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#376
02-27-2026, 03:46 PM
(02-27-2026, 04:25 AM)TMo Wrote: I love the weathering...  it could fit right in with my fleet...

Thank you. I think it looks pretty good and shows it is definitely worked hard.
Matt
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
Milepost 363.8 to Milepost 338.9
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02-28-2026, 03:13 PM
Today I got the MT-4 slug out and finished putting the handrails on it. Another step closer but I did mate it up with GP40 #3091 and ran it on some track and it ran smoothly. The grinding that was found before was fixed by replacing the wheels. I was worried that this wasn't going to fix it and it would end up being a static display but it fixed it. Now all that is left to do is order more decals so I can finish the other side and get the number boards in place and oh I forgot, I have to finish weathering it as well. 

   
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Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
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02-28-2026, 07:05 PM
Nice set of power, Matt. That slug was a nice project.
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02-28-2026, 07:48 PM
(02-28-2026, 07:05 PM)TMo Wrote: Nice set of power, Matt.  That slug was a nice project.

Thank you. It definitely was a nice project and I really enjoyed it. Now that it is nearly complete, I kind of want to build a MT-6.
Matt
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
Matt,

Good looking units, glad to hear that you're solved your vibration problem.  If you get a chance check out a Conrail modeler named CRSteve on YouTube, he has built four CR MT-6 slugs and did a video on how he did one of them.  I just found this last night when the grandkids were over, he has quite a few videos about his layout and the different builds he has done.  He also is a truck driver.

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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
(Yesterday, 01:40 PM)bdw9535 Wrote: Matt,

Good looking units, glad to hear that you're solved your vibration problem.  If you get a chance check out a Conrail modeler named CRSteve on YouTube, he has built four CR MT-6 slugs and did a video on how he did one of them.  I just found this last night when the grandkids were over, he has quite a few videos about his layout and the different builds he has done.  He also is a truck driver.

Bruce

Bruce,

Thank you. Yes I found him a couple weeks ago and haven't made it through all his video's. I will be looking for that video after I post this. I am happy that I solved the vibration issue as well. It was driving me crazy trying to figure out what could be wrong.
Matt
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