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I started to decal the caboose tonight while the paint is drying on the second critter. Slowly but surely my Conrail fleet is growing and hopefully will continue to grow over the next year or so. After I complete the projects I have on my work bench I am taking the dive again into scratch building. I am looking into building one of the scale test cars in the number series 80090-80097. Yet another big scratch building project but I think I got the hang of it.
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I got all the small details cut out and are awaiting to be painted. The couple decals I had set off to the side earlier when I started this project have been applied and are drying.
Matt
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(11-28-2025, 05:02 PM)LiveSteamer Wrote: I started to decal the caboose tonight while the paint is drying on the second critter. Slowly but surely my Conrail fleet is growing and hopefully will continue to grow over the next year or so. After I complete the projects I have on my work bench I am taking the dive again into scratch building. I am looking into building one of the scale test cars in the number series 80090-80097. Yet another big scratch building project but I think I got the hang of it.
watch out scratch building is habit forming and I outa know
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(11-28-2025, 07:50 PM)jim currie Wrote: (11-28-2025, 05:02 PM)LiveSteamer Wrote: I started to decal the caboose tonight while the paint is drying on the second critter. Slowly but surely my Conrail fleet is growing and hopefully will continue to grow over the next year or so. After I complete the projects I have on my work bench I am taking the dive again into scratch building. I am looking into building one of the scale test cars in the number series 80090-80097. Yet another big scratch building project but I think I got the hang of it.
watch out scratch building is habit forming and I outa know
Jim
It's not a bad habit lol. 
Matt
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I warned you. looks cool do you have photo of the real one?
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(Yesterday, 03:49 PM)jim currie Wrote: I warned you. looks cool do you have photo of the real one?
jim
Here is a photo of the real deal.
Matt
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Neet sweet I guess the PB&L will be looking for a suitable doner loco.
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(Yesterday, 08:12 PM)jim currie Wrote: Neet sweet I guess the PB&L will be looking for a suitable doner loco.
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The only thing I need to find is a spare frame ( chassis ) to mount this too once I get it completed. I will be doing more work on it tomorrow since we are to get hit with ice and snow.
Matt
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question what was the purpose of the long porch? and what kind of of frame do you need as i have several of them
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(Today, 01:24 AM)jim currie Wrote: question what was the purpose of the long porch? and what kind of of frame do you need as i have several of them
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I need to find a RS3 frame for this but I'm not in no hurry right now to locate one.
Information on 9950.
Conrail 9950 was a unique locomotive built by rebuilding a Penn Central RS3 ( originally PC 5477 ) and removing its short hood, making it an "end-cab" unit. This rebuild was the only one of its kind, and the locomotive was retired by Conrail around 1984, with photos showing it stored in Harrisburg, Pa.
Origin: It was rebuilt from Penn Central unit 5477
Unique Features: Unlike other RS3M rebuilds, its short hood was removed, resulting in an end-cab configuration similar to other locomotives like the S1 or EMD SW series.
Status: It was on of the locomotives used by Penn Central and then Conrail before being retired by the latter
End of Life: It was seen in storage at Harrisburg, Pa in the mid-1980s.
Legacy: Conrail RS3M 9950 is remembered as a unique and one-of-a-kind locomotive in railfan circles.
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I have a Yugoslavian RS2 (70's vintage) that AHM offered in Southern Pacific garb (the SP never had one). I gutted it's transfer gearing (but could probably round it up) to use in my failed brass retrofit, but it does still have the trucks and chassis. I'm not sure how you'd work around the front truck tower to get your empty porch (maybe just power the rear truck?). I have absolutely no use for it, but would send it to you for the price of shipping. Picture attached. PM me if interested.
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This is really odd, I never heard of this locomotive until yesterday when someone posted a photo on Facebook.
I think the only way to easily do it would be with the long hood truck the only powered one. I believe AHM had some with only one truck powered.
Many years ago someone was developing a "Spud" truck the had motors on the axles but I don't know if any thing ever came of that.
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(57 minutes ago)Charlie B Wrote: This is really odd, I never heard of this locomotive until yesterday when someone posted a photo on Facebook.
I think the only way to easily do it would be with the long hood truck the only powered one. I believe AHM had some with only one truck powered.
Many years ago someone was developing a "Spud" truck the had motors on the axles but I don't know if any thing ever came of that.
Chatlie
I've seen pictures of this locomotive a couple of times over the past couple years.
The RS3 chassis that became the donor for the MT-4 Slug had one motor on the front truck and the rear truck was powered with wires running to it from the motor.
That's what I'm probably going to end up doing is just having the one truck powered. It doesn't need to have a lot of power as I plan to use it for either yard switching, locals or just to sit in the deadline. Endless possibilities.
Matt
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