Content Update 11/9/2015

Happy November everybody! The temperature has dipped into the chilly and the leaves are almost gone now....looks like we're heading into another cold, New England winter.

The past weeks have kept me busy, but not busy enough to pump out some repaint work. There have been a few excellent releases as of late, including a wonderful freeware 1970s 57-foot refrigerated boxcar available at http://railworksamerica.com/ and a GE U30c, available for sale at http://vrailcreations.net/.

Guilford Rail GE U30c #663, the "USS Bickmore"

One of the repaints that I have been working on is a repaint of that U30c into Guilford Rail livery. GRS purchased a U30C from Detroit Edison in the late 1980s to supplement its aging roster of failing GP9s, GP7s, and other power inherited from the railroads it took over. The locomotive, like many U30Cs, broke down often and had trouble pulling trains. It earned the nickname "USS Bickmore" because it was a GE U-Boat, it was as much help as a boat anchor for pulling trains, and because Tim Bickmore at Waterville was constantly trying to save it from the scrap line. 

Another project that has since been released are repaints of Larry Goss' freeware 57-foot PFE Refrigerated Boxcar. This is a wonderful and generous model, giving us a well known railroad car from the late 20th century. I have repainted it into several liveries for the Maine Central and Bangor & Aroostook Railroads. They were used to transport Maine perishables like fish, blueberries and potatoes all over the country.

Lastly for today, I have been working on several packs of repaints of  Larry Goss' freeware 50 foot FMC Plate-C Boxcar. Right now I have Guilford Rail (Maine Central), Providence & Worcester and Maine Central repaints mostly completed. I may include Vermont Rail System and Bangor & Aroostook on that list soon...

Well that just about does it for this update, all of these will be uploaded to the file library at http://railworksamerica.com/. Hope you enjoy these next few weeks, and stay warm!

Rick Kfoury

New England Railworks