Central Vermont Alco S2s (Late Scheme)

My latest release over on Railworks America are two repaints of Dogmouse's free Alco S2 into the final Central Vermont S2 paint scheme. At least two of the CV's S2s wore the CN-inspired black, white and red scheme before they were sold to partner company Grand Trunk in the mid-1960s. Central Vermont held onto a few Alco S4s which made it into the green and yellow paint of the late 1970s - early 1980s, but their S2s were all gone by 1970.

Merry Christmas from New England Railworks!

March of the Alcos

Railworks America content creator Rich Chargin (Dogmouse) released his long time project, a free Alco S2 diesel locomotive, and I have to say it is one of the most impressive models I have yet seen. It was a five year work in progress and has an immaculate detail, wonderful sounds and on top of all that, an extremely easy repainting template complete with guides.

I began repainting the model into New England railroad schemes and at the moment, have completed the following roster. Hope you enjoy this wonderful, completely free locomotive by Rich and these repaints! Check over at Railworks America to see the great repaints others are creating.

BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD

Boston & Maine  #1260

Boston & Maine #1262

Boston & Maine #1263

MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD

Maine Central #301

Maine Central #302

Maine Central #303

CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD

Central Vermont #7919

Central Vermont #8093

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD

New Haven #0600-0621 (Auto-Numbered)

BAY COLONY RAILROAD

Bay Colony #1052

WESTERN VERMONT RAILROAD (FICTIONAL)

BOULANGER GRANITE CO. (FICTIONAL)

(For the CV Champlain Division Route)

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

Central Vermont Champlain Division 1990 (And other odds and ends)

I have completed and uploaded the update to the Central Vermont Champlain Division, which takes place 30 years after the original (sounds like a movie sequel...). I think you'll enjoy spotting all the differences, some good and some somber!

I have also completed and uploaded a few projects I've been plugging away at. 

Lamoille Valley Railroad 50ft FMC Boxcar

Central Vermont EMD GP9 (late scheme), perfect motive power for the route update.

Boston & Maine 50ft FMC Boxcar (Late McGinnis scheme)

Going forward from here with a few small ideas, but mostly a clean slate. Updates will be posted here. 

See you down the track!

Recent Releases and Projects

It's been a busy and hectic few months, but I've made a lot of progress on content for Railworks. Here are some of the completed and uncompleted projects as of late:

COMPLETED AND UPLOADED

GMRC 50 Foot Boxcars

CV 50 Foot Boxcars

Battenkill Railroad Alco RS3s

CV Wide-Vision Caboose

WORKS IN PROGRESS

B&M 50 Foot Boxcar - McGinnis Logo

Central Vermont Champlain Division 1990

Western Vermont Wide-Vision Caboose (ex-MEC)