Field railway museum

[XG BC]

Since there are many field railway collectors out there, and there are even museums dedicated to this topic, i wanted to make one in lego, its completely fictional, but does bear some resemblance to the ones that exist irl.

starting with an engine shed (not complete yet)

more to come, it will probably be more of a compilation of past mocs put together in a way that makes some sort of sense, rather than a fully new thing.

 

[Feuer Zug]

Nice collection of shunters. The term shed is perfect for this group. I like the moving rail in the middle to get any one shunter to the mainline.

[XG BC]

the shed now has a roof, and i have lenghtened the moving part so it actually fits the locomotives.

i have also made my little diorama with the bucket chain excavator into a module:

and i have made the brick factory into another module:

these will all eventually connect together, the rail on the left will be for a train where visitors can ride through the different parts were these cute little railways were used. a Mining section with a tunnel is also planned.

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wow what a fantastic parade of small diesel shunting locomotives!
Moreover what a wonderful depot!

[XG BC]

thanks! look at the lego trains in 4 wide topic for each of the locomotives. @LEGO Train 12 Volts

[zephyr1934]

You are going to have a large 4-wide layout here soon. Top notch work.

And on a practical side, looking at your models they really illustrate how much more space efficient transfer tables are compared to switches or a ladder track of switches. Of course they also limit how many cars or locomotives that can change tracks at one time.

[XG BC]

thanks! it will be a digital layout only, i currently dont really have the space for something this big. but yeah transfer tables are super space efficient, they pretty much replaced the turntables in train depots irl

[Feuer Zug]

Great collection of small scenes. The expanded transfer table works better.