Engines

Shawmut can build and paint almost whatever you desire.  Shipping is normally $30 unless going to the West Coast where it is $35- $45.

Examples of locomotives painted can be seen in the Portfolio page.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

Shawmut likes to build camelback steam engines. The pricing

is as follows( if available):

Bachmann 4-6-0         Bachmann is coming out with new 4-6-0’s. My charge to build one id $500 plus shipping.

FINISHED CNJ 774 SIDEa

PIKO came out with  camelbacks with sound . I will reletter the  Piko 2-6-0 or the 0-6-0 that come with or without sound into your favorite  railroad for $125 plus shipping. You provide the engine.

Specialty locomotives  built

If the model is available  In the past we have made modifications to Aristocraft 4-6-2 and 2-8-2. From the 4-6-2, a streamline READING G3 was made. From the 2-8-2, it has been converted into the Chessie Special 4-8-4, Timken Four Aces #1111   4-8-4, and made into a New York Ontario & Western 4-8-2. Prices start from $750 per engine which includes the engine. Each project is different, so prices may be higher.

N-Y-O-&-W-4-8-2--405

PAINT YOUR STEAM LOCOMOTIVE   $ 300 plus shipping

Re-letter your locomotive into a different road name $ 125 keeping the same paint scheme.

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES 

Aristocraft  and USAT locomotives if available will be painted in the paint scheme of your choice. Price will depend on what I had to pay for the locomotive.

Four axle locomotives $ 600 + $25 SHIPPING

Aristocraft : RS3, U25B, GP40, CENTER CAB, FA1, FB1, DOODLEBUG, RDC, USA Trains: F3A/B, GP7/9, GP30, GP38-2, NW2, Alco S4, 44 ton center cab

GREEN MOUNTAIN RS3 375 s

Green Mountain Alco RS3 painted for a MA modeler.

HAMMERHEAD WM RS3 SIDEa

NS 5642 TOPa

WP BICENTENNIAL ENGINEER SIDEa

TOP SIDEa

Six Axle Locomotives :  $700 PLUS $25 SHIPPING

Aristocraft: DASH 9, SD45, EMD E8A,

USA Trains: SD70m, PA1, PB1, SD40-2

PROGRESSIVE RAIL SD40-2 POSING AS No 42a

Small locomotives like Egg liners, Mighty Mo, Lil Critter are negotiable.

Norfolk Southern Heritage Locomotives Painted

PRR & READING DASH 9's b

Norfolk Southern has a stable of heritage paint schemes  applied to GE AC4400 and EMD SD70ACe’s. I have applied the paint schemes to Aristocraft Dash 9’s, MTH Dash 8’s, and am working on SD70m’s. The picture shows a PRR and READING version on a friend’s layout.  SHAWMUT is currently painting for several modelers the NS heritage series NYC 1066 DASH 8 375 FRONTslocomotives. So far a PRR Dash 9, a Reading dash 9 ( customer prefers Aristocraft locomotives) and for a 1:32 MTH modeler, a PRR Dash 8, a NYC Dash 8, and a READING Dash 8 as MTH didn’t make Dash 9’s or SD70’s.  I also have painted Conrail, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central Lines (CNJ) , Norfolk & Western, Penn Central, and Southern. However MTH is closing in 2021 unless someone buys the company.

Cost of Heritage locomotives is $ 700 per engine plus shipping.

CONRAIL 8098 SIDE DASH 9pSOUTHERN 8099 SIDEp

Conrail 8098 Dash 9

Southern Heritage Dash 9

READING DASH 8 SIDEp

Reading MTH dash 8

Lehigh Valley Aristocraft Dash 9 posing as NS ES4400
Lehigh Valley Aristocraft Dash 9 posing as NS ES4400

FINISHED CNJ DASH 9 FRONT TOPa

Jersey Central Lines Dash 9 posing as CNJ SD70Ace

MTH Dash 8  painted into a Heritage paint scheme $800

MTH, PIKO,  and LGB when available are negotiable

Custom building  – ask for a quote

PAINT YOUR DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE   $ 300 +  $25 SHIPPING.

If possible I prefer locomotives with very little lettering and stripes such as PRR or UP as engines with stripes are often applied with a printable thin vinyl.

Re-Letter or renumber your locomotive: $ 125 plus $25 shipping

We are always looking for interesting projects. In the past Shawmut made MARC commuter line 4 GP40WH diesels for their offices, recently converted 2 Lil Critters into a slug unit. After the MARC units were built using SD45 long hoods with SD70m cabs mounted on GP40 trucks, Shawmut had 6 axles trucks left over with GP40 bodies. These were converted into SD35 ( C & O and SP), N & W SD39, and a MILW SDL39 by plugging various exhaust fans and adding the or deleting the appropriate fan. The units were also configured to the particular railroad in appearance. The catalog shows these examples.

MARC 69 & 57 END TO END s

The picture at the left shows 2 of 4 large scale GP40WH locomotives built for MARC. These are 4 axle diesels that resemble a SD45 rear with a wide cab.

VTR GP40 WIDE CABs

The picture on the left shows a Vermont Railway GP40 with a wide cab. The locomotive was purchased from the Canadian National as almost all CN  locomotives have wide safety cabs.

MOTORCARS, PCC  CARS, & TROLLEYS shipping as above

Over the years, Shawmut has converted Bachmann combines and Aristocraft Doodlebugs into gas-electric motor cars, some with shovel noses. If you are interested in such a project, ask for a quote

LSOL PCC TROLLEY SIDE a

PCC cars painted   $ 450 

Paint yours $ 300

re-letter $125 + shipping

The above car was painted for large Scale On Line while East Board Top Style M1 motor car was built for a NY modeler.

DENNINGS POINT M-1a

New Bachmann Witt streetcar $400