Interlocking Tower or Signal Box

[sed6]

I used to call these signal towers as a kid. You find them near railyards where operators can flip levers and change signals down the track for engineers to follow. 

With the very limited space I have on my Small Door Layout I needed something narrow and tall. Keeping this to just 8 studs wide allows me to slip it between any two parallel rails. I kept the detail to a minimum but the part count is still 950. 

Here's a link to a good article about one of these towers that was replicated.  https://heritagerail.org/2015/08/monticello-replicates-an-interlocking-tower/

Here's a link to a good wiki page.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking

I'll upload the .XML file to my Bricksafe page soon. Hope you like!

 

Edited August 18, 2019 by sed6
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[Cosmik42]

It looks great! 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

I love the skillful way you've used the plates 1 x 2 to recreate bricks!

Amazing signal box!

[Roadmonkeytj]

I love it.  

I might borrow your upper floor lol also really love how you did the dis used steps and sealed up door.

 

[Feuer Zug]

Good looking little box. The dimensions do well for the track spacing and the levers for the interlocking system are cool.

[Matt Dawson]

@sed6 nice building, but I feel I should point out the bottom floor is normally filled with the mechanisms for the levers & equipment above (late steam era and beyond electric/pneumatic switches have reduced this need somewhat) which is why there's staircases on the outside.

Only large build towers/boxes (and modern ones) feature internal access, like the Harris tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Switch_Tower

[Man with a hat]

Nice! The brickwork is really well done with those subtle colour variations.

[sed6]

10 hours ago, Matt Dawson said:

@sed6 nice building, but I feel I should point out the bottom floor is normally filled with the mechanisms for the levers & equipment above (late steam era and beyond electric/pneumatic switches have reduced this need somewhat) which is why there's staircases on the outside.

Only large build towers/boxes (and modern ones) feature internal access, like the Harris tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Switch_Tower

You are absolutely correct! This building was a bit of a compromise which started with no room for external stairs. Or at least I couldn't come up with a compact enough design that I liked. So the stairs went inside. For those not "in the know" it just looks like an office area downstairs and machines upstairs, perfectly acceptable for what I was going for.