The Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail (reporting mark CR), was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeast U.S. between 1976 and 1999. Conrail is a portmanteau of consolidated and rail from the name of the company.
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
European Feudalism. The fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century when Rome was sacked by the Visgoths led to the emergence of European Feudalism. Romans in Europe returned to their homeland leaving European lands without organisation and the system of Roman centralisation.