I love the Pennsylvania - New York Central bantering. Milton Schapp our governor at that time, fought the merger in the courts and did whatever he could to stop it otherwise. Obviously he lost, so did Pennsylvania and its railroad.
a.. "February 1, 1968- The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form the Penn Central. Terms of the merger with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad have not yet been agreed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; in the interim, the Penn Central will financially support the New Haven." Wikipedia has an excellent summary on the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I for one remember that the big fight over the merger back then was that the Pennsylvania Railroad was rich and the New York Central was not, as the NYC had invested in too much real estate and was financially broke.. That is how I remember it being presented in our papers at that time. Myself? I didn't pay much attention to all the "hollering" as I was too busy making a living, besides, I was a Reading Company man and they had plenty of fights with the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad themselves. LOve and Kisses, Billy Fraley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
