New England Railway Company; some to Central Railroad of New Jersey; later to Conrail; rest abandoned	Conrail
1976	Lehigh Valley Railroad	No		Conrail	1095
Current	Long Island Railroad	Yes	Was owned by Pennsylvania but purchased by the State of New York.	Metropolitan Transit Authority
1939	Louisiana & Arkansas Railway	No	Merged in 1939 but operated as a separate railroad	Kansas City Southern
1982	Louisville and Nashville Railroad	Yes		CSX	5697
Current	Maine Central Railroad	Yes		Guilford Transportation
1992	McCloud River Railroad	Yes	Acquired by Itel Corp in 1977. Sold to 4-Rails in 1992 and renamed McCloud Railway
1967	Midland Valley Railroad	No	Texas & Pacific; then Missouri Pacific	Union Pacific
1960	Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway	No	Chicago and Northwestern	Union Pacific
1961	Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie Railroad	No	Commonly known as the Soo Line, the MSt.P&SSM merged with the original Wisconsin Central to create the "official" Soo Line in 1961.	CP Rail
1967	Mississippi Central Railroad	No		ICG
1982	Missouri Pacific Railroad	Yes		Union Pacific
1988	Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (KATY)	Yes		Union Pacific
1975	Montour Railroad	No	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	Conrail	83
1957	Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway	No	Louisville & Nashville	CSX
1983	Nevada Northern Railway	Yes	Suspended operations when Kennecott mine closed	Abandoned
1968	New York Central Railroad	No	Penn Central	Conrail	9844
Current	New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad	Yes		Delaware Otsego
1964	New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate)	No	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern
1968	New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad	No	Penn Central	Conrail	1637
1957	New York, Ontario & Western Railway	No	{bankrupt}	abandoned
1982	Norfolk & Western Railway	Yes		Norfolk Southern	7057
1974	Norfolk Southern Railway	No	Southern	Norfolk Southern	592
1970	Northern Pacific Railway	No	Burlington Northern	BNSF
1950’s	Northwestern Pacific Railroad	No	Southern Pacific	Union Pacific
Current	Ontario Northland Railway	Yes	Government of Ontario	Ontario Northland
1968	Pennsylvania Railroad	No	Penn Central	Conrail	9652
Current	Peoria & Pekin Union Railway	Yes
1969	Piedmont & Northern Railway	No		CSX	136
1996	Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad	Yes		Genesee and Wyoming Inc.
1964	Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway	No	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern	132
Current	Prescott & Northwestern Railroad	Yes		Owned by Potlatch Co
1969	Pullman Company	No	Not really a railroad; but was in the list	Amtrak (not really a railroad either!)

1975	Railway Express Agency, Inc.	No	Not really a railroad, but important in 1950	Bankrupt
1981	Raritan River Railroad	Yes		Conrail
1976	Reading Company	No		Conrail	1284
1993	Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad	Yes	Chessie	CSX
1961	Rutland Railway	No	(bankrupt)	Green Mountain Railroad; Vermont Railway
1970, 1979	San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway	No	Part to Mexican gov’t, part to San Diego MTDB	Union Pacific; Kyle Railways, MTDB
1971	Savannah & Atlanta Railway	No	Southern	Norfolk Southern
1967	Seaboard Air Line Railroad	No	Seaboard Coast Line	CSX	4123
1996	Southern Pacific Company	Yes		Union Pacific
1982	Southern Railway	Yes		Norfolk Southern	14027
1958	Spokane International Railroad	No		Union Pacific
1970	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway	No		BNSF
1996	St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt)	Yes	Southern Pacific	Union Pacific
1980	St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco)	Yes		BNSF
1968	Tennessee Central Railway	No	Abandoned; portions to Seaboard and Southern	Norfolk Southern; CSX	280
1971	Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway	No	Southern	Norfolk Southern
1976	Texas & Pacific Railway	No	Missouri Pacific	Union Pacific
1983	Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad	Yes	(once part of Sante Fe) Then Delaware Otsego	RailAmerica
1987	Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway	Yes		CP Rail [CP Limited]
Current	Union Pacific Railroad	Yes		Union Pacific
1959	Virginian Railway	No	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern
1964	Wabash Railroad	No	Norfolk & Western	Norfolk Southern
1973	Western Maryland Railway	No	Chessie System	CSX	1410
1982	Western Pacific Railroad	Yes		Union Pacific
1964	Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway	Yes/No	Nickel Plate	Norfolk Southern
1952	Wichita Valley Railway	No	Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company	BNSF
1967	Winston-Salem Southbound Railway	No		Norfolk Southern; CSX
Current	Wisconsin Central Railway	No	The original WC was formed in 1871. It came under control of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie in 1909 through a 999 year lease. In 1961 the two railroads were merged to create the Soo Line. A newly formed WC purchased the Lake States Transportation Division of the Soo Line in 1987.	Wisconsin Central
2000	Youngstown & Southern Railway	Yes	Last Y&S train 1992. In 1993/1994, the Little Beaver Creek RR (PL&W) operated it for a short time. Rail Ventures Inc., purchased the Y&S from the Youngstown & Southern Railway Co. in 1996.	Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway (CQPA)	46