Talk:Penn Central Transportation Company

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A disastrous prediction

Milton Shapp, the governor of Pennsylvania at the time Penn Central was established predicted that the company would be a disaster. His theory proved correct, as PC filed for bankruptcy within 2 years of its establishment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.5.122.1 (talk) 20:41, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know where the 1 million dollars a day figure comes from

I read the book "The Wreck of the Penn Central" recently and I believe that it said that it lost 1 million dollars a day during the Winter of 1970. Unfortunately, I returned it to the library and I do not know the page number, but I felt that it is worth mentioning where that figure comes from. 149.75.204.65 (talk) 23:21, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does seem to square with the railroad closed out 1970 with nearly $326 million in deficit which I wrote as part of Bankruptcy of Penn Central and is sourced from George Drury. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map

@Gamingcanary: Where are you pulling the data from for the map that was just added? I ask because it's showing the New Haven and Derby Railroad main line as part of the system, but that line was abandoned by 1941. The branch to Collinsville and New Hartford was also abandoned by the time Penn Central took over the New Haven system. There are some other errors as well, it's missing the Slatersville branch in Rhode Island, for instance. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:38, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vast majority of the data on the map is from the maps of the PRR, NYC, and NH on their wiki articles. I then manually refined the data according to these two maps: https://www.american-rails.com/images/x7444029498576600423989090000.jpg.pagespeed.ic.fNVlJNH-I-.jpg, and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Penn_Central_lines_affected_by_Hurricane_Agnes.png. If there are errors it's either a problem with those maps, or I just messed up. I think all the things you mentioned are my fault though. I can fix those pretty soon. Gamingcanary (talk) 01:13, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed all the stuff you mentioned. Gamingcanary (talk) 06:11, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]