Maine Maritime
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:12 pmComing Soon!
Yes, coming to the RWA file library, it's the Maine Maritime route. Maybe you've heard of it somewhere before?
Maine Maritime is virtually identical to "that other" route, running from Pine Point to East Deering via downtown Portland, with a few minor improvements and upgrades along the way. However, unlike its predecessor there are no SD40s, since those are not ours to give away. Scenarios that originally featured them use GP40s as substitutes. Similarly, the GP40 cabs are now referenced to the generic "black" SD40. Also, we can't bundle the Kuju asset packs this time around, so you'll need to have both the US and European versions on hand in order for those assets to show up properly along with the many other custom assets.
A new locomotive has been added to our roster: the ALCo HH600, shown above in Portland Terminal livery. The HH600 was the first of a series of four-axle diesel-electric switchers built by ALCo beginning in 1931. The HH stands for "high hood" and 600 is the nominal engine horsepower. The HH600 was succeeded by the HH660, followed by the HH900, and the HH1000. A total of 177 units in the series were built, of which the Portland Terminal Company owned four. A few units still exist in revenue service, but most of the others are on display in railroad museums.
The HH600 was equipped with a 6-cylinder naturally aspirated engine, model 531 produced by McIntosh & Seymour, powering a General Electric GT551A1 main generator. The locomotive represented here is the earliest design, with slotted ventilation intakes beneath the access doors and a hard crease at the top of the nose. Later models had louvered doors for improved ventilation, and a fully rounded nose. The Blunt locomotive trucks, named after their inventor, were a unique and efficient design, but in the early 1940s the AAR Type A design became the standard for switchers.
The last locomotive in the HH series was built in 1940, after which ALCo introduced its "S" series of switchers.
You'll notice some similarities between this locomotive and the S-2 and RS-1 (which are also available in the file library). Indeed, ALCo reused many parts from one generation of locomotives to the next...and so did we!
Yes, coming to the RWA file library, it's the Maine Maritime route. Maybe you've heard of it somewhere before?
Maine Maritime is virtually identical to "that other" route, running from Pine Point to East Deering via downtown Portland, with a few minor improvements and upgrades along the way. However, unlike its predecessor there are no SD40s, since those are not ours to give away. Scenarios that originally featured them use GP40s as substitutes. Similarly, the GP40 cabs are now referenced to the generic "black" SD40. Also, we can't bundle the Kuju asset packs this time around, so you'll need to have both the US and European versions on hand in order for those assets to show up properly along with the many other custom assets.
A new locomotive has been added to our roster: the ALCo HH600, shown above in Portland Terminal livery. The HH600 was the first of a series of four-axle diesel-electric switchers built by ALCo beginning in 1931. The HH stands for "high hood" and 600 is the nominal engine horsepower. The HH600 was succeeded by the HH660, followed by the HH900, and the HH1000. A total of 177 units in the series were built, of which the Portland Terminal Company owned four. A few units still exist in revenue service, but most of the others are on display in railroad museums.
The HH600 was equipped with a 6-cylinder naturally aspirated engine, model 531 produced by McIntosh & Seymour, powering a General Electric GT551A1 main generator. The locomotive represented here is the earliest design, with slotted ventilation intakes beneath the access doors and a hard crease at the top of the nose. Later models had louvered doors for improved ventilation, and a fully rounded nose. The Blunt locomotive trucks, named after their inventor, were a unique and efficient design, but in the early 1940s the AAR Type A design became the standard for switchers.
The last locomotive in the HH series was built in 1940, after which ALCo introduced its "S" series of switchers.
You'll notice some similarities between this locomotive and the S-2 and RS-1 (which are also available in the file library). Indeed, ALCo reused many parts from one generation of locomotives to the next...and so did we!
