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Posted by Dave on Sun Jul 8 20:58:56 2012, in response to Re: More trains on the CNJ main in Elizabeth, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Jul 8 20:01:54 2012. Not according to wikipedia:Following its emergence from bankruptcy, control of the B&O was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1901. A rising young PRR Vice President, Leonor F. Loree, was appointed President. Loree shared the Pennsy management's belief in infrastructure and the B&O at that time needed some of that. New classes of engines were built to haul longer, heavier trains faster. The Old Main Line was reworked, sections of the original right-of-way cut off by the straightening of curves and replacement of old, weight-restricted bridges with newer, heavier bridges. Most of Loree's work on the B&O physical plant remains evident today. Many iron and steel bridges on the railroad were replaced with stone (Pennsy preferred stone to the preference of the Reading and Lackawanna Railroad for concrete). The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway took financial control of the B&O in 1963. |
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