Part II of our series on Conrail, where we talk about Big Conrail's component roads, a sweep through its history, and how we got to Big Blue in the first place.
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Show Bibliography:
1. Remembering the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway — a history. Mohowski, Robert E. Trains Magazine. July 30, 2020. Accessed April 3, 2024
2. Conrail's Crown Jewel: Conrail's Office Car Special. Reminder, Wes. The Boring, The Adoring, 2020. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://www.the-boring-the-adoring.com/conrail-office-car-special
3. Freight Trains on Passenger Railroads. Conrail. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://conrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Freight-Passenger-Presentation.pdf
4. Conrail Historical Society (photo of Orange Juice Train at Metuchen, NJ).
Accessed, April 3, 2024.
https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/sites/default/files/archive_photo/images/3164.jpg
5. The Lehigh Valley Railroad System Map. Railfan Guides of the U.S. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://www.railfanguides.us/system/lehighvalley/index.htm
6. Lehigh Valley Railroad, "Route Of The Black Diamond." Burns, Adam. American-Rails.com. January 20, 2024. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://www.american-rails.com/lv.html
7. Interstate Commerce Commission. Wikipedia.org. Accessed April 3, 2024
8. Penn Central Route Map. Reddit r/MapPorn. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/jhu7l4/penn_central_route_map_1968/
9. Akron Railroad Club. Photo of Erie Lackawanna E8A #813. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img20210831_10201493rkg.jpg
10. Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Wikipedia. Accessed April 3, 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines
11. A Classy Looking E-unit. Photo of New Jersey Transit E8A #4253. Kaback, Brandon. Accessed, April 3, 2024 via RRpicturearchives.net
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