What Era, Railroads, & Locomotives are you set on?

[Mike Kieran]

I have some Conrail and predecessor railroad freight cars. I have a Conrail SW8, but I'm going to letter it for my railroad. Sorry. I plan on getting some graffiti decals (Brooklynizing it) for the Conrail rolling stock though (and other rolling stock).

Hey, no need to be sorry, that is the reality of things! I will point out that in 1979, graffiti wasn't really widespread (and if it was, it got fixed relatively quickly. Grafitti starts showing up around the mid 1980s, at least thats what i can tell from most photos i have.

Growing up in Brooklyn, NY during the 1970s, I can tell you that graffiti was around during the late 1970s. Cars at various yards around the city were routinely tagged and railroads barely had the money for repaints. This is when I thought that graffiti would also be good weathering for a car since most boxcars were fairly new and not so dirty.

I read my previous reply. I didn't mean that I was going to Brooklynize ONLY Conrail cars. I meant some of my freight car collection. Sorry for the miscommunication. I like Conrail's earlier years because of all of the patch jobs and the eclectic mix of equipment.