 Limited freight service continued.The bankrupt Lehigh Valley was incorporated into Conrail; the Flemington Branch was designated to Conrail as part of the United States Railway Association's "Final System Plan".The Flemington Branch was one of several dozen lines abandoned by Conrail in the wake of the Staggers Rail Act and Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, which deregulated many aspects of the railroad industry in the United States.