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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Surviving Corporations
From: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:20:45 -0600 (CST)
In-reply-to: <9.f4f7571.2787b9d5@a...>
Think of the Rio Grande's acquisition of the Southern
Pacific. Yes, that's what happened. Then the D&RGW, the
surviving corporation, changed its name to Southern Pacific.


Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...


On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 JACKGP20@a... wrote:
> In railroad mergers in the past, usually one took over the other and changed 
> their name to reflect the merger. EL, PC and NS are a good example of this. 
> Conrail was not the case, because a new corporation was formed to save 
> bankrupt northeast roads.
> 
> When the Burlington, GN, NP, and SP&S merged to form BN; did one corporation 
> survive or was a new corporation formed? Some say GN was the surviving corp.
> 
> Also was their a surviving corporation in the BNSF merger?
> 
> 
> Jack Grasso


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