Railroad real estate records, 1917-1989 1976-1985.

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Railroad real estate records, 1917-1989 1976-1985.

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Record group RG 92-157 contains correspondence, quit claim deeds, purchase agreements, deeds to land, appraisal reports with color print photographs, court proceedings and maps. These records document the state taking over portions of commercial railroads that were no longer economically viable. The state attempted to keep passenger and freight services operational but met with little success. The railroad companies involved are the Ann Arbor, the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O), Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail), the Escanaba-Lake Superior, and Penn Central. The bulk of the material dates from 1976 to 1985. The Ann Arbor Railroad's right of way maps are the only documents that date from 1917 to 1946.

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ConRail

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The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on February 10, 1976, for the purpose of taking over the viable portions of the Penn Central Transportation Company and other bankrupt Northeastern railroads as determined by the 1975 Final System Plan of the United States Railway Association. Conrail''s securities were owned by the federal government for funds advanced, and by its employees for wage and hours givebacks. Initial operation was as troubled and unprofitabl...

Michigan. Dept. of Transportation. Urban and Public Transportation Division.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Company.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

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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 go...

Ann Arbor Railroad Company

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The Ann Arbor Railroad began in 1878. The line began in Toledo, Ohio and ran northwest through Ann Arbor to Frankfort and Elberta, Michigan. It was officially incorporated on September 21, 1895. The railroad ran a Great Lakes car ferry service from 1892 to 1982. In 1976, the Michigan Department of Transportation bought the northern part of the railroad (the railroad had declared bankruptcy in 1973). In order to keep the entire line operating, the state bought the southern part in 1980. By 1988-1...