With assets of $4.2 billion and combined annual revenue of $1.5 billion or more, the new Penn Central line would tower far above any other U.S. railroad and with its subsidiaries would rank as the ...

“Eventually, the railroad went bankrupt, at the same time the New York Central did. They formed the Penn Central, which was really beyond helpful. And it didn’t do very well, either.

Throughout this series so far, I have looked at the concept of through-running as applied or envisioned in several different cities: Philadelphia, Toronto and Los Angeles. It was not applied in Boston ...

After the Pennsylvania Railroad days in 1968, the landmark has seen three additional owners: Penn Central, 1968-1976; Conrail, 1976-1999; and currently, Norfolk Southern Corp. Today, roughly 50-70 ...

the cars had been part of the Penn Valley Railroad in Sunbury. For 27 years, they carried rail fans on fall foliage and holiday excursions through central Pennsylvania. Jeff Pontius, 70, ...