Conrail 3 was built in 1928 as an office car and served in that capacity until CSX sold the car in 2001. Interestingly enough, CSX named the car “Philadelphia” and didn’t take too long to shed the car and the city.

My first few attempts at building Conrail 3, the Conrail heavyweight business car, weren’t as accurate as my latest version. Check out the progress of the car and get a few tips on how I made this. I’m building this in conjunction with Conrail research car 19 (Conrail 2).