Mass Central GP-38

Mass Central GP-38

The Massachusetts Central Railroad is a 25 mile shortline which has operated weekdays between Palmer and South Barre, Massachusetts, USA since 1975. The lines were originally layed down by the Boston and Albany. In keeping with the times, the road markets itself as an 'intermodal shortline' that interchanges with the Class 1's CN and CSX (Boston Subdivision) as well as the New England Central Railroad. With its old-style quaintness and Class 1 interchanges (particularly the CSX yard at Palmer), The Mass Central lends itself to be a great little shortline for the Trainz modeler. This is a representation of their best diesel, 4243, an old GP-38, in the road's newer striking black and orange scheme adopted in the 1990s. Perhaps this paint scheme was adopted to match the success of a neighboring shortline, the Providence and Worcester RR, as it bears similarity to the red and black P&W road engines. The other Mass Central diesel has a completely different paint scheme. The Mass Central makes its home just west of the Palmer diamond crossing, where it boasts an intermodal facility. Typical operations involve crossing to the CSX yard on the east side of the diamond, then switching back to take a cutoff leading to the north end of the Palmer diamond, where most of the line's trackage resides. Their website is www.masscentralrr.com. - R. Grasso (deneban) May 2004

Author: Russ Grasso

Mass Central GP-38
• colormap.dat 308 bytes
• config.txt 3.52KB
• main.bmp 768.05KB
• main.texture.txt 29 bytes
mass central gp-38_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_0b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9b.tga 4.04KB
mass central gp-38_art
consist.bmp 24.05KB
consist_a.bmp 9.05KB
mass central gp-38_art_512.texture.txt 67 bytes
mass central gp-38_art_icon.texture.txt 65 bytes
preview.bmp 768.05KB
preview_a.bmp 257.05KB
• skin.dat 2.82KB