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modular train shed - real world extended 10027 inspired model - a 21 year journey!
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
In 2003 I got World City set 10027 (Train Engine Shed) and played with it for number of years, but it was sadly destroyed sometime around 2007 in an attempt to make it totally enclosed - this was because I didn't have the skills or the parts. (I also didn't know about Bricklink at the time) Then in 2014 I made it again, but this time it was far too large (96 studs long and 32 wide) and unwieldly when moving it - which lead to that MOC being scrapped in mid-2016. These two abortive attempts to modify the set were recently on my mind, so I decided another run through of the set was in order - with slightly-expanded length and enlarged entrances to allow for bigger modern locomotives (such as my steamers) to pass through, but yet small enough to not be a burden when transporting. (The total shed length is capped at 80 studs, and will not be extended.) The outside of the shed. I replaced the original expensive black sliding doors from the set with a brick built version. You may have noticed it's not a fully enclosed building: I didn't complete this MOC because at Gateway LUG shows in the past, I've gotten public comments about not being able to see inside my train sheds. So it's half a shed - but fret not! Unlike the original set, this model is modular and two copies of my MOC could click together using technic pins at both ends if I ever wanted to build another one. The five roof sections are removable, with the middle portion being the extension to the original set. Some of the tools of the shed (L to R): foreground: drill press Lathe big oilcan Octan 55-gallon oil drum (not shown here) Vise (not shown in this pic) background: lug wrench small oilcan socket wrench drill various wrenches The repair shed crew. The shed with my 7-studs wide yellow 4-8-4 loco in it in an atmospheric B&W shot for that old fashioned feel. I even wrote a story for it: 'It's mid-August 1944, and World War II is raging on multiple fronts across the globe. American trains run coast-to-coast nonstop, taking men and material all over the country to be shipped everywhere you can imagine to stop the Axis powers and win the war. The railroads are at their absolute peak during this conflict - never before have they moved so much so quickly. Still, regular maintenance must be done, even during the austerity conditions of war. Steam locomotives especially need servicing every once in a while, and here we see Brick Railway Systems 4-8-4 number 5086 just arrived for a light overhaul and tune-up. The staff of the servicing facility pause in their duties for the government photographer, get the publicity picture taken, and then get back to the grimy, greasy, dirty work of railroading. 'Keep 'Em Rolling to Victory' say the government posters - and this is exactly what this crew intends to do!' Thoughts? -
Here are my Dad's custom buildings from the mid 1990's - early 2000's, excluding his train tunnel (which I forgot to to take pictures of). Pictures taken from my cellphone, so please excuse the crappy pics. This double track train shed was built by my father way before I had built my first LEGO system train. It was originally single track and used parts using several copies of set 6380 (Emergency Treatment Center) from 1987. Around 2005, I rediscovered the model and he decided to add a second stall to the engine shed, which he did (using a rather new website called Bricklink) He even added brick built re-railers to in-between the rails. Here is the rear of the shed, which can't fit any of my custom engines or large-N-long official trains like the Emerald Night. This is the grain elevator that my dad hasn't finished (yet). It has been sitting since 1999-ish with white splotches where their should be old gray. (see over by the loading bay) It also needs work on the delivery method to the train cars. Right now it just has a open spot in the roof and swinging double doors to stop the flow of tan 1 x 1 cylinders to the track below. I have suggested adding a conveyor belt to the building to increase capacity, but only time will tell if it is implemented. The bridge was built in the mid 1990's by my Dad and features the base-plate from set 6552 (Rocky Retreat) from 1993. This factory was by my Dad around the years 2000 - 2004 with parts from several Sand Red supplemental packs available at that time. It does not feature any interior, nor does it have a removable roof. But this thing is built STRONG: you have to really put your weight on it to press the roof together. It has never been determined what this factory made in-universe, though for my own purposes, I pretended it made beverages. What beverages, you ask? Why, Dr. Leg O. Brick's Root Beer of course! Thoughts, comments, and complaints are always welcome!
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As already hinted at the presentation of the turntable a larger project of railway infrastructure display was under way. So the typical engine depot from the era of steam traction was created. Unfortunately not a very common sight these days as most of these buildings were taken out of operation together with the demise of the steam engines they housed and left to decay, but many were also preserved as listed buildings or converted into museums. The depot has a turntable, engine shed and some smaller objects: masonry water tower, storage shed and a small crane. The turntable for the engines. Its basics were already presented here while this final version got some minor alterations - the pit wall is reinforced with an additional line of hinges and extended by 4 studs in circumference to allow smoother rotation of the bridge. And of course a control box is added. A shed for storing the workers' tools and a wide variety of junk. Water tower with liftable water pipe. A small crane is also located at the depot where the sleepers are being loaded onto a railcar. Disused stuff is lying all around. The old telegraph poles are dumped next to the storage shed. The largest building at the depot is the engine shed with room for four Emeralds. The interior of the engine shed. Three rails are intended for housing engines only. The rail at the right side of the engine shed has some more space around it and here the repairs and smaller maintenance works take place. The workers in the engine shed also throw all the rubbish right behind the wall where empty barrels and various disused engine parts keep accumulating. The entire thing is 160x96 studs (127x77 cms) in size and took about 70 hours to build. Some more pictures can be found here.
