I took a lunch break after running trains all morning on the Glancy Trains Modular train layout at the Gratiot valley train show on sunday and ended up spending $250 more than I had originally planned to.
But it was worth it as I got a Lionel Legacy Lionmaster Conrail SD-80MAC in return. What an awesome engine and perfect for my O-36 curves (which'll hopefully be upgraded to O-72 when I have the money again).
Anyway, here are some pictures and a video for you to look at.
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Very nice!
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SantsFe158, Good looking diesel, still see a few Conrail's running in and out of Columbus but they are an endangered species.
Bill T.
During the last few years of Conrail, the SD80 "fleet" were stationed at Cresson, PA, for use on Horseshoe Curve. They were rather handsome engines. You should find some rather good photos of them at railpictures.net .
fifedog During the last few years of Conrail, the SD80 "fleet" were stationed at Cresson, PA, for use on Horseshoe Curve. They were rather handsome engines. You should find some rather good photos of them at railpictures.net .
Yes, I found a photo of the prototype for my model. They are pretty nice looking engines (and I am the kind of guy who really prefers earlier diesels).
Your SD80, not only has all of the Bells and Whistles, but it has beauty, too.
Enjoy,
Ralph
Train-O Your SD80, not only has all of the Bells and Whistles, but it has beauty, too. Enjoy, Ralph
Yes, I still can't believe it's mine (even though I paid for it) :D. It's such an awesome engine and because it's slightly on the smaller side, it doesn't look too out of place with the rest of my collection. I've been running it a lot today.
Santa Fe,
That baby looks full scale, I can't see any size difference.
Lots of luck ,
I see a Conrail engine every now and then in my area, central North Carolina.
When it's by itself it looks like a full scale engine, but when it was up next to one of the UP Heritage SD-70s running on the club layout (Lionel scale) it's smaller size is very noticeable. I know the video makes it look big too (even to me) which is cool.
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