Conrail had a wide variety of switch engines across their system. You could go to each yard and find more than two different type of switchers but there was only a couple places where you could see unique switchers. One was at Enola and another was at Conway. I believe there was a third one but I am not quite sure where it was on the Conrail System. While these small switchers weren't given a class, if my memory serves me correctly, they were remote controlled switchers. This series will be a 5 part series on Conrail #0. These little critters are non powered switchers on the Blairsville Cutoff. There will be another series on the other shop critter as well in the near future.
The very first Conrail unit on the roster was Conrail #0. The nubs on top of the truck were ground down a long with the top of the metal pins. I did a bunch of research on this little switcher and found that I did in fact have a couple spare trucks that were pretty darn close to the ones Conrail used.
Supports added underneath of the frame to help support the plate.
Part 2 of this series will be posted tomorrow
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