Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This is an appeal by Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) from an order adopted on October 4, *5781979, by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) directing Conrail to bear the costs incurred for repair of the bridge carrying Byberry Eoad over and above the grade of Conrail tracks in the City of Philadelphia (City), to reimburse the City for the costs it expended in emergency work, and to maintain the bridge in the future.

This case arose as a result of a PUC order adopted on its own motion on February 24, 1978, to investigate the structural adequacy and…