Ur right. I hate him for that. but still, it was because a planed merger between the B&O, Chessie, and NYC, failed. So, he had to merge with the PRR to keep the road somewhat alive, and the rest we know.
thats not a good enough excuse, planned mergers are cool but still one hudson could have been saved, well this clearly shows that the love of money leads to evil, RIP pearlmen {rest in p*ss}
Alfred e Perlman: single handedly got the NP to send him to Harvard grad school; Rescued the D&RGW from bankruptcy. Reduced NYC's debt by over $100 million; And yet railfan's still hate him for killing the Hudsons.