{"product_id":"conrail-and-its-predecessors-208-pages","title":"Conrail and Its Predecessors -- 208 Pages","description":"Conrail and Its Predecessors, from Kalmbach Publishing, is a photographic and textual history of Conrail. Authored by noted rail publishing veteran and photographer Brian Solomon, you'll learn how Conrail's predecessor railroads became mired in financial troubles and how Conrail was formed, subsidized by the government, and became profitable within five years. Conrail and Its Predecessors is one of a selection of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/400protobooksall\"\u003eKalmbach books about prototype railroads.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 208 Pages \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Topics include: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrief histories of the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central and other Conrail forerunners.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe changing markets of the 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe formation of Conrail in 1976\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConrail's success in the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConrail and predecessor routes and maps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Firecrown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53175911448941,"sku":"400-1309","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/7228\/6317\/files\/400-1309_01_814cb1c0-2170-4235-8486-1218ddc77d16.jpg?v=1774979082","url":"https:\/\/walthers.com\/products\/conrail-and-its-predecessors-208-pages","provider":"Walthers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}