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Penn Central Transportation Company (41)

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The Penn Central Transportation Company was formed in 1968 with the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1846-1968) and the New York Central Railroad Company (1853-1968). The companies also absorbed the smaller New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. All three companies were the result of the consolidation of many smaller, regional rail lines throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The new corporation was short lived, declaring bankruptcy in June 1970. The United States...

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Operating Dept. (1)

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Marketing Dept. (1)

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The Marketing Department of the Penn Central Transportation Company was created on February 1, 1968, with J. R. Sullivan as Vice President - Marketing. The department was dominated by officers of the former New York Central Railroad Company, which had the more sophisticated marketing organization. Philip D. Ohl, who had been Manager of International Freight Service for the New York Central, became Director - Market Planning of Penn Central, and served until around Aug...

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Passenger Operations Dept. (1)

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At the time of the Penn Central merger, total responsibility for passenger service was lodged in the Operating Department, instead of being divided between the Operating Department and the Passenger Sales Department. James M. Leconto became Assistant Vice President - Passenger Service, reporting the the Vice President - Transportation. On May 1, 1969, Howard C. Kohout was appointed over Leconto as Vice President - Passenger Operations, and the Transportation Department became fre...

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Office of the Trustees. (1)

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The Penn Central Transportation Company filed for Chapter 77 bankruptcy protection on June 21, 1970, the largest corporate bankruptcy to that date. Two days later, federal judge John P. Fullam was selected by lot to preside over the sprawling nine-year reorganization process. On July 22, 1970, Judge Fullam appointed four bankruptcy trustees to serve as intermediaries between the court and the company's management and assume the powers normally held by the Board of Directors elect...

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Public Affairs - Public Relations Dept. (1)

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At its creation, the Penn Central Transportation Company created a Public Relations & Advertising Department based on the Public Relations Department of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. Board Chairman Stuart T. Saunders retained supervisory control of the department under his trusted subordinate, Vice President - Public Relations & Advertising William A. Lashley. At the same time, a Public Affairs Department was created under Senior Vice President R.W. Minor, a former Ne...

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Office of Vice President - Mail and TrailVan Services. (1)

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The Mail, Express and Highway Services Department was created with the Penn Central merger of February 1, 1968. William F. Kirk, who had been Assistant Vice President - Flexi-Van Services on the New York Central, became Vice President - Mail, Express and Highway Services. Perlman had no intention of placing his brain-child, the Flexi-Van container system, under the control of the former PRR officials, David E. Smucker at Executive Vice President - Operations or Henry...

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