Railroads in Reorganization as of February, 1975: Included in Rail Reorganization Act of 1973

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• Alternative Title:
  Railroads in Reorganization as of February 1975: USRA Map of Railroads Included in the Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
• Corporate Creators:
  United States Railway Association
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Abandonment Bankruptcy Bibliographies Economics Financing Maps Marketing Railroads Regional Planning Regional Railroads
• Resource Type:
  Map
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; New England ; West North Central States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States Railway Association
• Abstract:
  This one-sheet color railroad map was prepared by the United States Railway Association in Washington, D.C., in February 1975. It depicts the routes of eight railroad systems included in, or being considered for inclusion in, the federal rail-reorganization planning process: the Ann Arbor Railroad, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Erie Lackawanna Railway, Lehigh and Hudson River Railway, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, and Reading Company. Trackage rights are identified separately. The map covers the northeastern and midwestern United States, extending from St. Louis and Chicago through the Great Lakes region, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New England, and the Middle Atlantic states, with portions of connecting Canadian territory also shown. Major cities, junctions, and connecting rail lines provide geographic and operational context.
  
  The map documents the inherited railroad network that the United States Railway Association was evaluating under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. It shows the geographic extent, overlap, and complexity of the railroad systems being considered before USRA's proposed restructuring and property-allocation decisions were applied.
  
  The map also captures the transitional status of the Erie Lackawanna Railway. Erie Lackawanna routes are depicted and the railroad is identified in the legend, but a note states that its reorganization status remained undefined as of February 1975. Erie Lackawanna had not initially entered the USRA planning process on the same basis as the other railroads because its reorganization court had concluded that it could potentially be reorganized independently under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act. After its trustees subsequently sought inclusion in the federal reorganization process, USRA incorporated Erie Lackawanna into its later planning work and supplemental analyses. The map is likely associated with Preliminary System Plan, Volume I, issued by USRA on February 26, 1975, and preserved in ROSAP as record 91982. Its date, issuing agency, geographic coverage, and planning purpose correspond closely to the Preliminary System Plan process. Unlike the companion recommended-industry-structure map, however, this map has not been located by title in the text of Volume I. It should therefore be described as likely associated with, or related to, the Preliminary System Plan rather than positively identified as an accompanying map.
  
  The map is useful for research concerning the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, USRA planning, railroad bankruptcy and restructuring, route rationalization, the changing status of the Erie Lackawanna Railway, the formation of Conrail, and northeastern and midwestern railroad geography during the 1970s.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  United States Railway Association. (1975, February). Railroads in reorganization as of February 1975: Included in Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 [Map].
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5302766e9c508b3fe47e670a4408058e8a04ffefaae86d89cc207cf290ea99cc52da58f5ea1305236f019c87a98c6fb70b750e0ab7f9d529999f13d55df7a89e
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92967/dot_92967_DS1.pdf
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