-Charlie
Last December I embarked on a project to start making models of a few passenger cars of the Norfolk Southern Office Car Special (OCS) to go with my F units for this executive train. The most detailed of these cars is my model of NS #26, the New York. This coach was built by Budd in 1947. Prior to its ownership by NS, it served as Conrail #27 as a part of its regular OCS train. The New York serves mainly on Operation Lifesaver and Steam Special trains. See the photos below for photos of how I completed this project. -Charlie Photo credit to Lance Myers of Altoona Works. http://www.altoonaworks.info/ Their website has plenty of information and photos regarding all projects of the Juniata Shops and its predecessors. Here is a photo of the prototype New York on a Steam Special in Altoona. I tried to mirror the prototype as closely as possible.
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Mike G.
7/16/2017 05:22:39 pm
Fantastic work Charlie, just fantastic. It shows with a little effort, planning and research a great model can be made from a good model. BTW, Shell Scale Decals are very good indeed! Everything you did looks very good and well documented. Good luck with the next project....hope it's not in Conrail Blue, ha ha!!!!
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Robert Braeuner
7/21/2017 11:06:39 am
Awesome job Charlie! Came out perfectly
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Bill Tolliver
8/22/2021 12:46:00 pm
That is the coach that I rode in on the Joliet Rocket excursion behind NKP 765 here in Chicago back in 2018
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