Of the railroads which went into CR which ones were "complimentary", "redundant" and competitive to the EL.
Complementary: Reading (connected EL to SE Pennsylvania markets)
CNJ (connected EL to Chemical Coast and Southern NJ)
Competitive: Penn Central (Chicago to New England and New Jersey)
Redundant: Lehigh Valley (Buffalo to NJ)
L&HR (Phillipsburg to Northern NJ)