Good morning everyone, I'm was doing a little reseach on the markings on Conrail MOW vehicles & was wondering if there was a specific coding for the vehicle ...
Rich, We went over the final proof last week and it is being printed now. Check http://www.conrailcorp.com/crhs.html for an update on the issue ~Kris From the...
I know a buddy that couldn't get rid of a box of them two years ago, in fact he had them down to 40 to 45 a piece. I think they're all gone now, but I'll check...
Matt, The letter was the specific vehicle type; A was for pick-up E was utility box truck, ie: maintainers truck, Etc, etc, etc. Trucks were assigned to the...
Matt, John Durant had part of the story. The vehicle numbering scheme goes back at least to the late 60s. I worked for Excelsior Truck Leasing in the period...
Tahnk you both for the information. It is interesting that you raised Excelsior Truck Leasing. The reason for my research is I'm in the planning stages for a...
Matt, None of the vehicles that I had from ETL had logos. They included the A-7094, A-2222 and the E-1908. The 7094 was Blue with Blue on White logo. The...
Concerning the decal run, when I get everything together I'll make an announcement to the list & we'll take it from there. ... decalls? ... in ... now ... have...
Thanks John. when we were up in Jersey a few weeks ago I noticed an interesting trend concerning the markings. Since just prior to the split all the vehicles...
This week up around Croxton and Jersey City, All the trucks I've seen were newer and had a smaller size Conrail herald on the door of the truck...no NS...
Matt, Sounds like an interesting project. I'm interested in obtaining your decals when you get them to production. The original ETL logo was a black outlined...
Hi Bob, Interesting probably really the word I was thinking of, but I am learning a bit so that's a good thing. I'm just very lucky to have drawn upon a few...
~Matt, I've posted photos of two of my Conrail assigned vehicles, the A-7068t was a 1977 3/4t 4X4 that was replaced in 1981 with the A-2222. The A- 2439 was...
Thanks man I appreciate it! Jeremy Scott Harris <sharris@...> wrote: I know a buddy that couldn't get rid of a box of them two years ago, in fact he had...
Thanks John. Think I've got it almost wrapped up. Just have to get a confirmation on the ETL logo & then talk to my printer. With a lot of luck I can get all...
Good day everyone! In adddition to the Conrail truck & MOW decal project I'm also trying to put together something for camp cars. (Off the record there may be...
Matt, I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to your decal set. I have a fe CR MOW truck on my workbech now that I'm owrking on and I was debating on...
Hi Andy, A quick fix for the door logos (white on blue), & one I've been using for years, is to use the Conrail Hopper car logos from the Microscale N scale...
This is one of the coolest moves I have ever seen on Rockville Bridge: Ex-CR 3360 is the sole motive power. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=105192...
I drove to Rockville this evening and re-discovered the wonderful light of the spring sun on the north side of this splendid bridge. With no train, I like the...
... from enola to allentown,finally ended up @Topton,which brings up some Questions ... pointed west,since then there back to back.?1-is there a wye on the...
I just started reading through my newly acquired CR 1986-1991 book. In the forward it says Conrail began testing concrete ties at Mill Creek, PA and it also...
It wasn't really a test. The ties were put in for the Mill Creek wheel impact detector. The idea was to be able to catch eastbound cars with wheel defects...
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