Who Got What From The OCS Train?

When CR made the deal with CSX and NS who got the OCS train or was it split between the two of them?

Well, I do know that NS got the 2 E8's of the CR OCS, and a Theatre car.... i'm not sure what else... Matt Snell might know more than I do....

This is what I know or can find after about 10 minutes of looking:

4020 - NS then Juniata Terminal
4021 - CSX then Juniata Terminal
4022 - CSX then Juniata Terminal
1 - NS
3 - Private Varnish
4 - NS
5 - ??
8 - CSX
9 - CSX
10 - CSX
11 - CSX
12 - CSX
19 - NS then auction
20 - ??
21 - NS
22 - ??
23 - ??
24 - ??
27 - NS
50 - ??
55 - NS

Filling in a few blanks:

5 - NS
22 - NS then Deleware Lackawanna
50 - NS 40

The former CR 19, previously CR 2, PC 6 and NYC 5 is privately owned and stored in Kansas City ... here are 5 photos from 2006:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=163559

4022 left Juniata Terminal as New York & Greenwood Lake 833 and was fixed up at the Black River & Western shop, now running as Erie 833.

What was the lineage of the cars in the OCS train? Is there a roster out there?

HighlandRail/DEY-7 652 wrote:What was the lineage of the cars in the OCS train? Is there a roster out there?

CR 1 Blt 1927 for Pullman (Shannon) then #ed 1816 then sold to Southern Railway as #3102, re# 10 then #3

CR 3 Blt ???? for Michigan Central # 1 Ex Pullman 6109 Sold to New York Central # 10 Exx PC # 2

CR 4 Blt 1927 for Pullman as a troop sleeper and rebuilt by Southern office Car (Tennessean) in 1951 and was renumbered # 4 in 1953

CR 9 Blt 1957 for CN as Dinette Car #428 it carried this Number into the VIA Rail fleet till it joined Conrail temporarily #ed 23 till 4/19/1985

CR 10 Blt 1922 for Pullman as the Queen Elizabeth it was later renamed Hudson River for use on the Empire State Express in 1942 it was renamed Twilight Limited then Kalamazoo River. In 1947 it was deemed to old by Pullman and put in the stand by fleet by pullman named as Victoria Park in 1952 it joined NYC as #30. it then became PC 76 and was painted Red, White & Blue it held this number into Conrail till it was repainted in 1977.

CR 11 Blt 6/54 Ex ERIE (Spirit of Youngstown as a 10-Roomette sleeper it then joined the EL office car fleet in 1970? as EL #5.

CR 12 Blt 1952 as PRR (Baron DeKalb) it was numbered PRR and later PC 7138.

CR 20 Blt 1940 from Pullman lot 6612 as NYC?? (Chicopee Falls) it did not have much of a Career or a Future and spent most of its time in Company Service as NYC 10597, then as #10648 then X23417 then PC 23417

CR 21 Blt 1924 Ex ATSF #55 Exx 32

CR 22 Blt 1939 for Pullman as Experimental Car (American Milemaster) it laterbecame EMD Test Car ET800 Then Southern Pacific Railroad 9500

CR 23 Blt 1914 for NYC as Baggage Car 7494. This car is used as a Tool & Supply car for the office car fleet.

CR 24 Blt ???? Ex Pullman Millitary sleeper or coach?? it was sold to to Southern Railway as # 23?? and renumbered by Conrail to #24

CR 26 Blt 1913 as Pullman sleeper (Kokomo later (Seaside) it was sold to Southern RY as #1043

info is from CONRAIL COLOR GUIDE TO FREIGHT EQUIPMENT VOLUME 1: 1976-1987 BY LARRY DeYoung

CARS 5, 8, 19, 27, 50, & 55 must have joined the Conrail office car fleet after 1987 becouse my book dose not cover these cars.

Anyone know the exact car types??? I am trying to put together the OCS in HO scale, but need to know what kind of cars i need and what they would be numbered. I have looked and cannot find it....also, if anyone knows of where pics of each car are, those would be helpful too...

Matt Snell made a Conrail OCS train with a lot of details a few years ago. Here's the thread: http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19030 I believe that there is an entire yahoo group dedicated to Conrail OCS modeling.

Ah...thanks!

keeper1616 wrote:Matt Snell made a Conrail OCS train with a lot of details a few years ago. Here's the thread: http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19030 I believe that there is an entire yahoo group dedicated to Conrail OCS modeling.

For details of the OCS me & Wes built contact me offlist at:

[email protected]

-M.R. Snell