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qhat would have happened if the New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroad never merged in 1968 leading to the disaster of Penn Central? In my opinion, it would have made more sense for those two to merge. My reasons why are

, friendly management (PRR owned a ton of NW stock),
non parallel lines,
NW would get direct access into Pittsburgh before the PWV being absorbed in 1964,
Norfolk and western would have access into New York City as well.

The Penn Central merger was doomed from the start, so what would have happened if two allies had merged their assets to compete against New York Central?
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