Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

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Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby GreatNortherner » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:37 pm

Hi,

For over a year now, Bob Jones and I have been working together on a route project for Railworks: the Virtual New Haven Railroad (VNHRR). The route is based on the area around Springfield, Massachusetts, in the 1950s -- when that town was a major passenger and freight station of the B&A, B&M and NH railroads.

The idea behind the VNHRR dates back many years ago, when Bob started it as a route project for MSTS. Route building in MSTS did usually take quite long in comparison to RW, so this project was never completed. Similarly, I had been working on a Boston region route, again with a B&A - B&M - NH theme. When RailWorks came along and allowed to speed up route building by months if not years, we decided to pool our efforts into a single project, which we decided should be the New Haven Springfield Line.

The first stage of the route will be the NH mainline from Springfield, MA, to Windsor Locks, CT, including the Suffield Spur to Suffield and Bradley International Airport.

I'm attaching some screenshots from the most recent build of the route below. There are many more images and additional information on the small blog we have created for our project: http://vnhrr.blogspot.com/

Cheers!
Michael

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Springfield's NH roundhouse and freight house

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South End Bridge, Springfield

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Thompsonville depot and the carpet factory

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Thompsonville by night
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby dejoh » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:56 pm

Looks great. You have captured the feel of the area. The granite bridge foundations looks excellent.
They used lots of white granite in Springfield Ma. !!*ok*!!
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby glenn68 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:40 pm

Gentlemen,
From what I see, the work looks fantastic.
The New Haven has always been interesting and especially under electrification and all their electric locomotives.
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby SCLALINE » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:47 pm

Very Very Nice Work
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby ozinoz » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:31 pm

Love those check rails in the bridge pic - that IS attention to details. The light and shadows within the engine shed are just stunning. Certainly looks like one to buy...

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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby Griphos » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:36 pm

This is my dream come true. So glad to hear about this. Will be keeping a close eye on this one and grab it up as soon as it is ready.
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby imnew » Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:20 am

Awesome work guys... !*salute*! Man, RW keeps picking up speed these days ! Credit card ready !!*ok*!!
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby GreatNortherner » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:17 am

Hi, thanks for all your kind comments!

It may still take us quite a while to complete that first segment of the route. Especially the Springfield area is still largely undeveloped, which is also why there weren't any screenshots of it. *!embar*!

Here's another preview of the work in progress:
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Cheers,
Michael
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby micaelcorleone » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:24 am

Wow!
Looks awesome and I see that the Budd RDCs get an appropriate line to run on.

Very nice! !!*ok*!!
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby philmoberg » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:11 pm

This is really coming along quite well, Michael. I'm delighted to see how this has continued to develop. At the rate you're going, we'll be on the verge of climbin into the pictures we were born too late to be able to take.
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby Dan » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:11 pm

Looks brilliant. Amazing work.
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby GreatNortherner » Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:38 pm

Some more progress... this time it's all about the suburbs.

Some screenshots below. Three more are on the blog. http://vnhrr.blogspot.com/

Cheers,
Michael

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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby Griphos » Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:33 pm

'Burbs are looking great!
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby glenn68 » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:17 pm

Michael,
Any new news on the NH?
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Re: Virtual New Haven RR, a WIP project for RW

Unread postby Griphos » Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:11 pm

Well, the post right above yours but one is of the work they've just been doing on the suburbs. That was posted as news yesterday.
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