Talk:Consolidated Rail Corporation

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Needs more details of the Ann Arbor Railroad --SPUI (talk) 07:11, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Final system plan notes

See also User:SPUI/Amtrak lines acquired from Conrail

[edit] Railroads offered lines

[edit] Need to split Conrail from Conrail Shared Assets

For clarity's sake, the two need to be kept distinct, as the infobox (for one thing) is grossly inaccurate in describing what most people think of as Conrail. Mangoe 23:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TWP importance assessment

Okay, I'll concede that Conrail was basically THE railroad in the US northeast in the late 20th century. My rule of thumb in assigning importance ratings so far has been that former Class I railroads should generally be listed as Mid importance because we're looking at articles in relation to their importance to rail transport history worldwide. Someone trying to learn the history of American railroading in the 20th century definitely needs to know about Conrail, but I don't think it necessarily holds true for a worldwide view of railroad history. Seeing the rating assigned by an anonymous IP first, my first thought was that the anon user may not have had the Trains WikiProject importance scale in mind, so I deferred to the rating strategy that I've been using so far.

That said, now that another user has stated his agreement with the High importance rating, I'm having a hard time finding an argument against leaving this article with a High importance rating.

Now, there are about 6,000 other articles (and that's not an exaggeration, I counted them yesterday) in Cat:Unknown-importance rail transport articles to look at... B-) Slambo (Speak) 19:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that anon user was actually me. One of my computers has trouble keeping me logged in. Thanks for aggreeing with my rational. 3D jonny 19:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd assess this as "High" too. The bankruptcy of Penn Central and all the other Northeast US railroads is *the* event in 20th Century railroad history. The transfer of commuter service and commuter track, as well as Northeast Corridor track to public ownership, followed by the revival of freight profitability, are the key factors in the late-20th-century reorganization of American railroads. And the histories of these events are covered almost entirely in the Conrail article. (Separate articles for the 3Rs and 4Rs Acts, the purchases by the commuter systems, and the transfers to Amtrak, would be nice, but would be too detailed for general use.) Just for Future Reference.  :-) 69.202.76.231 (talk) 02:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of neutrality dispute label?

I'm not seeing a dispute here in the talk pages. Is the neutrality of the article still being questioned? ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alloy (talk • contribs) 01:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC) Not sure why typing four tildes is not signing this post. Alloy (talk) 01:16, 31 May 2008 (UTC)