This is the Penn Central

Are your model trains constantly falling off the tracks? Then maybe you should model the Penn Central.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• model
• rr
• railroad
• penn
• central
• 70's
• derailments

[veronicafanDA]

Hey, if Pennsy or NYC are too good for you, why not model their bastard child? XD

[legodirectorHD]

The merger was planned, however, the plan never worked, mainly due to the addition of the NYNH&H. Penn Central failed epically.

[schizzie345]

Jeez, watching all those cars swaying from side to side makes me a little seasick... I remember those smoochy trackbeds back on the main near Coldwater, NY were my friend and I used to trainwatch around 1968.

[Maxqstl]

what CSX IS next smh

[beatleman69]

And I tought the Rock Island in the 1970s had problems..... I think the PC merger was wrong to the simple face you really didn't gain any ground merging, both roads were pretty much going the same areas already. It would be like the SCL merging with Southern still going in the same areas. That saying, there was still no excuse for the railroad to have severe deferred maintenance.

[LordoftheKaty]

@xr6lad Actually, this is a result of government regulation. Since the creation of the ICC, which had complete authority of what the railroads could do, heavy tax burden, power over lines the rr could and could not abandon, it completely devastated the railroads and led to their near collapse in the 70s resulting in the deregulation of the industry. Now that its deregulated, efficiency has increased by 80%, derailments have decreased by 60% and worker income has also increased. Try researching..

[hifijohn]

yep thats the penn central alright i use to live right across the street from the railroad crossing and back in the 70's the trains would crawl through town,the cars wildly swaying.track maintenance was non existing!im amazed we didnt have a derailment every day!

[xr6lad]

See what happens when you leave private enterprise in charge of infrastructure....

[ACLTony]

I can only imagine how incredibly alert brakemen were when switching cars that rocked like earthquakes when rolling along! That had to be a scary feeling thinking that in a split second a freight car could topple over onto its side and crush anything or anyone standing in the way!.

[notalott]

@legodirectorHD the prr was running a deficit from 1946 on.. (their profits till 1968 were from bank loans and assets stripped from subsidiaries)...

[railstoruin]

Holy crap....  I thought I knew, but I had no idea...

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

When I model the time period of when all the US railroads merge togther I will model the eastcoast first and have some of the old Penn Central tracks still used plus with some old CSX and NS track used and it will be just like this video...eexcepte modeled in the summer...not winter.