Guilford Rail GE U30C

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Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby RickKfoury » Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:28 pm

Guilford had one or two of these beasts, purchased from Detroit Edison. Guilford crews hated em', one engine in particular, #663, hardly ever finished a run without a breakdown. It earned an interesting nickname during its Guilford service:
"As the story goes, one GTI dispatcher originated the term "boat anchor" to designate a unit dead in a consist, as in "that unit is about as much help as a boat anchor in pulling that train". This, of course, was a commonly heard term on Guilford in the late '80's, and one especially appropriate when referring to the GE U-boats. Late in its career, the #663 had the term "boat anchor" applied to it more often than not and every time the subject of retiring it came up, Tim Bickmore at Waterville would plead with the guys at Billerica to give him just one more chance to fix it, since by now he was certain he knew just what was wrong with it. As you can guess, the combination of "boat anchor", "U-boat", Tim Bickmore's name and the fact that the #663 was often the subject of morning meetings, all meant that it didn't take long for it to become known as the "U.S.S. Bickmore," frequently just shortened to "the Bickmore".

You can see the "USS Bickmore" chugging along in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnbNP7WKbU

And since it's Guilford we're talking about, a weathered version will be included *!!wink!!*
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby BoostedFridge » Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:56 pm

Looking great!!
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby dejoh » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:00 pm

Very nice indeed. !!*ok*!!
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby JerryC » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:47 pm

Hehehe. If you put a simple line of code into your scenario Lua, you can actually trip the ground fault and simulate a partial or complete failure. The U30 at the IRM ground-faulted almost every time it hit Notch 6 the day I was recording it, and faulted out completely the next day.

One thing I forgot to include in the pack were the number textures. I'll put them in the first update, but if you need them before, let me know.
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby CARex » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:22 am

That is a good looking unit Rick.
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby dgallina » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:28 am

Great story and paint job Rick!

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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby RickKfoury » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:05 pm

She's all done!
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby buzz456 » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:17 pm

Nice! I'm just finishing up my bits and pieces on the LnN after my beta people found all these things I didn't quite get right.
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby BoostedFridge » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:32 am

I really like the weathering job!
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby JerryC » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:28 am

!*brav*!
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Re: Guilford Rail GE U30C

Unread postby CSXK921 » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:16 am

well im gonna be using the Portlant teminal alot more now!
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