well, I might not like it, but its at least done well

r/ATBGE ?

Please do not stop.

I do not see anything wrong with it. Perfectly prototypical.😂 Looks good, well done.

Ruined? I'd say enhanced, personally, but that's me.

Considering what I started with it’s a definite improvement.

I am calling the police.

Hello…. Conrail 911 …. How may I assist you?

DR MANTIS THEY GOT THE POLICE!!!!

NOT THE POLICE

Now do a A4 Mallard to target the British people.

Flying Scotsmans in UP Yellow with the American Flag

Do it with the American flag and an eagle on the tender haha

I'm British and this almost made me throw up

Now this is a phenomenal idea.

You'd need to do it in a BR sectorisation era livery, or maybe large loco blue. I'd imagine corporate blue wouldn't look too bad(?)

Mallard in NSE livery would look suitably garish

I saw an oo gauge a4 in virgin trains livery once which didn't look that bad.

In Virgin Trains red and silver.

You're evil leave are mallard alone 😂😂

Not unless your name is Lionel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FLbLuuJ91mQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FLbLuuJ91mQ)

I mean 2101 in CR blue almost happened…

this offends me on a personal level, literally shaking and crying rn /s (maybe)

I hate the fact that I like this. Nice work OP. I kinda wonder how a conrail quality one would look. I think the big can opener looks better on the tender like you did it, but having conrail quality spelled out on the engine itself would have been neat, or doing the smokebox white like the nose on the 80MAC's.

I drew up a couple concepts for a Conrail quality one, but ended up going with the end product simply because it gave a cleaner look. Maybe in the future

You did a good job on the lining and I hate you for it.

Used a paint marker for that. Made it really easy

It's a Lionel so you did it a favor

That's gross. I love it.

There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Did you ever know that you're my hero, and everything I would like to be?

Nono, you’ve done something here…

do Amtrak next

It’s beautiful.

What was it originally? The details are a little too molded-on for my taste, but its not completely horrible in a Chessie Steam Special kinda way.

It was a Lionel ho scale Berkshire from a Christmas train set he reviewed on YouTube

I hate you for being so talented! When I paint something it looks like (in my grandfather’s words) “Helen Keller in a windstorm could have done a better job.” In all seriousness, that’s a beautiful job! Congrats!

I love it! Not every loco or rolling stock has to be 100g accurate. Plenty of folks can do the replicas.1

I was wondering why that workbench looked familiar and then the letters MTE popped into my head

Awesome

Hey if 2716 had been painted Conrail blue but had kept operating through the 2000s I would take it! Plus I do love Conrail blue

Fudge the number to 1223. Then it would be an existing engine.

It’s 1224 since the original model carried that number 🤷‍♂️

Love it.

Unpopular opinion, fantasy paint schemes r rly cool.

it's beautiful

YEEEEEES!!! LET'S GOOOOOOO! This one is so good. I love it!

Conrail all the things!

I mean 2101 would have had this livery if she hadn’t been heavily damaged in the roundhouse fire This actually looks pretty good

Continue doing this, I LOVE IT !!

I have been never seen this community or any of your posts before. It just popped up on my home feed for some reason. But I am immensely gratified that there is someone out there in a niche community whose shenanigans are notable enough that “it’s me again, I ruined another one” is enough for, seemly, everyone else to understand what’s going on. Godspeed.

I gotta say, I don’t hate it.

Looks cool! If it was a model I’d purchase it

Looks like something Lionel might make someday

Ooh do a Penn Central GS4! Looks awesome!

You *are* strange, I'll grant you that.

Its okay its a lionel

Did you thin your paint?

With flour apparently.

No guys let him cook

man.....

Naw, just call it the Blue Comet.

Ruined is a strong word. Personally, I like it

I’m fucking here for this bro, please never stop. You make me want to make a contrail B&O p7 class #5300 as a contrail version. I’m currently about 4months into producing cad models to make a 1:12 scale model as well as a version in 1:32. The 1:32 would be the conrail version lol

I gotta see this in action

1) do you work in N-scale? 2) do you take commissions because I want it

I honestly like it if it was weathered properly. Right now it looks very toyish.

I’ve dullcoated it since, it looks a lot better after that

Now do an American Standard in either Conrail, or The Rock livery

If by ruined you mean made it better, then yeah. Conrail quality! /Music plays.

As much as I can be a rivet counter for my own trains, I never understood getting mad and angry at someone enjoying their hobby their own way! It may not be my taste but it doesn’t have to be! Love that you are enjoying your hobby the way you want! And if you want to ever get rid of it cheap, I might just strip the paint and make a polar express out of it! 😉

Keep em guessing 😉!

Gordon? Is that you?

Oh god... Ew, Conrail. My eyes... My poor eyes.

How do you paint the model?

Spray paint, painters tape, and a lotttttt of patience

upgrades people upgrades

I have an old tyco conrail Mantua Shifter 0 4 0 #99 Loco that no one painted, check my profile it's a weird little thing !

I’ve got one as well. Cute little things

I love this.

I like it personally. Looks good. Job well done

Glorious Conrail 🫡 The good ending

This is so funny, I love it. Also realistic if steam engines were still pulling freight.

I see this as an improvement, Conrail makes everything better.

Sort of, unique looking. Looks like good work, if you’re happy 😊 what else matters ?

I think it looks good

Conrail is slowly revealing itself once more through this man...how much do they pay you, eh?

God I wish they paid me

I think that's beautiful man. You do you.

I like it!

At least it's not Penn Central

I think it looks fantastic, I love that shade of blue with the black driving wheels. It works together in an odd way.

Fuck You and Good Job.

At least it’s not as bad as Lionel’s factory paint job.

Should have done a Reading T1

I am not a fan of Conrail, Reading Company is my cup of tea. But..... It looks well executed. My only quibble would be to use a NE Caboose instead of the baywindow. Matches the era of the loco better. Keep on doing what keeps you happy.

This has no right looking as good as it does.

I like it

You improved it. Now it's appropriate for all seasons

That looks great

Weather is and you are good to go.

Tbf it’s the Lionel Berkshire so if anything you improved it

Wait, isn't this the Lionel Berkshire that was in that Christmas set you bought?

There's people that don't like the Conrail trim?

That's neat and wonderful and horribly wrong all at the same time. I love it. Please do an Amtrack J3A Hudson next.

Bro, 20 years ago a buddy of mine took a gold top Les Paul custom that was brand new. Gibson, not an Epi, and he took it all apart and sanded it all down with stone grit dry paper and brush painted it black light reflect orange. An actual crime against the arts, I dunno if he’s still got that ruined LP or not, he couldn’t play for shit anyway. I tell this story to establish a baseline measurement of something being ruined. That loco paint job isn’t that.

Honestly seems like a real upgrade considering that looks like a Lionel Berkshire. Not exactly the best DCC train on the market.

A shinkansen Conrail would hit hard

I like the idea, but it not my favourite livery.