CR 22137 got some fresh paint and decals recently. Finished 5/17/23, the only Conrail caboose to receive quality paint:
This caboose is ex RDG 94102 N20 class is a holdover from Conrail’s Linden yard, was assoto LI-26, now resides in Metuchen and used by the ME-2 on the Northeast corridor.
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Now... THAT is worthy of a custom run!
I always thought Conrail equipment was so sharp looking. The blue, the logo, the name...perfect haha I love it. I gotta admit, I would be interested in a custom run just for the nostalgia.
Update paint
Very good looking caboose
I also think that Conrail had a really handsome paint scheme.
@Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:... N20 class is a holdover from Conrail’s Linden yard, ...
"Linden yard" are those tracks at the old GM assembly plant?
@CNJ Jim posted:"Linden yard" are those tracks at the old GM assembly plant?
Yes, stiles street.
CSX and Metro-North now have Conrail heritage units, the Metro-North one is a Genesis unit and I believe there was never a P42 Genesis painted for Conrail before because they exited the commuter business in 1983 and Genesis diesels were built in the early-mid 90's for Amtrak and later commuter railroads.
It would be cool if NS and CSX have a "heritage reunion" or something of the sort to bring the common heritage units together. I.e. they put their Conrail units side-by-side.
@Prr7688 posted:It would be cool if NS and CSX have a "heritage reunion" or something of the sort to bring the common heritage units together. I.e. they put their Conrail units side-by-side.
We're gonna need a bigger roundhouse.....
The Conrail Historical Society has done a great job with restoring a few Conrail freight cars, do they have a caboose? You can ride in a Conrail caboose at Kutztown on an 8 mile round trip, and there was a Conrail bay window caboose still in blue at Chapman Yard, Kuhnsville, PA near me which is used for backup moves on the industrial branches. The line is NS now. I kind of miss Conrail, NS diesels are black and white which reminds me of the drab Penn Central black and white units which I was too young to remember, I was born in Jan 1974. And Penn Central didn't go through Allentown but when Conrail started April 1, 1976 PC units got patched with white CR's and they would run on ex-LV and ex-Reading lines through Bethlehem, Allentown, etc.
@Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Yes, stiles street.
What is the "Linden Industrial Track?"
Is it the Conrail Chemical Coast Secondary? Or, a spur off of it? Or, it's just a misused name I see sometimes?
Thanks,
Jim
Is Conrail Shared Assets still in existence?
Long Live Conrail! For some of us children of the 1980s, it is our hometown "Fallen Flag".
@CNJ Jim posted:What is the "Linden Industrial Track?"
Is it the Conrail Chemical Coast Secondary? Or, a spur off of it? Or, it's just a misused name I see sometimes?
Thanks,
Jim
Linden industrial is a single track that splits off of the Chemical coast (now called Garden State secondary) at CP Karen in Carteret. It goes to Phillips 66, and is the back way into Linden yard.
@BenLMaggi posted:Long Live Conrail! For some of us children of the 1980s, it is our hometown "Fallen Flag".
Same with me. "Our" railroad. Handsome blue engines.
Up until 2010, I modeled in HO and it was all Conrail. I had quite a few old "U-Boats" and other GE units from Atlas. MP15DC switchers, too. Sold it all to go into O scale and go back in time to Jersey Central. Wish I never sold that stuff.
Here's Metro-North's unit:
---PCJ
A totally unrelated interesting fact. Ryan Kunkle, Lionel's Director of Production is the ultimate trainhead. He was President of the Conrail Historical Society from 2013-14. And worked at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania for almost 14 years. And folks say Lionel has no "train people" on staff. 
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