Athearn HO RTR SD38 Build - Conrail 6939 

Thank you!! It was crazy how dirty alot of the locomotives got in the 98 to 99 time frame especially all of the local and yard power! Only locomotives I remember looking clean were ones that were freshly repainted. Glad I could help bring back the memories!!

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Thank you!!

Thank you!

CSX units always make for an interesting build and are great to add some variety to everything! One of these days I need to build an Oakway leasing unit for my railroad as well. Sounds like you have some neat power to work on!

@@ConrailSteve To be honest, despite my username, I've been getting into early CSX quite a bit, and my CSX power outnumbers everything else. I've even pre-ordered a pair of the recently announced Genesis series SD50s from Athearn-, mostly because I wanted to have some freshly painted YN2 units in my collection. From time to time, I've questioned whether I should've gone with the former L&N Henderson Subdivision in Southern Indiana instead, but I'm too passionately committed to Northwest Indiana to switch now. But I love Early CSX just for all the weird lash-ups that would turn up, with all that odd ball power from the Seaboard System. Throw in some GECX (ex-ATSF) C30-7s and freshly painted power that was purchased new by CSX, and any day is a good day for train watching. Part of the motivation for me picking the Chicago Line was all the run throughs that were going to and from Elkhart, and all the interesting foreign power lash-ups that resulted from it. I love late '80s/early '90s BN and Santa Fe, so this is a great compromise for me as I can realistically work them into my collection and have a legitimate reason for having them. My Oakway SD60 has been sent to a friend of mine to get DCC and Sound. Not long now. I almost bought a BN SD60M at the show too, but all the ones I saw were in rough shape. . .and I'm regretting not picking one up.

Thank you! I have one of those battery powered LED testers to check the color of them. I have had issues in the past with “warm white” leds actually being more of a blueish color.

Thank you!!

Thank you Randy!!

Thank you! The Shell Scale decals are HO124

I always manage to lose something between filming with the camera and actually getting the footage on my laptop to edit 🤦‍♂️😂. The cab doors are held on with Canopy glue as it dries clear and is not very noticeable. I used al little on each of the hinges on the door frame as well as a little on the bottom of the door.

I will try to, it will also be included in the build I am working on right now a pair of Atlas Dash 8-40CW’s. Is there any specific locomotive you would like me to show adding them on?

@@ConrailSteve Yes I wanting to see how on an Atlas Dash 8-40CW would be great.

Look for the build video I will be putting together on the Dash 8-40CW’s next month. It will have the process I use to do all my lighting.

The spare doors are from KV Models. They have a variety of different style doors for different locomotives.

@@ConrailSteve even for gevos from scale trains ? Cause I’ll look them up and buy some

Cheap? Or, real? Depends upon the hobbyist’s skills n this guy is definitely bordering on master level, imo. But, some goop it on n it can look poor…

We all like different styles when it comes to how we make our model railroads look. I appreciate that even though my weathering may not be your style you still watch and enjoy my videos!