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Which company purchased and split up Conrail in 1999?

  • Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation

  • American Premier Underwriters

  • Union Pacific

  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Answer

Conrail was purchased and split up in 1999 between the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation, with Norfolk Southern getting 58 percent of the system, including nearly all of the remaining former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage.
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