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 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.

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

My Conrail 1 model could be mass produced.