by Howard Sterenberg
I have a video, produced by The History Channel, detailing the planning and construction of Penn Station in New York City. Penn Station was completed and opened in 1910 I believe. In that video, a railroad historian claims that Pennsylvania railroad was by far the largest and richest of all the railroads of that time. Did that change over the years? I have the impression that in the 1940's there was nothing larger than the mighty New York Central.