An unrepainted former Pennsylvania Railroad 1960's era plug door box car. Photographed in May of 1978. Charles Bowyer Photograph.

 

Although railroad companies merge eventually. sometimes it

may take a good while, perhaps several years...before some

equipment from the former railroad /railroads are repainted.

 

In the year of 1968, the New York Central and Pennsylvania

railroad companies merged and became the Penn Central R R.

By the early 1970's...the Penn Central and several other  -

Northeastern United States railroad companies were in a bad

state of bankruptcy, and were bailed out and reorganized by the

U.S Government, thus becoming Conrail in 1976.

 

Technically, this could be a Conrail train in this photograph,

but ten years after the 1968 merger, this 1960's era PRR -

plug door box car is still rolling around in it's original

markings and color scheme in Conrail service.