The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central...
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American railroad company Penn Central Transportation Company declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, two and a half years after its formation by the merger...
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City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street station. The terminal is the third-busiest train station in North America, after New York Penn Station and Toronto...
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Central Penn College (Central Penn or CPC) is a private for-profit college in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. Established in 1881, CPC offers associate degrees...
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Metro-North Railroad (section Penn Central)
By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract...
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longtime rival New York Central Railroad in 1968 to form Penn Central Railroad, but Newark kept the name "Penn Station." In 1970, Penn Station became the sole...
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merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. Penn Central went into bankruptcy in 1970 and, with extensive Federal government...
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Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision on compensation for regulatory...
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Stuart T. Saunders (section Penn Central)
1987) was an American railroad executive best known for his tenure with Penn Central. Saunders was born in McDowell, West Virginia, and reared near Bedford...
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Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest...
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Keystone Service (section Takeover from Penn Central)
June 30. The state filed suit against Penn Central on April 7 to stop the discontinuance. On April 23, Penn Central filed in District Court to discontinue...
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Pennsylvania Station (redirect from Penn Central Station)
Pennsylvania Station or Penn Station may refer to: Baltimore Penn Station New York Penn Station Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963), the predecessor to the...
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Milton Shapp (section Campaign against Penn Central)
Kingdom, while Stuart Saunders had vanished from the political scene as Penn Central entered bankruptcy in 1970. This time Shapp won the election to become...
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Chicago Union Station (redirect from Chicago station (Penn Central))
after April 23, 1917) Penn Central Transportation Company (former services of the New York Central Railroad and Michigan Central Railroad) (moved from...
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combined. The Penn Line is the successor to commuter services between Washington and Baltimore provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, and Conrail...
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Pennsylvania Railroad (redirect from Penn. R.R.)
merged with New York Central and the railroad eventually went by the name of Penn Central Transportation Company, or "Penn Central" for short. The former...
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the New York Central—originated and terminated at Grand Central. In 1991, Amtrak consolidated its New York City services at nearby Penn Station. The East...
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which operated from 1969 to 2006. They were briefly first operated by Penn Central Transportation (successor to the Pennsylvania Railroad, which originally...
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foreclosure, as were several other buildings that Penn Central owned around Grand Central Terminal. After Penn Central went bankrupt that year, the company sought...
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Hell Gate Line (section Penn Central)
February 1968 PRR merged with its rival New York Central Railroad to form the Penn Central (PC). Penn Central was required to absorb the New Haven in 1969...
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Hudson Line (Metro-North) (category New York Central Railroad lines)
the former main line of the Central. The planned Penn Station Access project would send some Hudson Line trains to Penn Station along the Empire Connection...
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EMD FL9 (section Penn Central and beyond)
in the East River Tunnels and the underground tracks of Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, passenger trains entering New York City have long been...
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Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and singer. He is primarily known for his iconic roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen...
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Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) (redirect from Penn Station (1910))
Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally...
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30th Street Station (redirect from Penn Central Station-30th Street)
million inter-city rail passengers in 2018, is Amtrak's third-busiest, after Penn Station in Manhattan and Union Station in Washington, D.C., and the 11th-busiest...
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entered service with the PRR in 1935 and later ran on successor railroads Penn Central, Conrail, and Amtrak. The last GG1 was retired by New Jersey Transit...
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passenger trains. Matters were brought to a head on June 21, 1970, when the Penn Central, the largest railroad in the Northeastern United States and teetering...
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its rail assets were merged with the Penn Central system, formed a year earlier by the merger of the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad...
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The Central Penn Capitals (formerly the York Capitals) were a professional indoor football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Capitals played...
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The Pennsylvania Railroad merged into Penn Central in 1968, and the search for a buyer continued. Penn Central and EJA were ultimately fined $70,000 by...
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