Murdoch17 Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) "I've been working on the railroad, all the live-long day!" This train consists of a ALCO diesel locomotive (specifically a RSD-12 type) and six cars: - a (working!) crane car - depressed-center rail wagon - a (working!) ballast hopper - tool / worker bunk car - weed killer tanker - wide-vision bay-window caboose. The train model features several neat printed pieces found in several Juniors sets and and seven generic track workers. (as seen below) ...while the roadbed crew consists of: -Bucket-lift truck from set 3179 (Repair truck) -Dump Truck from set 7789 (Lotso's dump truck) Drill vehicle MOD from 7936 (level crossing) Front end-loader from set 7630 (front end-loader) ...and a official's inspection car MOC - not yet built This model was originally a ALCO MRS-1 built by Anthony Sava, but has been so severely modified that it no longer looks like the prototype loco. So I went searching And found another ALCO locomotive, a RSD-12 that looks like my loco. Both my model and the prototype have the six wheels, and the same basic hood and cab design. The long hood of the loco has been designated the rear with a double red light. (no picture taken yet of this car) This car is not your ordinary tanker car - it contains weed killer for use on the ballast the train lays down. This stream crane model was heavily inspired by Whoward69's instructions for a set of crane and match truck train cars. I modified the original model seen here. I originally meant for the crane to have ropes to move the boom, but it got confusing on which rope went where so for now it's moved by the H.O.G. (Hand Of God) method. The crane can spin around in 360 degrees and lift anywhere up to 90 degrees straight up. (Their is a double set of pins keeping the boom from going too low, as well.) Here we see how the crane is hooked up to the depressed center flatcar most of the time. The heavy-duty depressed-center wagon has brick-built arms to secure the cargo of railroad track in place. This model was inspired by a coal hopper on an older website called LGauge .com. I tunrned the old finger hinges into new pin-orientated ones and colored the car yellow to match the MOW paint scheme. The hopper's bottom door open and can dump 1 x 1 round plates / bricks onto the tracks for ballast. (no picture taken yet of this car) This is the workers tool car. In reality it's empty, but it's supposed to have rows of racks for tools, and a special box for broken tools to be fixed when they get back to the division HQ. The caboose features two ladders (one per side) and more of those fancy printed 2 x 4 tiles. This is where the job site foreman has a little office. The med kit is also located here. This is the headquarters for my Maintenance of Way operations for Brick Railway Systems. I was inspired by set 60009 (Helicopter Arrest) from 2013 for most of the building, while most of the inside details came from set 10027 (Train Engine Shed) in 2003 a whole ten years before the other set was even produced. As for the billboard on the roof, I borrowed the letter's design from my brother's model (with his permission), and put them on a billboard to spell out OCTAN. The tracks on the side of the building are for my ALCO RSD-12 and it's accompanying six car work train to sit and await their next task. The inside on the lower floor is furnished with a lathe, drill press, fire extinguisher, oil drum, and a vise. The upper floor (the break room) has a table, a few chairs, coffee machine (with paper cups!), fireplace, and a recycle bin. I will be updating this with the two missing pictures soon. As for the digital items, I will built them as funding allows. As usual, Comments, Questions and Complaints are always welcome!! Edited December 13, 2019 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trekkie99 Posted July 12, 2017 Nice! Love the train as well as the color scheme. 5 studs wide for the train body and 6 studs wide for the cabin works great. Thumbs up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColletArrow Posted July 13, 2017 Very nice! The train looks very complete with the matching colour scheme on the last two wagons. Regarding the overhanging crane, in many cases repairs are undertaken on two-track lines. This means that the crane (or more often two, working in tandem to increase lifting capacity and reduce chances of swinging loads) would be on one track, and could lift track panels off the wagons on the parallel track, then be shunted along to reach the place the panels are needed. Plasser-Theurer made some twin-jib cranes for exactly this purpose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted July 13, 2017 18 hours ago, LegoMonorailFan said: Nice! Love the train as well as the color scheme. 5 studs wide for the train body and 6 studs wide for the cabin works great. Thumbs up. Thanks on the color scheme, but the original inspiration for the 5-wide body was Tony Sava's MRS-1 model seen here. 8 hours ago, ColletArrow said: Very nice! The train looks very complete with the matching colour scheme on the last two wagons. Regarding the overhanging crane, in many cases repairs are undertaken on two-track lines. This means that the crane (or more often two, working in tandem to increase lifting capacity and reduce chances of swinging loads) would be on one track, and could lift track panels off the wagons on the parallel track, then be shunted along to reach the place the panels are needed. Plasser-Theurer made some twin-jib cranes for exactly this purpose. Thank you! I think I knew that about the cranes, but I just wanted to try to explain something that was pointed out to me by someone on the LEGO Train Fan Club group on Facebook. (It just didn't come out like I wanted it too.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted July 19, 2017 (edited) Sorry for the slight BUMP: The LDD file, text and pictures were just updated with a new steam locomotive, revised train cars, and printed parts have also been added to the train in many spots. Enjoy! Edited July 19, 2017 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted July 30, 2017 The rear of the crane car features the NEW control booth, and the first post has been updated as such with new pictures and crane-only LDD file! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Main post updated with new Garratt-type locomotive and new ballast hopper car, and the entire first post has been retyped and restructured. I hope you guys like it, it should be built somewhat soon, maybe in early November... Edited September 19, 2017 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted September 23, 2017 Don't you hate it when your this close to finishing you latest MOC and the realize you didn't have enough parts to finish - thus having to order more, delaying the entire project for at least a week or two? I just need one (1) medium Big Ben Bricks flanged driving wheel to complete my latest steam loco, which I ordered this morning. I should have the rest of the breakdown train by early November / late October.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hart New Bob Posted September 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Murdoch17 said: Don't you hate it when your this close to finishing you latest MOC and the realize you didn't have enough parts to finish - thus having to order more, delaying the entire project for at least a week or two? Yep....that happened to me recently.......Nice train by the way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted October 2, 2017 On 9/23/2017 at 5:02 PM, Hart New Bob said: Yep....that happened to me recently.......Nice train by the way! Thank you for the compliment! Since the last update on this steam loco, I realized I needed more weight over the drivers while building the model in real bricks. I have ordered a couple weight bricks and new boiler parts to hide them in in order for the wheels to grip the rails sufficiently for the pistons to work. The parts should be here soon, and the real world reveal of the engine will happen shortly thereafter. (The rest of the train will have to wait until Christmas to be built, sadly) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carefree_Dude Posted October 3, 2017 I really want to see more of that steam engine you posted in an earlier post . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) Just now, Goldenmasamune said: I really want to see more of that steam engine you posted in an earlier post . This one @Goldenmasamune? The LDD file for it is available here along with an earlier version of the breakdown train. I sadly don't have any more photos of it besides the rear view. Edited October 3, 2017 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carefree_Dude Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Murdoch17 said: This one @Goldenmasamune? The LDD file for it is available here along with an earlier version of the breakdown train. I sadly don't have any more photos of it besides the rear view. Yes, that's it! I really love the design! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carefree_Dude Posted October 6, 2017 On 10/3/2017 at 12:42 PM, Murdoch17 said: This one @Goldenmasamune? The LDD file for it is available here along with an earlier version of the breakdown train. I sadly don't have any more photos of it besides the rear view. Would you be terribly offended if I built this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted October 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Goldenmasamune said: Would you be terribly offended if I built this? No, I would be excited! I always upload the LDD files so people can built things on their own, either by tinkering with my build to make it special or just making a carbon copy of what I did. Please post pictures when it's done @Goldenmasamune! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted November 13, 2017 The engine has been switched back to the RSD-12 diesel, and new real-life pictures are in the first post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbybats Posted December 30, 2017 On 11/13/2017 at 2:25 PM, Murdoch17 said: <snip> The engine has been switched back to the RSD-12 diesel, and new real-life pictures are in the first post! Do you have an LDD file for this design? Looks great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted December 31, 2017 3 hours ago, bobbybats said: Do you have an LDD file for this design? Looks great! here you go: RSD-12 link. Enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbybats Posted December 31, 2017 28 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said: here you go: RSD-12 link. Enjoy! Thanks! What about the crane and flatcars? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted December 31, 2017 12 hours ago, bobbybats said: Thanks! What about the crane and flatcars? Here is the link to the page with the ldd file for the whole train: all the cars and the engine Enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyro690 Posted January 4, 2018 On 10/3/2017 at 2:42 PM, Murdoch17 said: This one @Goldenmasamune? The LDD file for it is available here along with an earlier version of the breakdown train. Hopefully I will have all the parts for this in the next week or two. I have been wanting to build a steamer for quite some time. Do you have the LDD for the hopper car somewhere? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) Just now, pyro690 said: Hopefully I will have all the parts for this in the next week or two. I have been wanting to build a steamer for quite some time. Do you have the LDD for the hopper car somewhere? Yes! See the above post with the whole train file, as the hopper car is in there with the rest of the train. Edited January 4, 2018 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyro690 Posted January 4, 2018 Just now, Murdoch17 said: Yes! See the above post with the whole train file, as the hopper car is in there with the rest of the train. Crap, sorry, I missed it. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoch17 Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) New roadbed vehicles and a as-yet-unfinished building have been added to the first post. Two missing pictures from the updated train will be added in a day or two, but as for now, you can see them in the group shot with all the other cars. (I forgot to take the individual pictures of the tanker and tool cars in 2018!) Edited December 4, 2019 by Murdoch17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pdaitabird Posted December 4, 2019 Nice! As much as I like the steamers, that diesel is definitely a good fit for a maintenance-of-way train! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
