Explore the history of Conrail 20, originally built in 1940 by Pullman-Standard as the New York Central’s Chicopee Falls. From a luxurious lounge car to a state-of-the-art research and test car for Conrail’s Technical Services Laboratory, and finally to preservation in Tuscan red, this car's journey spans decades of American railroading history.

Conrail 2 served on the Conrail Office Car Special until the early 1990s and around 1995 was converted to Conrail 19 Test Car. No longer considered a Conrail business car, the car could be seen sitting alongside the Juniata Locomotive Shop lab. Now in private service as WAMX 800322 “Tallgrass”, its modern history is a bit harder to track down. Check out the history of this former NYC railroad office car.

This former Southern Railway heavyweight car had quite the history and served on Conrail as Conrail 1. The car was assigned in its later years to Ron Conway and Gary Spiegel. I visited the car after the Conrail takeover for an exclusive look in and around this beautiful heavyweight car.

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.

Conrail 4020 pulled Conrail’s office car fleet until the merger in 1999. This E8A, made famous by taking Conrail executives and customers around the system, has now been thoughtfully restored by Bennett Levin.

Conrail used three E8As, sometimes called the Executive Es, to pull their business trains. In this article, I discuss the Conrail E8A 4022, a former Erie locomotive. The Consolidated Rail Corporation used this locomotive in passenger service until the merger in 1999.

Conrail used three E8As, sometimes called the Executive Es, to pull their business trains. In this article, I discuss the Conrail 4021, a former PRR locomotive. I also provide a diagram and description used by Conrail, but is all what it seems?

Conrail office car 11 was the staff sleeper for the OCS staff. Rumour has it one of the rooms had exercise equipment installed. Let’s explore the history, technical data, and diagrams of this former Erie 10-5 sleeping car.

A former Conrail employee recalls his story of riding the Conrail Office Car Special. These trips were usually highly appreciated by those who got the chance to ride them. See why this one particular employee says he was the “luckiest man alive” during his trip.

Conrail OCS trains weren’t just for the Board of Directors. In this article I explore three different uses for the Conrail Office Car Special in the words of their employees.

Conrail used their business train and special equipment in many ways. This article explores how the Conrail Office Car Special was used to recognize the Conrail Finance Department. A former Conrail employee shares her experience of the Conrail OCS train that ran from Philadelphia to Enola and back on 9/24/92.

Conrail 11, the staff sleeper, was easy to make, thanks to Rapido trains.

My HO scale Conrail 9 theater car started with a Rapido passenger car and ended up very different.

My Conrail 1 model could be mass produced.