Thanks for the video. Got some Conrail units I will be adding to loco fleet soon. Watched some mid 80s videos of the prototypes and noticed CNW and Conrail pooled power quite a bit. More than I thought, so want to replicate that on my layout. Just stumble upon this video and will start checking out your other videos, always get ideas from other layouts. So thanks and I subbed.
Thank you for watching! I have some CNW power myself to add to consist from time to time but I defiantly need to add more (waiting for another run of CNW SD40-2's from Scaletrains).
great to see you have them (some of) running around your fantastic looking layout , all that talent shows how much you love the hobby, question have you done a how to on the steel rolls how you made them?
Thank you! Everything runs on the layout at some point lol Its all a matter of whether I feel like filming or not. I have not done a video on the steel coil loads themselves. They are all either the Walthers kits or the premade ones from Tangent.
Thank you! The MT-6 is almost done with weathering and the MT-4 is about to start weathering. Cheack out the layout update I will be posting today to see the actual progress on them.
@ConrailSteve I saw some railroad action today sitting in a dock waiting for my trailer to be loaded, I was at the Toyota plant in Madison Alabama and they were moving long strings of Auto Racks with leased engines for the connection with NS!! Great show!!!
@ConrailSteve That's cool, I pass the CSX Yard every morning in Nashville TN, it used to be the L&N yard plus the Tennessee Railroad Museum is in downtown Nashville!!
Thank you Ted! The NS power is being run by a Conrail crew on the O&WV. Save for the "bag" style toilet the crews always take a pair of SD40-2's any chance they get regardless of what railroad it is!
Pool power was becoming a big thing in the 90s, the home road crewed the Locomotives from other pool partners, I live on the former Conrail line from Anderson Indiana to Elkhart Indiana and I saw alot of run thru power, the Illinois Central Death Stars were definitely cool!!
Great layout, about the only nitpicks I can think of is the weathering on the locos is just a bit over the top, and the lack of six axle power is weird to me. I've lived in NW Ohio for about 60 years and sitting on the Chicago Line was where I did most of my trainwatching, and 4 axle units on the mains were few and far between. That PC green boxcar looked very close to the real thing.
Thank you! The weathering is based on the units in my area in the late 90's and while it may seem heavy alot of the local power I model never seemed to make it to any wash racks back then and as such looked very ratty. I do plan to add more six axle power I just need to find the time to build the units I want to run and have been on a four axle kick the last few years.
@@ConrailSteve One of my favorites was CR 7592, and at the end of it's CR life, it would have fit into your locos pretty well, but only those old Geeps were at the level your stuff is. The worst looking local unit, and one of the worst running units period, was a black LTEX leaser GP40 that for years seemed to hang around on CSX. I always wondered why it never seemed to leave the area. One day, I saw it and something was different, it was freshly washed, and was RED. That's how nasty it was. It hung around for a couple more months, and then was gone. I know that a couple of the old CR Geeps went to shortlines, I hope 7592 was one of them. I wish I had your talent for weathering, I would love to make a layout that duplicates the CR Chicago line through the Toledo area, along with the Toledo Terminal RR that went past our house when I was a kid. I saw everything there was on the TT, new units, steam locos going to scrap, passenger trains, and the endless early 60's grain and coal trains. The starring locos were new EMD 40 series, and of course, the TT's own Alco S2's. We called the Alcos "Tooledely Doos" due to their wierd exhaust sound, and being "Toledo" locos. TT #103 survives to this day and seems in great shape.
Awesome layout! Weathering is out of sight! Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Thank you for watching!
Amazing work!! The weathering is spot on!!!
Thank you!
Awesome layout! The weathering is next level. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Just like a time machine Steve! Looking really good. Like the open doors on the SD-40-2.
Thank you! Crews have to stay cool in the summer months so have to have the doors open!
Looks great .
Thank you!
Extremely well done craftsmanship !!! 👍👍👍😊
Thank you very much!
I actually just saw the Norfolk southern conrail heritage unit this morning
One of these days I want to catch it in person again. Unfortunately, it always seems to sneak by me whenever it comes to town.
Hi CRSTEVE & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks CRSTEVE & Friends Randy
Thank you Randy!
@@ConrailStevelot of Conrail locomotives on the layout
I'm not a huge fan of Conrail or anything but I do love that Conrail blue. Excellent layout.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Got some Conrail units I will be adding to loco fleet soon. Watched some mid 80s videos of the prototypes and noticed CNW and Conrail pooled power quite a bit. More than I thought, so want to replicate that on my layout. Just stumble upon this video and will start checking out your other videos, always get ideas from other layouts. So thanks and I subbed.
Thank you for watching! I have some CNW power myself to add to consist from time to time but I defiantly need to add more (waiting for another run of CNW SD40-2's from Scaletrains).
great to see you have them (some of) running around your fantastic looking layout , all that talent shows how much you love the hobby, question have you done a how to on the steel rolls how you made them?
Thank you! Everything runs on the layout at some point lol Its all a matter of whether I feel like filming or not. I have not done a video on the steel coil loads themselves. They are all either the Walthers kits or the premade ones from Tangent.
Great video Steve!! How are your
Slugs coming along, they're
going to look awesome in yard
service down the road!!!
Thank you! The MT-6 is almost done with weathering and the MT-4 is about to start weathering. Cheack out the layout update I will be posting today to see the actual progress on them.
@ConrailSteve I saw some railroad
action today sitting in a dock waiting
for my trailer to be loaded, I was at
the Toyota plant in Madison Alabama and they were moving long
strings of Auto Racks with leased
engines for the connection with NS!!
Great show!!!
Thats awesome! I am fortunate to work for a company that is right between CSX and NS mainlines in my area!
@ConrailSteve That's cool, I pass
the CSX Yard every morning in
Nashville TN, it used to be the
L&N yard plus the Tennessee
Railroad Museum is in downtown
Nashville!!
Nice parade of equipment Steve, but a question. It looks like you have granted trackage rights to the competition...lol
Thank you Ted! The NS power is being run by a Conrail crew on the O&WV. Save for the "bag" style toilet the crews always take a pair of SD40-2's any chance they get regardless of what railroad it is!
Pool power was becoming a big thing in the 90s, the home
road crewed the Locomotives
from other pool partners, I live
on the former Conrail line from
Anderson Indiana to Elkhart Indiana and I saw alot of run thru power, the Illinois Central
Death Stars were definitely cool!!
Great layout, about the only nitpicks I can think of is the weathering on the locos is just a bit over the top, and the lack of six axle power is weird to me. I've lived in NW Ohio for about 60 years and sitting on the Chicago Line was where I did most of my trainwatching, and 4 axle units on the mains were few and far between. That PC green boxcar looked very close to the real thing.
Thank you! The weathering is based on the units in my area in the late 90's and while it may seem heavy alot of the local power I model never seemed to make it to any wash racks back then and as such looked very ratty. I do plan to add more six axle power I just need to find the time to build the units I want to run and have been on a four axle kick the last few years.
@@ConrailSteve One of my favorites was CR 7592, and at the end of it's CR life, it would have fit into your locos pretty well, but only those old Geeps were at the level your stuff is. The worst looking local unit, and one of the worst running units period, was a black LTEX leaser GP40 that for years seemed to hang around on CSX. I always wondered why it never seemed to leave the area. One day, I saw it and something was different, it was freshly washed, and was RED. That's how nasty it was. It hung around for a couple more months, and then was gone. I know that a couple of the old CR Geeps went to shortlines, I hope 7592 was one of them. I wish I had your talent for weathering, I would love to make a layout that duplicates the CR Chicago line through the Toledo area, along with the Toledo Terminal RR that went past our house when I was a kid. I saw everything there was on the TT, new units, steam locos going to scrap, passenger trains, and the endless early 60's grain and coal trains. The starring locos were new EMD 40 series, and of course, the TT's own Alco S2's. We called the Alcos "Tooledely Doos" due to their wierd exhaust sound, and being "Toledo" locos. TT #103 survives to this day and seems in great shape.