HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.

[minitnkr]

Some decal work. These are about 20 years old, so somewhat problematic.

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[JR]

Paul.
Like those tailers that go on the rails ,see they are going to end the system , a great pity. So glad you are going to model it on your layout .

[minitnkr]

My layout uses spine cars of two types and flat cars w/hitches. One is trailers only & the other takes trailers and/or std. containers of 20' or 40'. Trailertrain where the trailers have rail wheels attached or use special rail trucks have been found unsatisfactory in most trials so I don't use them here.

[JR]

Right got it, thanks for that Paul. Just find the US railways so interesting .love the use of those double ht wagons as well.

[minitnkr]

Yeah, the double stacks are impressive. You can imagine the effort it took to make all the routes conform to the new standard. I believe Europe is going through this now. They seem to have lots more tunnels than we do.

[Strenko J]

Paul I absolutely love this thread. over the holidays i visited a number of miniature train displays and I am always in awe of the layouts, buildings, trains etc. this brings back such great memories of the train layout that my grandfather built in his attic when I was a youngster. Keep up the great work

[minitnkr]

Stop by when you're in town Joe, we're almost always at home.

[minitnkr]

Some decal work on the mules, a gondola & possibly the yard.

[minitnkr]

Thanks to Lee D. for helping out w/some containers & an intermodal forklift, saved me $100+ for a PiggyPacker. I used some legs from my container crane as he didn't need them for containers to upgrade my existing forklift.
New, needs mirrors, Mars light, driver & weathering yet.

Modified, I think this will work.

[minitnkr]

Some more decal & road work & possible operations. New laptop is fast & colors are amazing.
Road ready for last coat.

Another view. Carry attachment needs some touch-up & weathering.

Your thoughts?

[Neil Merryweather]

Not my thing Paul, so no informed comments from me, but enjoyable to watch from the sidelines nonetheless

[minitnkr]

More roadwork & paint.

[JR]

Nice of Lee to help out Paul.
The container lift looks good .

[minitnkr]

Some details added.

[Jim R]

Great stuff Paul. A huge amount of work.