
Conrail Office Car Special & Conrail Blog
Conrail OCS Surprise Assignment
While the Conrail OCS train operated on a fairly tight and well defined schedule, many times the engineers who would operate the train were often in for a surprise when the train rolled into the station. In this story below by Douglas Kydd, he shares his experience of the Conrail Executive Train surprise assignment in 1998.
Three ways Conrail used their Office Car Special
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.
Finance rides the Conrail OCS train
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 OCS 3 - 800323 - Model
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).
Conrail OCS 11 - 800388 - Model
Conrail 11, the staff sleeper, was easy to make, thanks to Rapido trains.
Conrail OCS 9 - 800364 - Model
My HO scale Conrail 9 theater car started with a Rapido passenger car and ended up very different.