MTE's Workshop: Volume 1

[@_mdh_1998]

Don’t worry Conrail Berkshire can’t hurt you. It doesn’t exist. Conrail Berkshire:

[@cobramerciless]

B o r k s h o r e

[@austinbrodzinski4444]

B O R K S H Y R E

[@readingt1productions]

B o r k s h o r e

[@PRRFanDoesTrainz]

That borshore came out pretty sick lmao

[@TheBerkshireMainline]

B O R K S H O R E

[@jakeford12]

B Y O R K S H E R

[@TheBerkshireMainline]

Usually hell for low quality Ho trains is to end up in a conrail paint scheme, however it’s an exception when you started off in a christmas scheme, and it actually came out pretty sick!

[@ToledoRails]

Looks a lot better than that stupid Christmas livery. Great work!

[@brennan-p6j]

5:36 It may not be perfect, but it’s the coolest custom Berkshire I’ve ever seen! Great work MTE!

[@k4productions]

Dude that actually looks so sick, amazing work

[@asteroidrules]

Conrail looks good on anything, especially things it shouldn't be on.

[@HuntOfficial1776]

The EMD GP30 is a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1961 and November 1963.[2] A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the United States and Canada (2 only), including 40 cabless B units for the Union Pacific Railroad.[3] EMD GP30 A GP30, GP35, and GP20 run light in the late 1980s on California's Cajon Pass. Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD) Model GP30 Build date July 1961 - November 1963 Total produced 948 Specifications Configuration: ​ • AAR B-B • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Wheel diameter 40 in (1.02 m) Length 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) Width 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) Height 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) Loco weight 245,000 lb (111,130 kg) Fuel capacity 1,700-2,600 US gal (6,400-9,800 L; 1,400-2,200 imp gal) Lubricant cap. 243 US gal (920 L; 202 imp gal) Coolant cap. 251 US gal (950 L; 209 imp gal) Sandbox cap. 18 cu ft (0.51 m3) Prime mover EMD 16-567D3 RPM: ​ • RPM idle 275 • Maximum RPM 835 Engine type Two-stroke V16 diesel Aspiration Turbocharger Generator EMD D22 Traction motors 4 × EMD D57 Cylinders 16 Cylinder size 8+1⁄2 in × 10 in (216 mm × 254 mm) Gear ratio 62:15 61:16 60:17 Loco brake Schedule 26L Straight air, optional: dynamic Performance figures Maximum speed 71-83 mph (114-134 km/h) Power output 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) Career Locale North America [1]

[@HuntOfficial1776]

It was the first so-called "second generation" EMD diesel locomotive, and was produced in response to increased competition by a new entrant, General Electric's U25B, which was released roughly at the same time as the GP30. The GP30 is easily recognizable due to its high profile and stepped cab roof, unique among American locomotives.[3] A number are still in service today in original or rebuilt form. The GP30 was conceived out of the necessity of matching new competitor GE's U25B. The U25B offered 2,500 hp (1,860 kW) while EMD's GP20 and its 567D2 prime mover was only rated at 2,000 hp (1,490 kW). The U25B also featured a sealed, airtight long hood with a single inertial air intake for electrical cooling, with a pressurized cooling system which kept dust out of the engine and equipment area. Finally, the entire GE design was optimized for ease of access and maintenance. The U25B demonstrators were receiving much praise-and orders-from the railroads that tested them. Meanwhile, ALCO had been producing the 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) RS-27 since 1959, though it had not sold well. EMD's engineering department pushed their DC traction system for an extra 250 hp (186 kW). The 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) wasn't quite equivalent to the GE and ALCO offerings, but EMD hoped the railroads' familiarity with EMD equipment would improve their chances. The locomotive in which the 16 cylinder, 567D3 would be fitted, was improved along the lines of the U25B; sealed long hood, central air intake, and engineered for easier maintenance access. The frame and trucks of the GP20 were carried across; the extra equipment for the centralized air system required more space behind the cab, and since the locomotive was not going to be lengthened, extra space was achieved vertically by raising the height of the locomotive, giving room for the central air system, turbocharger and electrical cabinet all behind the cab.[3] This extra height behind the cab meant that the body style used for previous GP units was not suitable. Since EMD wanted the new locomotive to be visibly modern and updated, they turned to the GM Automotive Styling Center at Troy, Michigan for help. The automobile stylists created the GP30's trademark "hump" and cab roof profile. The hump-like bulge started at the front of the cab and enveloped the air intakes for the central air system and the dynamic brake blister.[3] Units ordered without dynamic brakes were the same shape, but lacked the intakes to cool the dynamic brake resistor grids. A high short hood could be ordered, but only holdouts Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway received such units. EMD originally planned to name the locomotive the GP22, but EMD's marketing department decided to leapfrog GE's numbering to make the new locomotive seem more advanced.[4] Marketing literature claimed 30 distinct improvements from the GP20 and that this was the reason for the number.[4] Sales and in service edit The GP30 successfully countered the GE threat and kept EMD in the dominant position in the North American diesel market. While losing a little power to the GE and ALCO competition, the solidity and reliability of the GP30-and the familiarity of railroad mechanical departments with EMD products-ultimately won many more orders for EMD. 948 were sold, in comparison to 476 U25Bs. In addition, the GP30 was only sold until the end of 1963, while the U25B was available until 1966. An EMD GP30 originally owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad -- Oak Ridge, TN. Most major railroads ordered GP30s, and many smaller ones did too. The largest orders were from the SOU (120), UP (111), ATSF (85), and the B&O (77). The sole purchaser of B units (by the mid-1960s generally an outdated concept) was the UP, who kept the practice of running its locomotives in matched sets much longer than others. Thirteen of those GP30B units were fitted with steam generators for heating passenger trains, the only GP30s to receive them. Prior to Amtrak, UP would use a GP30 and two boiler equipped GP30Bs on passenger trains when no E8s or E9s were available. Some units for the GM&O, MILW and SOO were built using trucks from ALCO trade-ins and therefore ride on AAR type B trucks instead of the EMD standard Blomberg Bs. An indisputable tribute to the quality of the GP30 design is the fact that a good number are still in service as of 2015, which is a service lifespan of over 50 years and well in excess of the design life of 25-30 years for the average diesel locomotive. Furthermore, when life-expired, some railroads chose to give them major rebuilds instead of scrapping them. Specifically, the Burlington Northern rebuilt GP30 (and GP35) units to the specifications of the later GP39. These rebuilds (known as GP39Es, GP39Ms and GP39Vs[5]) came not only from the ranks of the units the BN inherited from its own merger, but from the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, SAL, Southern and others. Some of these units received new EMD spartan cabs.[6] The Chessie System rebuilt its GP30 units into GP30Ms,[7] adding newer components, new traction motors and reducing their power to 2000 hp.[8] They lasted with CSX into the mid-to-late 1990s, long after Seaboard System GP30s had been sold, retired and scrapped, or turned into road slugs.[9]

[@HuntOfficial1776]

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes Electro Motive Division (demonstrator) 2 5629 to Union Pacific Railroad 875 5639 to Seaboard Air Line Railroad 534, to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1343 Alaska Railroad 1 2000 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 85 1200-1284 Renumbered 3200-3284. Rebuilt versions called GP30u**upgraded at Cleburne, Texas shops. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 9 900-908 to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1300-1308 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 77 6900-6976 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 48 3000-3047 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 38 940-977 to Burlington Northern Railroad 2217-2254 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 3 239-241 Chicago Great Western Railway 8 201-208 to Chicago & North Western Railway 802-809 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 16 340-355 AAR type B trucks. Renumbered 1000-1015 Chicago and North Western Railway 14 810-832 Canadian Pacific Railway 2 8200-8201 Built by General Motors Diesel (GMD) in London, Ontario. Renumbered 5000-5001 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 28 3001-3028 Great Northern Railway 17 3000-3016 to Burlington Northern Railroad 2200-2216 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 31 500-530 AAR type B trucks Kansas City Southern Railway 20 100-119 Louisville and Nashville Railroad 58 1000-1057 New York Central Railroad 10 6115-6124 to Penn Central 2188-2197, to Conrail same numbers New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 10 900-909 to Norfolk and Western 2900-2909 Norfolk and Western Railway 44 522-565 High short hood, operated long hood-forward Pennsylvania Railroad 52 2200-2251 2250-2251 renumbered to Penn Central then Conrail 2198-2199, 2200-2249 to Penn Central then Conrail same numbers Phelps Dodge Corporation 9 24-32 New Cornelia Branch mine[10] Reading Railroad 20 5501-5520 renumbered 3600-3619; to Conrail 2168-2187 Seaboard Air Line Railroad 34 500-533 to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1309-1342 Soo Line Railroad 22 700-721 AAR type B trucks. Eighteen to Wisconsin Central Limited, same numbers Southern Pacific Railroad 8 7400-7407 Southern Railway 120 2525-2644 High short hood St. Louis Southwestern Railway 10 750-759 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 1 700 To ATSF as 3285. Union Pacific Railroad 111 700-735, 800-874 Totals 908 Union Pacific Railroad 40 700B-739B Thirteen units, 727B-739B, fitted with steam generators

[@HuntOfficial1776]

The Burlington Northern Railroad was the most extensive user of rebuilt GP30s. Finding a need for modernized units of lower power, it sent GP30s--both its own and units purchased from other railroads--to be rebuilt. Seventy units were sent to EMD, 65 to Morrison Knudsen (now Washington Group International) and 25 to VMV for rebuilding, and the rebuilds are known as GP39E, GP39M, and GP39V respectively. The changes included new generators, Dash-2 modular electronic control systems and 567D3 engines upgraded with EMD 645-series power assemblies, rated at 2,300 hp (1,720 kW) and designated 12-645D3. These units are still in service on locals and smaller lines throughout the BNSF Railway system. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) had previously, performed a similar upgrade in its own Cleburne, Texas shops, stripping the locomotives down to bare metal and rebuilding with new equipment. The 567D3 engines were upgraded to a 2500-horsepower rating by the use of 645-series power assemblies. The generators and traction motors were upgraded and control and electrical equipment was replaced. The trucks received Hyatt roller bearings and single-shoe brake systems. Rooftop air conditioners and new horns were added. The locomotives were repainted in the blue and yellow Yellowbonnet scheme, and designated GP30u (for upgraded). 78 of these survived until the BNSF merger, and were eventually all sold off. In 2016, BNSF traded Larry's Truck and Electric (LTEX) 26 GP38s for 24 of the Ex-ATSF GP30u's for their GP39-3 rebuild program. The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad acquired a total of 6 of the former BNSF/ATSF GP30u's from LTEX and designates them as GP39RN locomotives.[11] The Soo Line Railroad rebuilt three GP30s with CAT 3515 engines rated at 2,000 horsepower (1.49 MW). These were designated GP30C. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad rebuilt two GP30s in the early 1980s. These units were designated GP26. As of 2018, the units remain in service on the Cimarron Valley Railroad.[12] Many GP30s have been preserved by a variety of museums, societies and tourist railways. All preserved examples are cab units, as the cabless booster units have been scrapped. A number of these preserved locomotives are in operational condition. The following is a list of preserved GP30s in North America. Baltimore & Ohio #6944 is preserved and operable at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Branson Scenic #99, formerly Baltimore & Ohio 6973, is currently in operation on the Branson Scenic Railway as the south end locomotive. Canadian Pacific #5000 (one of only two GP30s built in Canada) is preserved in its as-retired condition at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. Conrail #2233, a former PRR engine, is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. It is believed to be serviceable, but is currently a static display. It formerly operated on the West Shore Railroad in Lewisburg, PA between the late 1980s and early 2000s and was repainted in its original PRR colors during that time. Cotton Belt #5006 is preserved at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Denver & Rio Grande Western #3006 is preserved at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver,Colorado. Denver & Rio Grande Western #3011 is preserved at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. New Hope & Ivyland #2198, formerly Pennsylvania Railroad 2250 is currently running in daily service hauling tourist trains in New Hope, Pennsylvania Nickel Plate Road #900 is preserved at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio. Nickel Plate Road #901 is preserved, and operating for the Cincinnati Railway Company, Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, and the Cincinnati Dinner Train. Nickel Plate Road #902 is operating for the Cincinnati Railway Company, Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, and the Cincinnati Dinner Train. Norfolk & Western #522 is preserved in operating condition by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, and is currently operates as power for occasional short runs in Roanoke, Va. Reading #5513, the first production GP30, is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Operational in the 1980s and 1990s, it is currently being repaired. RBMN #2535, a GP30u of Santa Fe heritage is preserved in operating condition and currently in active service at the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Soo Line #700 is preserved at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota, restored for use on their North Shore Scenic Railroad. Soo Line #703 is preserved at the Colfax Railroad Museum in Colfax, Wisconsin. Southern #2594 is preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia and is operational. (currently leased to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum) Southern #2601 is preserved and operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina Union Pacific #844, the engine that necessitated the renumbering of UP steam engine #844 to #8444 from 1962 to its retirement in 1989, is preserved and in use at the Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City in Boulder City. Union Pacific #849 is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Waldens Ridge Railroad #1030, still in Seaboard System paint is on loan from the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum to the Orlando Northwestern Railroad operating excursions in the Orlando area, and waiting to be restored back to its original Louisville and Nashville appearance. Waldens Ridge Railroad #2561 and #2608, both former Southern locomotives are preserved at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum. Western Maryland #501 & #502 (501 is ex- Pennsylvania Railroad 2249 and 502 is ex- Reading Company 5507) are preserved with 501 in active service on the Western Maryland Scenic. Wisconsin Central #715, a former Soo Line engine, is preserved at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. MJRX 711(Railway Service Contractors, Kansas City,Kansas) (built as Soo Line 711) is used to load grain cars at a cooperative in Madelia, MN Baltimore and Ohio Railroad #6955 is currently undergoing restoration to operation at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway.[13]

[@thetoontrain473]

If I get another Bachmann 0-6-0 starter set I should make it conrail

[@Metra167Productions]

I think BN had an ex-SLSF SW1500 numbered 35

[@traincrazymotive]

MTE: *says this is a monthly series* Also MTE: *doesn't release any episodes of it for 4 months*

[@cobramerciless]

@@traincrazymotive I’ve elected to make it a new format highlighting the process for individual projects as I finish them. Stay tuned for a new one coming somewhat soon. ;)

[@GabrielStephens-mx9ji]

I can just imagine a conrail train collection, one of every engine ever, ALL painted in the conrail scheme. And I’m living the idea more and more.

[@UnprofessionalFlip]

If that paint job was your first project, you’ve got one heck of a start! Keep this one so you can track your progress as your skills grow. I like looking back at old projects to see how much better I’ve become.

[@4MATIC_SC]

Great work! I really like how it turned out. I’m a big fan of how the Lionel conrail 2101 came out, and this also scratches the same itch. I wouldn’t have mind the Lionel unpainted wheels on your model, as long as they had a white wall. I’m a fan of having preserved engines in model form, so I’d probably have gone with 1223, the other preserved PM berk. These are just my little things, they do not make your model any better then it is. AlsoWhen will be get to see all of your conrail steam engines together?

[@lasermatrix9396]

The lionel Berkshire was probably molded in green and that's why it would come off

[@Yellowstone216]

That Conrail Berkshire looks good not gonna lie *now I want to give one of my locomotives in my fictional roster a Conrail paint scheme*

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

A very awesome fate for the not so good Lionel Berkshire it looks better than it did when it left the factory. It may still have the annoying sounds but at least it looks a lot better now

[@Trainhead23]

6 months, 1 video, where are the other 5?

[@MarkRobertson-zh5yz]

What

[@justingilmore4595]

If the clear coat cracks, you can often ti'm's reply. Reapply a little bit more via brush and it will fix itself

[@pugtrainmaster5326]

Please do a full conrail collection of everything

[@ianmckinney1053]

So at no point did it cross your mind that it was just cast out of green plastic?

[@cobramerciless]

It was paint on top of green plastic. Not sure why they did it

[@chicagolandrailroader]

I've had the same issue with a scout that I got with the cracking motor :((( it really sucks when the thing just starts to fall apart.

[@jacobmaurin7549]

What do you mean it's not perfect? That's way better than what I could do. It's a fine locomotive my guy. Perfect! 👌

[@Benthetrainkid]

1:45 Any chance you installed the brush holder gears wrong (if you even touched them during dissasembly)?

[@cobramerciless]

Nope. The motor just quit working on me

[@wheelslip-pc1kt]

The Christmas color skeme IS só dumb, could not handle It, the New color skeme looks só good and, funny love your content

[@twiggs24]

Holy $hit bro. Thats my train car at the beginning. My 1988 Sd70 as well. Thanks for showing them. Use the ICE train if you want

[@mrsam6751]

Liked and subscribed .

[@1stdaybreaker707]

Now you need a conrail passenger car

[@minigeek5577]

where did you get the white decals

[@mistermadmachine6311]

😔now if only we can get a real Conrail steamer in HO

[@cobramerciless]

There’s a couple out there. Hoping BLI adds a CR 2101 to the mix some day

[@mistermadmachine6311]

Oh yeah you made a video about that

[@CPTRailfan]

C U M R A I L K W A L I T I

[@Khan-Doors]

If I try the conrail berk idea will you sue me lol

[@cobramerciless]

I don’t own the rights to Conrail, so no

[@mrsam6751]

Workbench or workshop which is it? Not trying to be picky.

[@cobramerciless]

Workbench is technically part of the workshop

[@varrunningtrains4112]

Glorious Borkshire

[@jakeford12]

Honestly you should pitch this idea to bachmann

[@roblosgamingenjoyer5479]

now do a very accurate bnsf h1 paint scheme steam engine

[@maxlivert1745]

Imperial bathtub

[@WesternMichiganRailway]

B E E R C A N E E R C A N

[@mamarussellthepie3995]

U sure they didn't just use green plastics in the molding process? 😅

[@cobramerciless]

They did, and then they put green paint over it. Not sure why