[charland]

Hi All,

I've been working on a new route for a while, the Boston and Maine's Connecticut River Route Mainline. This route will start at Brattleboro, VT where the Central Vermont and Boston and Maine join up and share a mainline, and follow the Conn River to White River Junction, VT, about sixty-two miles. At Bellows Falls the Rutland connects from the west (five miles modeled) and the B&M's Cheshire Route from the east (elevan miles modeled). North of Bellows the line connects with the Springfield Terminal and a few miles north, the Claremont and Concord. At White River Ju8nction the CV and B&M part ways, sharing a passenger station but have their own yards and engine facilities.

The route is set in the mid 1950s so it's possible to see the last of the Central Vermont's 2-10-4s and the Springfield Terminal's B-1b electrics final days.

Here are a few shots for you:

B&M Train 5555 head south along the Connecticut River Route Mianline.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/167_zps78d37f4e.jpg

Entering the yard at North Walpole, NH, 5555 meets Train JS-1.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/168_zpsa30bc490.jpg

5555 crosses the Conn River while approaching the Bellows Falls, VT station.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/170_zps7d50e0d2.jpg

After the station stop the crew will back onto the Rutland and then proceed for 0.2 miles until it's back on the B&M Cheshire Route.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/171_zpsb46fba57.jpg

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/172_zps81b0e09e.jpg

5555 crosses into New Hampshire on the twin stone arch bridge.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/173_zps1d0692f8.jpg

Crossing the Cold River bridge at the south end of Fitchburg Yard.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/174_zpsa88a8066.jpg

No passengers this morning for Walpole.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/175_zpscf1f16d9.jpg

From Walpole to Westmoreland it's a steady 206 foot climb.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/176_zpsebb8e934.jpg

5555 passes B&M local EX-1 at Westmoreland. EX-1 originated in East Deerfield and came up the Chershire Route via Keene.

http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr160/paul_charland/177_zps08f026a5.jpg

Paul :-)

[markus_GE]

Looks good so far, Paul - but then, how could it be any other way with one of your routes? :lol2: :whistling:

Cheers, Markus

[charland]

Thanks Markus,

Indecently, I'm having trouble taking screen shots in OR, sometimes it takes one and sometimes it just goes to a black screen and I have to do a Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get back to the menu and close the program. Had to take these in MSTS.

Paul :-)

[conductorchris]

Looks very good and immediately recognizable.
Christopher

[charland]

"Immediately recognizable". that's what I'm shooting for, thanks Chris.

Paul :-)

[CRQ5508]

It certainly feels that way to me as well, Paul. It's been a few years since I've been over towards Bellows Falls, but upon arriving there in the sim, I knew exactly where I was. Here are some shots from my own exploring in Open Rails. Yes, the P&W GEs are way out of era and place, but I always explore new routes with this consist. That and I don't have any of my Boston and Maine or Central Vermont equipment on this computer yet. I never really realized how stiff some of the grades were until I noticed I was in notch-3 just to accelerate from 30 to 40 mph.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-30-13_zpsd34d3168.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-30-28_zpsaa135676.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-34-21_zps418582d8.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2710-58-20_zps43a9b339.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2710-58-12_zpseef31226.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-32-04_zps40fae85b.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-34-42_zpsa395e7a9.png

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/CRQ5508/OpenRails2014-07-2711-40-06_zps2c07b7fd.png

[Fred]

Those P&Ws look great! http://www.elvastower.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif

That's because I live in Worcester, MA.

[RickKfoury]

Looks excellent!

[steampower2001]

Looks like another quality Paul Charland route! Excellent work!

[Coonskin]

There is absolutely, positively, no way my Cheshire RR effort will EVER look this good. Oh well. ;)