1957 Pennsylvania Railroad pocket calendar

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The Pennsylvania Railroad (PARR) was one of the dominant railroad carriers in the US for over a century. Founded in 1837, it served the area between New York and Washington in the east to Chicago and St. Louis in the west, with most of its trackage concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The PARR annually issued a pocket calendar to shippers as an advertisement. For auction is a 1957 PARR pocket calendar. It measures appx 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches and is printed on a plastic laminate of some type. The image side shows a deep-water loading facility. The calendar side has 12 monthly calendars, with national holidays noted in red; there is also a small measuring scale.
1957 Pennsylvania Railroad pocket calendar
1957 Pennsylvania Railroad pocket calendar
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Description
The
Pennsylvania Railroad (PARR)
was
one of the dominant railroad carriers in the US for over a century
. Founded in 1837, it
served the area between New York and Washington in the east to Chicago and St. Louis in the west,
with most of its trackage concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The
PARR competed head-to-head with the New York Central
(NYC) in many markets; after World War II, as passenger traffic began to dwindle and operating costs rose, the
PARR began having difficult financial times
. In a survival move, the
PARR and NYC merged to form the Penn Central in 1968
; this move was not successful either, and in 1976 the US
government took over this line, and other eastern regional railroads, to form Conrail.
Conrail was
sold to Norfolk Southern and CSX in 1999
, and the surviving PARR trackage is now operated primarily by these two railroads.
The PARR annually issued a pocket calendar to shippers as an advertisement.
For auction is a 1957 PARR pocket calendar.
It measures appx 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches and is printed on a plastic laminate of some type. The
image side shows a deep-water loading facility
. The
calendar side has 12 monthly calendars, with national holidays noted in red;
there is also a
small measuring scale.
This item is in
excellent condition
, with no rips, tears, writing, markings or folds. Shipped in a hard side plastic collector's sleeve.
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