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Barretts Station & Signal Tower - LDD MOCs

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Here is my Victorian-inspired train station and signal tower. If I made a topic about the station before, I am sorry. I'm reposting it as I couldn't find it.

First up is the station:

Background info:

This station was built between the East & West Barrett's Tunnels in 1893 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was used until 1944, when the war-time traffic became too much, and the two single track tunnels were bypassed by a double track cut-through built right next door. The Station and the West tunnel were preserved, while the East tunnel was covered up and buried under a road, which was eventually named Barrett's Station Road. The site of the station was turned into a museum known as the Museum of Transportation.

Builder's notes:

This station was originally the Toy Shop from the Winter Village series of LEGO sets. In real life, the story I just told you is 100% true. However, the Barret's station was not made in 1893, and looks nothing like the one seen here. The inspiration for the station came from the real-life Kirkwood Railroad Station which was built in 1893, is still used by Amtrak and is located a short distance up the track from the Museum of Transportation.

Their are supposed to be printed 1x1 tiles spelling out BARRETTS on the sign on the front on the station.

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The other version I uploaded yesterday of this station will not work with my budget, so I went back to the drawing board and looked at my original station made from set 10199. I then combined the best of both stations into this model. This station is the fourth station I have made from 10199, and uses mostly parts from the second version from 2013.

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Here we see the station separated into it's modular components:

- left platform

- right platform

- station building with access ramp (lower level)

- station building and roof (upper floor)

- station building tower roof

The inside of the station features the following on the first floor: inside seating, stone fireplace, and a old-fashioned cash register for ticket sales. (This piece: http://www.bricklink....asp?P=3039pb26 ) The second floor (tower) is a employees-only area and houses some machinery.

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Here is the brand new street side of the station. This side includes an overhang that protects passengers from the rain.\

Next is the tower:

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Fictional History: This tower was built in 1893 at the same time as Barrett's Station, to control the single track mainline. The tower was updated in 1928 with modern controls and bypassed in 1944 by a double-track cutoff to avoid the bottleneck of the two single-track Barrett's Tunnels. The tower was preserved by the Museum of Transportation and has been recently turned into a public lookout point for the busy Brick Railway Systems mainline.

Builder's Notes: This is a Signal tower that matches the color scheme and design features of my Barrett's Station model. This Victorian-era tower features a signal bridge, a spiral staircase to connect the two floors and a signal / switch computer from more modern times. The story on Barrett's Station is inspired by real life, but the real station was a one story affair and had no tower accompanying it. The Museum of Transportation does exist, however, and there is an elevated platform (at the way back of the property) to watch Union Pacific trains go by every fifteen minutes or so.

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The first floor features the spiral staircase. The signal arm disconnects from the first floor, and is attached to the second floor. The signal arm is a modified version of the one at the L Gauge website. (Link: http://lgauge.com/ )

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The second floor features the control panel for the lights, and a desk for dispatching orders to the train crews, or in this case, holding a newspaper.

The (updated) LDD file for the station is here: http://www.mocpages....1428338100m.lxf

The LDD file for the tower is here: http://www.mocpages....1419790555m.lxf

This model was inspired by set 10199, Winter Village toy Shop. The model is up for a remodel into a double sided version with a bigger interior, so I though I'd take some pictures while it's still together in this form.

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The platform splits off into three parts: left side (which is about three tracks in length) right side, (which is about one track long) and the building itself. (which is two tracks in length)

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The building is open backed, and features a desk on the top floor and ticket counter with cash register on the first floor.

Comments welcome!

Edited by Murdoch17

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Sorry to bump this topic, but I recreated in LDD my current Lego trains layout + some buildings to be bought in the future. Here it is:

Barrett's Station - Trains-N-Town Layout

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Their is one glitch with the ldd file, as you can see with the one misplaced track piece.... it fits in real life, but not in LDD. The whole layout is 4 feet x 8 feet.

The buildings seen here include Barretts Station, (I have this already) a Victorian signal tower, (not yet built) coal and water towers, (I built these last December) and the Train shed with workshop. (I have most of it, but it still needs work.)

The trains I am using are not shown here, but they do exist: my 2-6-0 with matching dark green train cars, (built last December) 2-8-0 with freight train (still need to get the engine plus wide vision caboose) The 0-6-0ST switcher will sit on this layout somewhere.

I also have 7 town buildings including the Backwash Saloon, Stone Bank, Post office (not shown here), Bob's Adventure Supplies, Town Hall, Sam Sinister's Victorian Mansion, timbered house, Captain's Daughter Tavern, and the local Lego club's (Iron LUG to be accurate) meeting house sitting in the middle of the layout. (I don't have the town hall or Sinister Mansion yet, by the way!)

The total piece count is 10,064 bricks, so it is about as big as LDD will let me go. It's a big file, so be warned: it will strain your computer!

LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1424459838m.lxf

NOTE: The train shed has it's own topic, as does the dark green passenger train, the 1960's freight train, and saddle tank switcher (the coal and water towers are in the same topic as the train shed). More information plus the LDD files can be found at the individual topics:

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Dark green train with 2-6-0: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=104910

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1960's freight train: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=105713

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0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotive: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=106020

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Small locomotive shed and workshop: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=105905

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Coal and water towers: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=105905

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City-style Buildings: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101747

Comments, questions, and complaints welcome!

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This model was inspired by set 10199, Winter Village toy Shop. The model is up for a remodel into a double sided version with a bigger interior, so I though I'd take some pictures while it's still together in this form.

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The platform splits off into three parts: left side (which is about three tracks in length) right side, (which is about one track long) and the building itself. (which is two tracks in length)

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The building is open backed, and features a desk on the top floor and ticket counter with cash register on the first floor.

Please see this thread for the replacement station: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=107729

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I updated the first post of this thread to include a redone LDD file and new pictures.

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Here is 4460 at Barretts Station, Missouri.

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