FW: (erielack) Conrail did not buy Erie-Lackawanna..!

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

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From: MONTGOMERY| ED [mailto:emontgom_@_lan.tjhsst.edu]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:39 AM
To: paultup_@_lucent.com
Subject: RE: (erielack) Conrail did not buy Erie-Lackawanna..!


It is interesting to look back at the formation of CR.  In March and 
April of 1976 CR bought full page ads in TIME and other magazines 
proclaiming a new age of railroad service in the northeast.  At that 
time they proclaimed they were building on the heritage of the great 
railroads that were combined to make up CR.  They had pictures of 
all of the CR member's locomotives with their logos proudly 
displayed.  The only picture not correct was EL's because they 
were added so late.  Their picture was a close-up side view of an 
EMD low hood unit with the EL logo on the side of the short hood.

Legally CR had to acquire some title to the names of the 
companies they took over for liability purposes.  Could you imagine 
a train with say a Reading name on it hitting a person and killing 
them.  Without taking title to the companies, CR could have said:  
"Take your claims to Reading, it wasn't our engine".  Something to 
think about.

Ed

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