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Grand Central centennial getting special attention from railroad

Grand Central Terminal trackage and train yard on June 7, 1909. At center is the terminal building under construction. Looking south in foreground is E. 49th St. between Lexington and Park avenues. The MTA Transit Museum is looking for Grand Central Terminal artifacts for its centennial exhibit in 2013. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS / AP1909 The MTA Transit Museum is looking for Grand Central Terminal artifacts for its centennial exhibit in 2013. This gate curtain displayed destinations for a train that traveled on the Hudson line's Croton-Harmon express train. Curtains such as this one once hung in the existing cabinets at track entrances Photo: Contributed Photo / CT The Grand Central Theatre opened in 1937 with 242 seats and showed cartoons and newsreels for three decades before closing. The theater was in Greybar Passageway, which today is lined with retail businesses. The MTA Transit Museum is looking for Grand Central Terminal artifacts for its centennial exhibit in 2013. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT A kerosene railroad marker lamp with bale handle, black enamel paint finish and four lenses. The lamp base features a clamp mount that allowed it to be attached to rolling stock, and it was wired for electricity. A plastic decal label in the front of the lantern reads "NY Central" 1910-1940. The MTA Transit Museum is looking for Grand Central Terminal artifacts for its centennial exhibit starting in 2013. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT Commuters pass through Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour May 19, 2010 in New York City. Times Square car bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad reportedly told investigators he was planning follow-up attacks on Grand Central Terminal and additional sites in the city. The MTA Transit Museum is looking for Grand Central Terminal artifacts for its centennial exhibit in 2013. Photo: Getty Images, Mario Tama/Getty Images / 2010 Getty Images More Information Grand Central Terminal factoids: • Grand Central Terminal was built for $80 million between 1903 and 1913, and opened Feb. 2, 1913 after 10 years of planning and construction. • After opening its doors at midnight on Feb. 2, 1913, more than 150,000 people visited the building by the next evening. • The current terminal has a total of 67 tracks, 41 on the lower level, and 26 on the upper placed along 44 platforms.

Mike's Rails: Pennsy Track Miles at the Peak

The Pennsylvania Railroad was definitely a regional line. The USA has never had a railroad with a national reach. Even as a regional, the Pennsy was one of the world's largest corporations at one point. At the end of its first 100 years in 1947 it was fourth largest in the US in mileage at 10,683 miles. It was the country's largest coal hauler. It's gross revenues were the country's largest. Freight receipts accounted for 67 percent of the gross and passenger receipts for 25.8 percent. It had paid its stockholders continuous dividends since its founding. By 1968 it merged with the New York Central and some smaller lines to avoid bankruptcy, and by 1976 the merged venture went out of business, to be rescued over the following 23 years by Conrail and the US Taxpayer. This is not unique in US railroad history. The PRR itself has its roots in the state financed Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The great railroads of the West have their roots in gigantic land grants the American taxpayer rewarded them with in exchange for laying track across their territory.

Transportation policy issues for the 1980's

Requires state and local governments having 100 miles of Conrail track to provide benefits to Conrail, for 5 years beginning on enactment, ...

Official railway guide; North American travel edition: United States, Canada and Mexico

AAR To Build New Test Track A new railroad test track valued at nearly a million ... The new track is being added to the Facility for Accelerated Service ...

Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Train 102 with a tractortrailer, Portage, Indiana, June 18, 1998

Shortly before the collision, while the LCV was traversing the NICTD tracks, the approach of the westbound Conrail train 201 had activated the flashing ...

Traffic world

A merged BNSF can be expected to seek a route to connect the Bay Area and ... The NS and Conrail jointly-owned Triple Crown Services Co. does, however, ...

CSX

One of the most respected executives in the industry, Crane transformed Conrail into a lean, profitable railroad. Crane hacked away at Conrail's route map ...