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  1. Murdoch17
    Main post changed 8/16/21: I just added a rear to the house, and changed the color scheme around a bit. Pictures updated accordingly. Here is the original version in medium blue... compared to the new one with tan siding. Thoughts?
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    Okay, so this isn't actually my MOC: it's my dads. He asked my to take photos of it for reference for members of Gateway LUG when planning layouts for future shows and to see what people thought of it out on the Web. On the right of the frame is the Dutchman Mine section, named after the fabled lost Wild West mine. The side behind it (to it's rear) is a mountain waterfall with two bears catching fish... I don't have a clear picture of that side, sadly. The inside-the-layout facing side of the mountain. This MOC is made of four sections: two new mirror image "Annex" segments (on left), and the slightly older mountain tunnel sections "A" & "B" (on right) that feature widely different scenery on either side: The lost Dutchman Mine or bears fishing in a waterfall. Each mountain section regardless of type or arrangement features a "concrete" tunnel segment, and a window wall adjacent to the tunnel bore. This allows for train viewing "through" the mountain... which is especially cool-looking if the train has lights! Also of note is the movable picture windows segments above each tunnel bore. The Wampa with Luke is interchangeable with the crystal caverns section, and both can be put in the annex or the originals, depending on how many tracks you want to use... they also have roof for "wand" flashlights above, to provide some lighting in these dark areas. PLEASE NOTE: This is the first time pictures of this have been taken, and space was limited to do so... no fancy plain background here, just the kitchen table. Also, he thinks it looks ugly because he free-handed it, which he normally doesn't do. However, I think it looks way better and accurate than my Lone Ranger / Western Skull-mountain tunnel. Any thoughts I can pass on to him?
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    This 1870's-style modular Western railroad station was originally inspired by set the Sheriff's office in 7594 (Woody's Roundup!) which I have re-named "Gold City", after set 6765 (Gold City Junction) from the Wild West theme of the mid-1990's. If this model looks familiar, your are not suffering from Deja-Vu... this model was designed and built in early 2016 for use as my original Fort Legoredo passenger station, but in a different color scheme more reminiscent of the Toy Story set that inspired it. It lasted in it's as built condition until mid-2018 when it was dismantled. (Being built of mostly reddish-brown at that time, it sadly shattered upon attempting to take it apart. ) In June 2021, I found the old LDD file and began working on it again, adding new windows, revising the roof sections and changing the overall color scheme. The street side of the station. There is a freight ramp at either end of the platform for hauling heavy items into the station proper. The main floor features the twin waiting rooms and ticket office, with a staircase to the employee's-only top floor. Upstairs is the stationmaster's office, complete with Telegraph key, opening safe, and scale for measuring silver nuggets weight / worth. Outside on this floor are two identical station signs (one on the front and on on back) along with the standard twin station clocks. The modularity of the station means the roof, second floor, main floor, and the two platform extensions are removable from each other as shown. NOTES: Here is the original model in 2016 as seen in the only photo series ever taken of it. This is not one of the best of that series, but it IS all in the shot! Also, I don't think it's going to get the newer one built in real life anytime soon... though it is 100% buildable according to BrickLink. (too many projects to build already, and it would be my fourth RR station at this current time.) The free LDD file can be downloaded from Bricksafe here.
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    One Engine, Two Engine, Red Engine, Blue Engine The finalized forms of Wild West steam locomotives 1 and 2 are built in real life... minus a couple parts (two blue 1x4 tiles are missing) on Two's tender. They've been WIP's for a while, and I needed to get them done.
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    "For a Few Dollars More" The Good: I've nearly finished my 4-4-0 which now has working pistons and smaller tender. The Bad: I'm missing just two (2!) 1x4 tiles in blue before I can call this engine and it's freight train complete. The Ugly: It looks like I'm tacking those two tiles onto a future Bricklink order, as I have none left in my bins. Hopefully said BL order won't cost a A Fistful of Dollars.
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    Ok, so this house MOC is actually a MOD of a MOC. It was taken from a set of Shrieking Shack instructions by JL.Bricks and heavily modified into a facsimile of 1920's-style house... or, at least it's close enough to work with a de-winterized Winter Village line and / or Hogsmeade Village Visit without snow. (set 76388) See this Rebrickable link to see what I modified it from. I added a flip-open back like in Medieval Market Village. (set 10193 - It's hard to believe that set is 13 years old!) The building was originally winter (and Harry Potter) themed, but it clashed way too much with my other buildings that way, as they aren't winter themed. Basically, it's a normal, non-Christmas house now. The back of the house is a new design by me. I had to redo the roof from plates ands tiles (as it was originally shown) to slopes as it was too fragile. The lower floor features a coat rack, table w/ two chairs, and a steam heater borrowed from set 10185. (Green Grocer) Upstairs we have a bed (plus another steam radiator) with clock and framed map on the walls. More details are in the back of the house, such a kitchen stove, couch, along a with a few more living room details. There is a model railroad upstairs as well. This vehicle was originally inspired by @hachiroku's model of the staff car from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and can be found here in his photo-stream. The car can be seen above with all the furniture from the inside of the house. (This picture was taken before house construction started... I've broken enough reddish brown brick on this to just tear the innards out just for one picture!) Speaking of the car, here it is by itself. inside view of the car. Seats one in front and one behind. (if you can get your fingers in there, that is!) The rear view showcasing the spare tire as mounted on the trunk. As usual, comments, questions complaints, and suggestions welcome! EDIT 4/6/22: FINALLY, it's done! The house has been in-progress since August of 2021 and was starting to drive me crazy.
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    So railroad experts say the only 4-10-0 to ever run on US Rails was the 1883-vintage "El Gobernador". (Spanish for the Governor) These same experts it was a major flop, being built as fast as possible and finished before critical parts had been tested properly, if at all, before being scrapped in 1894 at a mere 11 years old. But what if it HAD been tested better, or what if it had been bought from Central Pacific, fixed properly, and was able to actually hold steam pressure to do it's job? Enter the No. 3, a WXY&Z railroad steam engine built from Central Pacific's plans in 1885 and refurbished according to details of the original engine's problems. The rear of the locomotive. This engine is the heavy hauler of the line, but there is only one of this class of loco, so it is usually reserved for helper service or hauling supply runs to the US military fort's on the line. (Dark red is blind, tan has a flange) This engine is basically a stretched version of my Western 2-8-0 (which I'm replacing with this loco), with another driving axle and a four wheel truck in front. The wheel diagram show which six wheels will be blind and which four will be have a flange. I've tried a similar (albeit reversed) setup on my UK 2-10-0, so I know the wheel arrangement works in it's basics, I'm just not sure how the magnetic coupler will like this new arrangement. (My 2-10-0 doesn't like having a magnet, so it's hard-connected to the tender by a lift-arm on that MOC.) Coming (relatively) soon, and thank you @Rise Comics for the suggestion! EDIT: First post updated with this loco, and the revised train it pulls!
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    Challenge accepted, @Rise Comics. Now you must do a 4-14-4 in return. (merely kidding, only I thought you'd like to see it) Link to Wikipedia on the Russian 4-14-4
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    Close up pictures of Ernest S. Marsh are now in the first post! Just to complete the first four locomotives from Disneyland's early years, here is Ernest S. Marsh. It's a 2-4-0 based off the 1871 Denver & Rio Grande loco number 1, "Montezuma" and was readied for service at the park's Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad for the first time in late April 1959. The engine is the last one built to carry the name of a Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad president. (The newer loco Ward Kimball is named after a former animator that Disney had hired and died in 2002.) This bric-built version is also inspired by LEGO set 71044 for the two-axle tender, piston design, and general look of the engine, while the boiler design originally hails from set 7597. The tender is powered by a 9v motor, and weighed down for traction by a standard weight brick. Thoughts?
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    Thanks @Rise Comics! I'm currently working on revising these three locos to be more in line with my over-all vision for the railroad: From left to right: - Number 3, is a 2-8-0 wood-burner bought secondhand from the tiny Wasatch and Nevada Railroad (where it was their number 9) in 1874. The loco, which was originally built in 1870, was repainted into a green, yellow, and red scheme with a Number 3 on the cab, headlight and tender upon purchase by WXYZ Railroad. - Number 2, is a 4-4-0 wood-burner built sometime in late 1869 for the Union Pacific. Unfortunately for them, the scandal that followed the completion of the transcontinental railroad made them sell it nearly-new to the WXYZ in 1871. Painted mostly blue and yellow and with the number 2 on tender, headlight, and cab. - Number 1 is a 2-6-0 coal burner, and was bought new for the just-created Wichita Xenia Yazoo & Zephyrus Rail-Road in 1868, it was used to inaugurate service on the line in 1869. Painted bright red, with green and yellow highlights. It's road number (1) is proudly display on the tender, headlight, and cab.
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    I just added better pictures of the Holiday Blue excursion train and pictures of the (NEW!) removable roof sections to the Retlaw 2 freight train's caboose and cattle cars. The tanker and steel coal hopper were removed from that train as well and more factual gondola cars were added instead. Thoughts on all these changes?
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    UPDATE on some space-related things, plus a NEW model! The new set 75311 (Imperial Armored Marauder) has been transformed into a Classic Space version, complete with revised forward-facing side guns. All the hatches still open, but I couldn't use space seats inside this one, but there are plenty (four per vessel) of 2x2 modified tiles with just enough room for air-tanks in the model... at least I hope that will be the case! The rear of the Marauder. I just need to buy two copies of my digital file as shown, as that's at least $15 total cheaper than buying two sets and recoloring them after the fact. Any thoughts on this MOD? Sorry for the blurry picture, but my space setup has mostly been moved to a cabinet for now as I needed the table space. The rest of it has been boxed up again.
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    My revised version of @TJJohn12's MOC of the Disneyland number 2 steam locomotive (E.P. Ripley), now with new longer tender for both it and the C.K. Holiday steam engine as seen in set 71044. That set is still not built, sadly. (My dad, the owner of these trains and the set in question, won't let me touch it yet!) The motors and other wheels are at his place, so testing under the heavier loads (each tender has a single weight brick inside) should happen this weekend. Some pictures in the first post have been updated as of now, including of the Fred Gurley (Disneyland number 3) and of the main picture. But directly above you'll see one that isn't in the main post! Any questions, suggestions, or complaints? Let me know below!
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    new train alert!  This very short train is based off set 7597, Toy Story 3's Western Train Chase, which my dad purchased for my birthday gift for later this year. I digitally converted the 4-4-0 "American" into a 2-4-0 "Old English" type which I then based off the real world 2-4-0 'Montezuma'. That 1871-vintage engine was the Denver & Rio Grande's first steamer. (which was the basis for the fourth Disneyland loco, the Ernest S. Marsh, by the way.) I had a real urge to name the LEGO version of the engine after Achu, the South-American tribal leader from the Adventurers' "Jungle" subtheme as a tribute to the real-world Montezuma engine and it's namesake Aztec leader. But I didn't think anyone would get the reference, so I didn't.  The locomotive as it will be later in the year. I used the basic look of the Disney set 71044's engine for the two wheel tender, as it was too good an opportunity to pass up. (and it's accurate to the real engine it's based on, too!) I also managed to add working pistons, though quartering was not possible, sadly.  The rear view of the engine, which will be numbered 9 in my numbering scheme for the Wild West-era W.X.Y. & Z. Railway. (This means it is replacing the 2-6-2 loco on the wanted list.)  These three silver ore cars are taking their loads to the U.S. Mint in Denver to be made into coins.  The mine payroll boxcar will feature dollars signs on the doors, as in the Toy Story 3 set. The caboose will have printed parts on the sides, saying "GREAT WEST".  The inside with the roof removed. This train will be built around Thanksgiving of this year... Any thoughts?
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    The 2-6-0 and it's train are going into the workshop for an overhaul. Here's what it will look like when done! See the first post for detailed looks at each car and the loco. Thoughts?
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    NEW Ernest S. Marsh engine and NEW train cars added to the first post!
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    First post updated with new text / pictures! Ok, so here is my Dad's potential third Disneyland loco, to possibly accompany the C.K. Holliday one in set 71044 and the E.P. Ripley MOC I just finished building for him: it mimics the real world Fred Gurley pretty well too. The real 2-4-4 loco has been at Disneyland since early March of 1958. This paint scheme isn't 100% accurate (black boiler / black domes are dark green / red here), but IT IS in line with the modification my Dad and I have already done to the other locomotives. I'm not sure it has any air-pumps on the real loco, as it was originally built in 1894 and there aren't many bigger pictures of this side. But to be consistent with the other two, they are here on the loco. The roof lifts up as normal for this series. This is the Disneyland number three, the Fred Gurley. As seen on Flickr (not my photo) Sadly, the LEGO The Fred Gurley is unpowered, as I couldn't get a 9v motor to look good. But wait, there's more! Another Disneyland locomotive, a 2-4-0 named the Ernest S. Marsh, (loco number 4) that has existed since 1959 at Disneyland, for which the original C.K. Holliday tender design would do nicely for this loco in my opinion! This is one >tiny< tea kettle, even compared to the 2-4-4 type locos. I haven't designed it yet as I'm still thinking on how to do so without using small driving wheels from Big Ben Bricks.(My Dad is a purist in a major way, had to push him a bit with the red BrickTracks wheels for the C.K. Holliday from set 71044 we've still yet to build.) Any thoughts? I know @TJJohn12 was making a Fred Gurley loco...
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    There were two trains at Disneyland opening day in 1955, and these were the Retlaw series. Retlaw 1 was the passenger train which consisted of one baggage, four passenger cars, and the observation car. Five of which are no longer used or were sold. (but the observation car is still used - as the Lilly Belle parlor car as seen in the official set) However, in this fictional revised version of the train, this retirement didn't happen, though they were modified. (Also, Retlaw 1 was NOT normally pulled by the engine C.K. Holliday, instead, it was pulled by the E.P. Ripley. But I forgot about this fact when I digitally built it / took the pictures.) The real Retlaw 1 was originally a yellow painted train, featuring front facing seats until it was mostly retired in 1971. The observation car of Retlaw 1 then became a parlor car known as the Lilly Belle. (named after Walt Disney's wife Lillian) This fictionalized train is in the revised, post-1971 color scheme of the Lilly Belle also has two passenger cars plus a baggage car with opening side doors. These cars all have side facing seats, as if Retlaw 1 were around and used in modified format after the 1971 overhaul of the Retlaw 1 observation car into the Lilly Belle. As a side note, each of the cars feature a removable wall for getting at the inside details, as in set 71044. The baggage car features two sliding doors in red, though other colors are an option to stand out more. (I prefer black doors, but that's not prototypical!) The side wall comes off, as it does on all the cars, to reveal seating. In this car, that means luggage room and two seats. The two coaches are identical in every way, and are also quite similar to the parlor car at first glance. The inside features side seating, as in the Disneyland park... this also allows for easier moving of figures, and placing them in any of the five seats per car. This is the stock LEGO set 71044 version of the parlor car, but I thought you guys would like to see it alongside everything else. The inside of the Lilly Belle is different than the other cars, featuring a table, three seats, and a bunch of table-top items (I couldn't find the teacups in my program, or make the flower pot work, so they are missing here!) The rear of the whole train. This train was designed with my father and his trains in mind, though he doesn't want to build them in real life. (This explains the 9v motor hooked onto the tender, as that's his preferred system) Thus I'm going to give away the LDD file for them, which you can find it at on my Bricksafe page.
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    (1 year bump, but for a reason) So, after doing some research, I made some Retlaw 2-like cars for a my dad's C.K. Holliday engine. These are probably not going to be built IRL, as he didn't want them. The two doors on each of the identical cattle cars fold down. I also made some other freight cars, but they aren't Reltaw 2 related... more like 1890's vintage freight. If you want to see more pictures of the revised engine + tender, see this thread. The parts should be here by the weekend for making the new tenders in rea life. Any thoughts @TJJohn12 @Carefree_Dude @Fingolfin or anyone else?
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    First post UPDATE! The Conjunction Junction freight dispatch office is off to a good start, just need about 20 or so more parts to get this done. (The accompanying water tower is not shown above, but it will be attached as soon as I find it.) The Wild West railroad water tower model was inspired by LEGO builder The_Chestertonian and his water tower, as formerly seen on Flickr. (he sadly deleted his account) I have re-purposed the model for my Wild Western town / railroad. The 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.
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    Here is the final parts I've found for the western 4-4-0 and it's freight train... the remaining parts have been ordered, too. Stay tuned to find out what it looks like soon!
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    (Built and designed for my father, not for me) The Disneyland engines with consists in order from Left to Right: 4-4-0 "C.K. Holliday" (engine 1) from 1955 pulling the my semi-fictionalized version of the Retlaw 2 freight train 4-4-0 "E.P. Ripley" (engine 2) also from '55 is pulling the post-1971 fictionalized Retlaw 1 passenger train 2-4-4 "Fred Gurley" (engine 3) started service in 1958 and is pulling the Holliday Blue excursion train 2-4-0 "Ernest S. Marsh" (engine 4) began service in 1959. Most of the 4-4-0 models use 9v motors, as my father has that system as his preferred train propulsion type... and GatewayLUG uses the 9v style-track / motors too, so it makes it runnable at shows. The Fred Gurley is not able to be powered this way, sadly. C.K. Holliday 4-4-0 and Retlaw 2 freight train There were two trains at Disneyland opening day in 1955, and these were the Retlaw series. Retlaw 1 was the passenger train which was pulled by E.P. Ripley and consisted of one baggage, four passenger cars, and the observation car. Five of which are no longer used or were sold. (but the observation car is still used - as the Lilly Belle parlor car as seen in the official set) Retlaw 2 was the freight train, pulled by the engine as shown above - C.K. Holliday - and consisted of three cattle cars and three gondolas, plus the caboose. As you may have noticed, I chose to only use two cattle cars from that train, and no low-side gondolas... There are no pictures of those as far as I can tell before the freight cars were all converted into another train type, the same as are in LEGO set 71044. The tanker car and coal hopper are my own invention. The two cattle cars. The two doors on each side of the identical cattle cars fold down. The roof sections come of now as well. As you can see, no seats are inside these cars as there were none installed in Retlaw 2 on opening day 1955! The two gondolas have been shortened from the original versions on the original Retlaw 2, but they are pretty close to it in looks! The caboose. I made up this car, as I couldn't get the real four-world axle caboose to look good in LEGO. The caboose has a removable roof too. E.P. Ripley 4-4-0 and Retlaw 1 passenger train (fictional post-'71 rebuild) Retlaw 1 was the passenger train which consisted of one baggage, four passenger cars, and the observation car, which were pulled by E.P. Ripley on opening day in 1955. Five of which are no longer used or were sold. (but the observation car is still used - as the Lilly Belle parlor car as seen in the official set) However, in this fictional revised version of the train, this retirement didn't happen, though they were modified to suit side-seating. The real Retlaw 1 was originally a yellow painted train, featuring front facing seats until it was mostly retired in 1971. The observation car of Retlaw 1 then became a parlor car known as the Lilly Belle after Walt Disney's wife Lillian. This fictionalized train is in the revised, post-1971 color scheme of the Lilly Belle, (which is in set 71044) and also has two passenger cars plus a baggage car with opening side doors. These cars all have side facing seats, as if Retlaw 1 were around and used in modified format after the 1971 overhaul of the Lilly Belle. As a side note, each of the cars feature a removable wall for getting at the inside details, as in set 71044. My revised version of @TJJohn12's MOC of the Disneyland number 2 steam loco. I made it using parts ordered by my father, but it's still missing the 9v motor in this picture. As you can see, the loco is mainly dark blue, as it swapped colors with the originally dark green real-world engine. This is because the C. K. Holliday model in the Disney train Lego set is also color swapped, from what should be dark blue to dark green. So, basically, Lego used bits from both engines for the set, and we continued this trend here. The baggage car features two sliding doors in red, though other colors are an option to stand out more. (I prefer black doors, but that's not prototypical!) The side wall comes off, as it does on all the cars, to reveal seating. In this car, that means luggage room and two seats. The two coaches are identical in every way, and are also quite similar to the parlor car at first glance. The inside features side seating, as in the Disneyland park... this also allows for easier moving of figures, and placing them in any of the five seats per car. This car is in the LEGO set 71044, but I thought you guys would like to see it alongside everything else. Fred Gurley 2-4-4 and Holliday Blue excursion train The Holiday Blue train was added in early1966 to replace the original Retlaw 1 passenger train which was going to be being pulled from service due to slow loading / unloading at stations. (It is also notable as the last consist added to the Disneyland Railroad.) Here it is being pulled by the Fred Gurley, also known as Disneyland number 3. Here is my Dad's (now finished IRL!) third Disneyland loco, to accompany the C.K. Holliday one in set 71044 and the E.P. Ripley MOC I just finished for him: it mimics the real world Fred Gurley pretty well too. The real 2-4-4 loco has been at Disneyland since early March of 1958. This paint scheme isn't 100% accurate (black boiler / black domes are dark green / red here), but IT IS in line with the modification my Dad and I have already done to the other locomotives. The roof lifts up as normal for this series. This loco is one of my Dad's few unpowered engines, as it is impossible to fit a 9v motor underneath... or any motor block, really! The "Holiday Blue" car by themselves, with only tail-lights added to them. The Disney train my father bought has added three Bricklinked cars with some new cartoon passengers courtesy of "The Minifig Shop" LEGO resale store in Kirkwood, Missouri. Still need get the 4th car and the Lilly Belle car built from the actual set, and add the Star Wars characters to it and the empty one on the right. I should probably put Donald Duck as a he fireman as seen in the cartoon short 'Out of Scale" from the late 1950s. Ernest S. Marsh 2-4-0 Just to complete the first four locomotives from Disneyland, here is Ernest S. Marsh. It's a 2-4-0 based off the 1871 Denver & Rio Grande loco number 1, "Montezuma" and was readied for service at the California park for the first time in late April 1959. This LEGO version is also inspired by LEGO set 71044 for the two-axle tender, piston design, and general look of the engine, while the boiler design originally hails from set 7597. The tender is powered by a 9v motor, and weighed down for traction by a standard weight brick. Notes on the post and future additions: Real life pictures will be added whenever possible. Also, Disneyland RR Number 5 - Ward Kimball - is a relative newcomer to he park and is a 2-4-4 like the Fred Gurley. It would not be interesting to have two more identical locos on the roster, so it is not included, and as it arrived in 2005, it's not quite from for the time period my dad and I are attempting to model. (He is kind of not sure if he wants another loco after Fred Gurley, so the 2-4-0 steamer Ernest S. Marsh might not get built either!) Any questions, suggestions, or complaints? Let me know below! EDITED 8/26/21: added Fred Gurley (Disneyland number 3) steam loco's real world MOC pictures to this post!
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    Congrats on being front paged - its well deserved @the Inventor!
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    The Conjunction Junction freight train now done! Except for the new freight office... which you can see in LDD screenshots in the updated first post!
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    Co2 Dave! Co2! (If anyone doesn't get the reference, watch the film!)
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