Behind The Scenes Interviews Conrail 1980s HO scale layout discussion with Dave Abeles

Conrail 1980s HO scale layout discussion with Dave Abeles

By | March 22, 2023

Dave talks about Conrail, Penn Central, New York Central, Pennsylvania, and other railroads and how Conrail became a time of optimism for railroading

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In March 2023, Steve Sweeney had a Conrail 1980s HO scale layout discussion with Dave Abeles. In total, Dave talks about Conrail, Penn Central, New York Central, Pennsylvania, and other railroads and how Conrail became a time of optimism for railroading, especially in the Northeast and Midwest states that once saw a multitude of bankruptcies and track abandonments.

Dave shows off an intermodal train in action and also share his philosophy of modeling including what changes he made to a model railroad to make it period and place specific for Conrail in Upstate New York.

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Steve Sweeney, left, and Dave Abeles discuss model Conrail of the 1980s and 1990s.

3 thoughts on “Conrail 1980s HO scale layout discussion with Dave Abeles

  1. This was fantastic, thanks for sharing your backstory and philosophy, along with some history and a layout tour! I think we got an economics lesson along the way too. I’d love to see another one of these videos in the future.

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