small railroad water tower for steam locomotives - real world MOC with free LDD file!

[Murdoch17]

This railroad water tower model was inspired by LEGO builder 'the_chestertonian' and his Wild West-themed water tower (I would link to it, but he deleted his Flickr account years ago) which I have re-purposed for my steam-era LEGO railroad layout.

The revised tower top rotates a full 360 degrees with the water pipe, allowing the engineer to pull up, get his loco full of (imaginary) water, shove the pipe away, and move on.

Here is how it looks when a typical loco pulls up to the tower to replenish it's water tank. (the loco is NOT included in the LDD file!)

NOTE: The LDD file for this MOC wouldn't let me attach the tank to the top it's tower legs. It works IRL, but LDD throws a fit trying to replicate that digitally.

The file for this water tower MOC can be found at Bricksafe here.

Thoughts?

[Shiva]

Nice work, is my thoughts :)

[Murdoch17]

13 minutes ago, Shiva said:

Nice work, is my thoughts :)

Thanks @Shiva!