Explore Conrail model trains for sale, including locomotives, freight cars, cabooses, train sets, and collectible railroad models. Trainz carries new and pre-owned equipment alongside vintage, collectible, and hard-to-find Conrail models in the iconic Conrail Blue paint scheme.
Shop a Conrail model train, freight locomotive, or classic northeastern railroad equipment, and browse more model trains for layouts, collections, and displays.
Conrail transformed freight railroading in the northeastern United States after its creation in 1976, combining several struggling railroads into a single, efficient freight network. Its distinctive Conrail Blue locomotives quickly became one of the most recognizable sights in modern American railroading.
Collectors searching for Conrail model trains often recreate heavy freight operations from the late 1970s through the 1990s using blue diesel locomotives, long freight consists, and modern railroad equipment.
Conrail operated one of the country's most impressive diesel fleets. Popular collector favorites include the SD40-2, GP38-2, GP40-2, SD60, C40-8W, Dash 8, GE C30-7, SD80MAC, and SD90MAC, along with cabooses and freight cars that defined the railroad's operations.
The Conrail Quality era and the famous Conrail Blue paint scheme continue to make these locomotives some of the most sought-after modern railroad models.
Whether modeling intermodal service, manifest freights, coal trains, or mixed freight operations, Conrail offers tremendous variety for modern-era layouts. Its equipment also blends naturally with many northeastern railroads before and after the Conrail era.
If you're looking for Conrail model trains for sale, our inventory may include new, pre-owned, vintage, collectible, discontinued, retired, and hard-to-find locomotives, freight cars, cabooses, train sets, and railroad models.
Conrail has been represented by nearly every major model train manufacturer. Collectors can find models from Lionel, Atlas, Athearn, Bachmann, Broadway Limited, Walthers, Rapido, InterMountain, ScaleTrains, Kato, Bowser, and Micro-Trains.
From a single GP38-2 to a fleet of Conrail Blue locomotives, there are models available across nearly every popular scale.
Conrail collections often include diesel locomotives, freight cars, cabooses, Conrail Quality releases, and modern railroad models assembled over many years. If you're ready to sell a larger Conrail model train collection, Trainz reviews qualifying collections and estate collections containing multiple pieces.
Partially. Most of Conrail's freight operations were divided between CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern in 1999. Conrail Shared Assets Operations continues to provide switching services in selected areas of the Northeast.
Conrail is best known for its iconic Conrail Blue paint scheme, Conrail Quality branding, modern diesel locomotives, and rebuilding freight rail service throughout the northeastern United States.
Collectors frequently search for SD80MACs, SD90MACs, SD40-2s, GP38-2s, GP40-2s, Dash 8 locomotives, C40-8Ws, GE C30-7s, Conrail Quality releases, cabooses, and Conrail Blue freight equipment.
Manufacturers including Lionel, Atlas, Athearn, Bachmann, Broadway Limited, Walthers, Rapido, InterMountain, ScaleTrains, Kato, Bowser, and Micro-Trains have produced Conrail locomotives, freight cars, cabooses, and train sets over the years.
