CONRAIL Invasion………………………..

SIRT posted:

                                                        

                                              CONRAIL is creeping in.................. 

                                                                Just a caboose..... 

I never get tired of photos of your weathering and layout. Always awesome and inspiring.

conrail john says "well alright" !

Typical union, 5 guys watching one work

john f penca jr posted:

conrail john says "well alright" !

I kind of figured John would like that!

Gotta admit I'm kind of a "closet Conrail fan" myself, but my new layout (in the planning stages now, and awaiting finishing of the train room) will likely feature U.S. Army Transportation Corps...something a bit out of the ordinary in more ways than one.

Beautiful work!

I miss Big Blue .... I used to see them working every day.

Big Blue Rocked! adds a lot of color to the grime and dingyness of those older units! 

Sirt I love that third rail.

Growing up not far from Conway yard, it is the primary railroad I model.

I haven't weathered too many engines yet, but Dave Minarik helped me weather this old PS1 model.

Looking good Anthony!  Keep conrail conrail !'

SIRT posted:

                                                        

                                              CONRAIL is creeping in.................. 

                                                                Just a caboose..... 

What is the B&O engine doing in the yard?  The other roads did go into CR, but B&O did not.  Run through with CNJ?

I sure do miss Conrail!

Peter

Anthony, Excellent collection of Big Blue!!! I haven't quite gotten to your level yet but I'm slowly working on it. On another note, your display cases are beautiful! May I ask, handmade, came with the house, or readymade and installed? I'd love to do something just like that in my office/trainroom. Thanks

Steve sorry for your loss. Long live the central!

Not to worry Don, just a freshly painted CR caboose passing through. Probably will sit on the shelf for a decoration...

No boxes came in so I've been making some new You Tube quick videos. 

Frequently saw B & O power on the CNJ.  Run through and leased equipment towards the end when it all went south.

ConrailFan posted:

Anthony, Excellent collection of Big Blue!!! I haven't quite gotten to your level yet but I'm slowly working on it. On another note, your display cases are beautiful! May I ask, handmade, came with the house, or readymade and installed? I'd love to do something just like that in my office/trainroom. Thanks

 

ConrailFan- Thanks.  The built-in cabinets are custom-made by a friend of mine who is a contractor.  They were part of the project of finishing the basement before layout construction.  If you live anywhere near Pittsburgh, he does really nice work.  We designed them so each shelf has a strip of LEDs mounted underneath for illumination, rather than outside track lights.  I have most of that wiring complete, and hope to have the lights functional soon.

Conrail of mine as well as a very clean BIG BLUE it was 70 so i washed it

Dominick:

Even after 4-1-76/Conrail there still was at least 1 run through freight from Philly to Eport and used B&O power/caboose mostly. So B&O power could be mixed in with ex-CNJ, ex-NYC, ex-RDG, ex-PC at Eport enginehouse.

Walter Matuch

Dominick:

Even after 4-1-76/Conrail there still was at least 1 run through freight from (B&O)/Philly to (ex-CNJ)/E'port and used B&O power/caboose mostly. So B&O power could be mixed in with ex-CNJ, ex-NYC, ex-RDG, ex-PC, ex-EL at E'port enginehouse.

Walter Matuch

SIRT posted:

                                                        

                                              CONRAIL is creeping in.................. 

                                                                Just a caboose..... 

The REAL question here is, How long will that shiny new conrail caboose stay shiny.......

DL&W Pete posted                                                       

                                             

 

                                                                      Forever........................

                                 It would be a NEW arrival with-in my modeling time frame.

 

                                                               

The REAL question here is, How long will that shiny new conrail caboose stay shiny.......