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Pennsylvania Railroad

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How can I find out who owned Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland in 1972? Any help would be more than appreciated. My email is barbplus14@gmail.com 24.214.118.92 (talk) 21:36, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was owned by the Penn Central. Bitmapped (talk) 03:26, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A disastrous prediction

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Milton Shapp, the governor of Pennsylvania at the time Penn Central was established predicted that the company would be a disaster. His theory proved correct, as PC filed for bankruptcy within 2 years of its establishment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.5.122.1 (talk) 20:41, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know where the 1 million dollars a day figure comes from

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I read the book "The Wreck of the Penn Central" recently and I believe that it said that it lost 1 million dollars a day during the Winter of 1970. Unfortunately, I returned it to the library and I do not know the page number, but I felt that it is worth mentioning where that figure comes from. 149.75.204.65 (talk) 23:21, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does seem to square with the railroad closed out 1970 with nearly $326 million in deficit which I wrote as part of Bankruptcy of Penn Central and is sourced from George Drury. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]