- List of railroad bankruptcies in North America
1900s
1910s
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September 6 ,1918 :Canadian Northern Railway (nationalized)1920s
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July 12 ,1920 :Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (nationalized)
*January 20 ,1923 :Grand Trunk Railway (nationalized)1930s
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December 4 ,1931 :Ann Arbor Railroad
*February 10 ,1932 :Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Company
*March 31 ,1933 :Missouri Pacific Railroad
*December1934 :Alleghany Corporation
*March 26 ,1935 :Copper Range Railroad
*October 23 ,1935 :New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
*October 31 ,1935 :Connecticut Company
*November 29 ,1935 :New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad
*February 2 ,1936 :Van Sweringen Company
*June 3 ,1936 :Old Colony Railroad
*May 20 ,1937 :New York, Ontario and Western Railway
*January 18 ,1938 :Erie Railroad
*March 15 ,1938 :Sanders Central of Wisconsin
*August 4 ,1938 :Boston and Providence Railroad
*October 30 ,1939 :Central Railroad of New Jersey 1940s
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1947 :American Railroad Company
*March 2 ,1949 :Long Island Rail Road 1950s
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November 19 ,1954 :Hudson and Manhattan Railroad 1960s
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July 7 ,1961 :New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
*September 7 ,1962 :Boston Terminal Corporation (South Station)
*March 22 ,1967 :Central Railroad of New Jersey 1970s
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March 12 ,1970 :Boston and Maine Corporation
*June 21 ,1970 :Penn Central Transportation
*July 24 ,1970 :Lehigh Valley Railroad
*November 23 ,1971 :Reading Company
*April 19 ,1972 :Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
*June 26 ,1972 :Erie Lackawanna Railway
*July 12 ,1973 :United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (Penn Central subsidiary)
*July 14 ,1973 :Beech Creek Railroad ;Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway ;Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad ;Connecting Railway ;Delaware Railroad ;Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad ;Michigan Central Railroad ;Northern Central Railway ;Penndel Company ;Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad ;Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad ;Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway ;Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway ;Union Railroad of Baltimore (Penn Central subsidiaries)
*October 15 ,1973 :Ann Arbor Railroad 1980s
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1987 :Delaware and Hudson Railroad References
* [http://www.prrths.com/PRR_hagley_intro.htm PRR Chronology]
* [http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/TimeLine.htm RRHX - Railroad History Time Line]
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