Records, 1967-1975.

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Records, 1967-1975.

The records of the Penn Central Trustees and their staff are limited to two small fragments dealing with financial performance in the years leading up to the bankruptcy and with passenger service in the mid-1970s.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6907399

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) was created on February 17, 1964, by Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties under a 1963 act that permitted counties to organize such authorities and acquire the assets of private transportation companies. SEPTA was created in response to a growing crisis in urban mass transit. Commuter rail lines were suffering from operating losses that freight income could no longer offset, combined...

Penn Central Transportation Company

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New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation.

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Amtrak

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Port Authority Transit Corporation

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Hildenbiddle, J. H. 1918-

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Penn Central Transportation Company. Office of the Trustees.

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Maryland. Dept. of Transportation.

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Langdon, Jervis, 1905-2004.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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The MBTA is the state agency responsible for the public transportation system in the Boston metropolitan area. From the description of Glass plate collection on the MBTA, 1896-1940 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234360181 The Boston Elevated Railway Company was established in 1894 and replaced successively by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947 and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1964. From the description of Boa...

Tucker, William H. (William Humphrey), 1923-

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McConnell, David B. (David Barry), 1949-

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Philadelphia International Airport

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Diffenderfer, J. W. 1921-1983.

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Lashley, W. A. 1920-

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