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Article: Rail Systems Begin With Few Snags; CSX, Norfolk Southern Take Over Conrail Operations
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- The Washington Post
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- June 2, 1999
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With the northeastern railroad Conrail merged into history at
midnight, train service on the East's two remaining rail giants began
nearly flawlessly today despite a human error that delayed the start-
up of Norfolk Southern's computer systems for hours.
Trains began running as scheduled on both CSX Transportation and
Norfolk Southern this morning on Day One of a new railroading order
in the East. The two railroads split the federally planned Conrail
roughly in half, leaving them as the two dominant railroads east of
the Mississippi.
Some trains continued running, but no trains could be dispatched
after computer systems were shut down Monday afternoon for an
overnight transfer of voluminous ...