LDD MOC: Micro Ironwood Union Station

[Murdoch17]

Built from 1894 - 1897, Union Station stands proudly as a monument to the history of railroading, and it's home city of Ironwood. Originally served by 8 major railroads and 2 local streetcars systems, the railroad landmark and it's 14 tracks are now served by only 3 railways. Brick Railway Systems, Ironwood Glencoe & Western Electric Railway, & Allied Railway Co. are the last survivors. The entire facility is owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of Ironwood. (TRRA)

The track view shows the switch tower (small tan building) and the addtional two tracks near the clock tower. These were added in 1938, and were well used in World War II as troop trains out numbered passenger trains. After the War, when pasenger traffic went from an all-time high to lowest since the dark days of the depression-ridden 1930's, the side tracks were converted into private car storage & local train pickup & drop-off.

Overhead view showing the immense number of switches the people at Tower 1 (the small tan buidling) have to know and use. These tracks lead to a double "Y" switch, for ease in backing trains into the shed. The tracks were originally numbered 1-12 and then A & B for the two extra tracks, but this was changed in 1968 when the station was renovated to include a hotel in and around the Clock tower.

The street side of the station. Ironwood Union station sits at 1522 Frisco Boulevard, and is next door to a Brickhound Bus Terminal. The Bus Terminal is actually the old Railroad Post Office (RPO) building and is connected to Union Station through a tunnel.

(The LXF is in this link.)

[Frank STENGEL]

Beautiful mini moc . Now for a challenge: the same but in L-gauge its size would (only) be 256 by 384 studs. I can't imagine how many parts...

[fred67]

Neat! I like micro-scale; like Frank alluded to, building these kinds of things to scale is just untenable for most of us!

It's too bad about the lack of options with the grill pieces, although I can't think of a better way to do it (off hand... you could raise everything up and use perfect right triangles to have tracks go at an angle, but I think that would be horrendous in execution and probably not look so great, anyway).

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wonderful masterpiece Murdoch17!

Great mini scale and perfect color scheme!