12-04-2025, 06:49 PM
Since I'm waiting for more decals to arrive so I can finish the MT-4 slug, I decided to go through some more rolling stock and do some research on a few cars I have. I found what I was looking for to make a couple conrail freight cars but then a ran into a problem. What was the real color of the Conrail freight cars? Well after doing about 20 minutes of research and not wanting to pay an arm and a leg for what they call Conrail red from trucolor, I found that Rust-Oleum's satin colonial red is the next closest color to the red Conrail used. It does depend on the manufacture and not all freight cars were painted the same shade of red. I've seen some modelers use satin colonial red and their cars have always looked great. Even after they added the dirt and grime the cars still looked great. Below is a the railroad car I'm working on while pieces I cut out for the covered hopper car dry from paint. With the covered hopper I was missing some pieces and had to cut out the roof hatches and it is also missing the walkway that goes on top of the car. That will be the next thing that I get cut out.
Matt
I can smell a steam post ten blocks away and when I do clear the tracks because the steam express will be hi ballin through
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
I can smell a steam post ten blocks away and when I do clear the tracks because the steam express will be hi ballin through
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa