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Thanks everyone! Just finished with a design that will work! @Daedalus304: Thanks you so much! I used the 40 tooth gears to work out the height and width, while using the reversed Emerald Night drivers for side rod placement. @SavaTheAggie: I think it was LDraw, but it was several years ago. Once again thanks everyone! Pictures of the engine will be up soon. EDIT: Picture added!

I have tried LDraw, and it confuses me. I've been using LDD since 2007, have over 3,969 screenshots of at least that many models... I think I'm to involved to change, plus I like LDD. Thanks anyway!

I'm trying to make another steam engine model, and I'm planning on using XL drivers from Big Ben Bricks. As those custom wheels are not in LDD, I want to know if there is a brick-built construct or Technic gear of the same size that could be place holder. Any suggestions are welcome!

And another one: Typical 1960's UK Railway Locomotive shed Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1390244352m.lxf Thanks! (sorry for the double post!)

@wlid: Just so you know, you need the topic you originally the model in, and the ldd file. Like this: UK Railway Repair Facility Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1390241522m.lxf Not trying to mini-mod, but you have to add those things before it get's added to the index.

I have another new LDD file available: Railway Locomotive Repair Facility: http://www.mocpages....1390241522m.lxf UK Railway Locomotive Shed LDD link: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1390244352m.lxf

The LDD files for most of these engines are now available: BR class 9F 2-10-0 (Credit to Scotnick for the basic design of this one) LDD file for the above engine: http://www.mocpages....1387755636m.lxf LNER Class A3 LDD file for the above engines: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1385581419m.lxf C53-class Steam Tram, custom saddle tank engine, & BR class 09 diesel switcher (NOTE: The middle engine needs Big Ben bricks 2 un-flanged and 4 flanged medium steam wheels! Credit to Scotnick for left and middle locos, while Chromeknight designed the original diesel) LDD file for above engines: http://www.mocpages....1387217005m.lxf Typical 1960's UK Freight train (Credit to Scotnick1 & Fireglo450 on Flickr, plus Railbricks for most of these designs!) LDD file for above train cars: http://www.mocpages....1387215650m.lxf

Some Western style stuff: LDD file for Western town & everything in picture: http://www.mocpages....1389894760m.lxf Topic link: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=90754 LDD link for bridge: http://www.mocpages....1379435580m.lxf Topic link: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=90754 LDD link for Western freight & Passenger trains: http://www.mocpages....1389981866m.lxf Topic link: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=85019 Town Models: LDD link for Pizza to Go 2014: http://www.mocpages....1389979246m.lxf Topic link: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=90921 Trains: BR class 9F 2-10-0 (Credit to Scotnick for the basic design of this one) LDD file for the above engine: http://www.mocpages....1387755636m.lxf Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 LNER Class A3 LDD file for the above engines: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1385581419m.lxf Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 C53-class Steam Tram, custom saddle tank engine, & BR class 09 diesel switcher (NOTE: The middle engine needs Big Ben bricks 2 un-flanged and 4 flanged medium steam wheels! Credit to Scotnick for left and middle locos, while Chromeknight designed the original diesel) LDD file for above engines: http://www.mocpages....1387217005m.lxf Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 Typical 1960's UK Freight train (Credit to Scotnick1 & Fireglo450 on Flickr, plus Railbricks for most of these design inspiration!) LDD file for above train cars: http://www.mocpages....1387215650m.lxf Topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88066 Will submit more when I find them!

@LEGO Train 12 Volts & @Zephyr1934: Thanks, but that red model is a (very) customized depot built from Brick Journal's instructions from the 24th issue. The bridge was gotten from a (very) talented builder on the Original LEGO Factory site back in 2010 or maybe 2009. Thanks anyway! Oh, and here's the town's picture (in case anyone cares) that the train will run to: ...and here's the LDD file that includes the entire town (no trains): http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1389894760m.lxf

The LXF for the bridge is here, in case anyone wants it: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1379435580m.lxf

The LDD file for everything in the main picture is now available! This includes these buildings: -Saloon -Doctor's office -Bank -Sheriff's office & Jail -General store -Fort Legoredo -Legoredo train station -The silver mine / unifinshed train tunnel -Water tower & RC track NO Trains are included, especially not Sava's 2-6-2 Prairie. I may upload the coaches and freight cars separately, though. LDD Link for the town: http://www.mocpages....1389894760m.lxf This next file inludes the freight & passenger trains without the locomotives: http://www.mocpages....1389981866m.lxf

Sorry, I completely forgot about this topic! Here is the topic I recently posted in regarding these trains and the western town that goes with them. http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=90754 Here is a retyped version of the railroad section: The far one is engine #272, a 2-6-0 Mogul type. It was built by Zephyr Locomotive Works in 1885 and was a passenger engine, usually only in fast, named-train passenger service. (Thus the large driving wheels for greater speed) It was last used on the faster passenger trains in 1909, when it was painted in the new black & red paint scheme and sent into regular freight / local passenger service. It was supposed to have been scrapped in 1921, but was saved along with late 1800's passenger stock and a caboose. It was sent to the Imperial Western Museum where it is stored in it's original dark green & black paint scheme. Engine #272 is operational, but is only steamed on special occasions. Like all pre-1905 BRS engines, the loco features two different whistles as a kind of early trademark of their ownership. The near engine is #263, of the 2-6-2 Prairie type. This one was built by Sava Locomotives Incorporated in 1883 and was designed for slow freight trains. (It has smaller diameter wheels than faster passenger engines) It served until 1902, when the engine suffered a boiler explosion near Golden Gulch in Legoredo County. The engineer and fireman died in the explosion, but the engine was salvaged and repaired. Loco #263 was retired in 1925 when it was bought by a Hollywood film company for use in a Western movie. After filming ended, the engine was donated to the Imperial Western Museum in the city of Legoredo, where it rests today in operable condition. (Thanks to Anthony Sava for his wonderful 2-6-2 instructions, and Benn Coifman for his MOD instructions of the official Lone Ranger engine. I hope you two like what I did to your designs!) For this model I took some My Own Train cars & repainted / modified them. As you can see, they are now mostly reddish brown with some old brown doors thrown in for good measure. I will be using the dark green 2-6-0 Mogul-type steamer for this train. This model is a compilation of several train sets that were modified and brought up to date. The tanker car, drop-side gondola and rock-hopper are updated versions from set #2126 (Train Cars), the brown gondola is modified from set #3225 (Classic Train), while the final set mod is #10014 (Caboose). The box car was complied from several different sets. The 2-6-2 Prairie steam loco is going to pull this train once I get it. This bridge may be built someday too, but probably won't. NOTE: This is not my design, as it was originally downloaded sometime in 2010 from LEGO Factory from a unknown user. (I forgot, sorry!) Built in 1871 for the Union Pacific Railroad as the official stop for the Legoredo City area. This model is a VERY modified Winter Village Toy Shop. LDD file for the two Western trains without the locomotives: http://www.mocpages....1389981866m.lxf And the Truss bridge LDD file is here: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1379435580m.lxf

Everyone remembers the 1994 set #6350, (Pizza to Go) or it's 2002 re-release as set #10036. To celebrate this classic set, I've devised this simple 20 year Anniversary tribute to this wonderful little set. This model doesn't feature STAMP's (Stickers Across Multiple Parts) like the older versions did. It includes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) Pizza truck modified and recolored to better fit the red & white color scheme. Pizza to Go 2014 features newer parts in some places and more consistent color scheme. It even has a cash register, something the original set didn't have. I decided on the TMNT truck because it really looks like as updated 6 wide version of the original Pizza Delivery Van. The roof of the vehicle lifts off, and features a drivers seat & steering wheel. LDD file available here: http://www.mocpages....1389979246m.lxf Comments, Questions, & Complaints welcome!

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions! @Freddy Bricker: I didn't put stairs in as I was going for the Classic LEGO Western look, but with a slightly modern twist. @SerenityInFire: That might work, but then how would they get to the upper floors? Catapult? @Doom2099: I've already got that built as of early last year. (2013) I'll try to take some pics when I get around to photographing my (many!) trains. As some side notes, I've been told on Flickr that my Bank kinda clashes with the "Western" look. Just out of curiosity, does anyone else feel this way? Also, the two dark green steam engines parts are on their way! Their respective consists will have to wait for more funds. I'm still working on a name for the Confederate & Union officers... any suggestions? The Confederate officer will have this face: ...plus I might give him the extra mustache piece from the Getaway Glider set. & I might give the Union officer this one to match Captain J. Fuller's hat / dark tan hair: What do you think?

Named for nearby Fort Legoredo, the town of Glencoe was first settled in 1869 by the people following the Wichita, Xenia, Yazoo & Zephyrus Rail-Road through the Colorado on towards it's junction with the Union Pacific to create a branch off of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Usually these towns die off once the construction teams move on, but this town didn't because of one crucial fact: Valuable veins of silver were discovered by the Construction crews in a attempt to tunnel through the side of Raindance Ridge. This new wealth happened to be right up the tracks (about a mile or two) from the City. The town (and fort) continue to have a booming industry in the 21st century, with tourists flocking to the Wild West town, movies being shot on-site, and more recently, the reopening of the silver mines because of advances in mining techniques. (seen above is the town in the 1950-70's TV / Movie boom) The railroad still stops at Fort Legoredo depot (shown above) and the town of Glencoe, with a Native American reservation and the preserved Army Fort nearby. US 1880's LEGOREDO MODULAR TRAIN DEPOT I originally got this basic model from a page on Bricksafe by user @sed6 as seen here. I revised the freight door to be movable, changed the roof color to dark red from black, building color to sand green from tan, plus I added a "cast iron" heating stove and it's chimney flue to the model for late-1800's period look. I have named the Fort Legoredo passenger depot after the famous set number 6761. (Fort Legoredo)  The model features the separate entry doors to the station premises for cargo and people on the both the street and track sides. There is also plenty of outside seating on both the left and right sides, yet they are still under the roof awning to be protected from rain. (three seats per side) Inside we have the freight area (on the left) and the passenger area (on the right) with a connecting door between the two. The passenger section also has the heating stove which currently is keeping the coffee hot. (or is it boiling the water for tea?) This part of the station also has three inside seats for weary passengers and a cash register for ticket dispensing. The station is modular, and comes apart in four sections: - Left platform end - Right platform end - Station roof - Station building 1870's LEGOREDO CITY This bank was partially inspired by set 10255 (Assembly Square). The rear of the bank also has a modified safe from set 10217. (Diagon Alley) along with two bank teller's windows and a desk. This barber shop was inspired by set 6765. (Gold City Junction). The barber shop features two chairs taken from set 10246, (Detective's Office) along with a sink and cash register. This general store is supposed to be modeled after the one in set 6765 (Gold City Junction), but with updated parts and expanded collection of items for sale. Inside, we have a cash register and a not-yet-finished interior. Hank Haystack from the LEGO Movie owns and operates this store. This saloon was inspired by the bank in set 79109. (Colby City Showdown) It features a typical saloon swing-open door, a cash register, and several spots to sit down and order a drink and is owned by Doc Brown from Back to the Future. (Hey, he can't drink it, doesn't mean he can't sell it!) Being on a corner, much of the building is left to the imagination as I wanted to avoid lift away floors to keep with the vintage 1990's Western feel. This sheriff's office was taken almost wholly from set 79109. (Colby city Showdown) The rooftop cannon has been removed, and a sticker-based sign from set 7954 (Woody's Roundup) has been placed up there instead. The floor of the building has also been redone, and most of the odd colored part removed. The rear of the building features the sheriff's office and his armory, plus the jail cell with it's exploding front wall. This blacksmith's store was heavily inspired by 2011 Ninjago set 2508. (Blacksmith Shop) I revised the colors scheme, removed the rotating rear wall, and added a holder for the sign. The roof still folds open like the original set. The post office was mostly taken from set 40305 (LEGO brand store), which has been reworked into a post office. There is a hanging sign out front in the shape of an envelope, and the sign on the top of the building clearly defines the building's purpose. (though the inside is empty at this point!) It is off a Frontier church for my Wild West town. I based it partially off set 309 and 1309 (both called "Church") from 1957 / 58's Town Plan theme.. the only official Lego church ever made, as far as I know. The words "Church of the Unmodified Brick" go on some 2 x 4 tiles with custom stickers I'll probably get from my dad's label maker. (as I don't own one) The model features a "golden" bell in the tower, and seven seats for parishioners, while the Reverend has to stand to deliver his fire-and-brimstone sermon on the "evils" of cutting baseplates, third party bricks, and gluing parts together. The rear window has a trans blue / trans orange stained glass window with a cross outline in front of it. The lattice work for the windows is supposed to continue into the square versions using 22 of this part. This church will go along with the gothic graveyard I assembled from both 70420 (Graveyard Mystery from Hidden Side) and 75965 (Rise of Voldemort from Harry Potter.) Also, please ignore the older 4-2-4 steam loco in the back of this photo, it's not important and has been disassembled for a 2-8-0 as seen in the Train Tech sub-forum. (and below) US 1880's TRAIN MODELS - PASSENGER This train is meant to be built from sets 7597 (Western train Chase from Toy Story 3), 71044, (Disney Train and Station) and set 10014. (Caboose from the My Own Train series, albeit a bit bigger width-wise!) I also used the 1955 Disneyland RR passenger car instructions from @TJJohn12, as seen on Flickr here. I just recolored them and simplified them for this model. The coal-burning straight stack-styled locomotive is a mish-mash of two steam locomotives, (both 4-4-0 type) from the Toy Story set and Disney train model. I just stretched out the Disney model, added a blind driving wheel to either side (making it into a 4-6-0), and repainted it into a Toy-ish color scheme. Oh, and I built a brand new tender from the rails up, which will use 1970's red 12v-era wheels. (I hate the new Powered Up wheels without the metal axle, so this was my only choice!) The locomotive is missing these printed parts, which are colored wrong on the model for visibility. They are as follows: - the green 1 x 4 printed number "1" bricks, two on the loco and two on the tender. - a single printed red 2 x 2 brick with "1" print for the headlamp. - one 2 x 2 printed round tile for the firebox door in the cab. This baggage / coach car is styled after TJJohn12's free instructions. I did change the color scheme a bit, with black windows. black roof, and red doors, instead of red doors, reddish-brown roof, and red windows. Two of these are also going to be built, and were designed with TJJohn12's instructions. (with some subtle design changes by me for ease of ordering and a slightly simpler design) Now, I know passenger train's are not supposed to have cabooses, but this one does as I couldn't figure out a good red light arrangement for the rear-facing passenger car. Thus, this 10014-styled caboose was created in 8-wide. The yellow 2 x 4 tile on the both sides of the car are actually supposed to be this printed red part of the same size. US 1880's TRAIN MODELS - FREIGHT This freight-hauling locomotive is meant to be built from sets 7597 (Western train Chase from Toy Story 3), 71044, (Disney Train and Station) and set 10014. (Caboose from the My Own Train series, albeit a bit bigger width-wise!) I also used set 10013 (Open Freight Wagon, also from My Own Train) as a guide for the pipe-carrying car, plus model 15 (Tanker) from set 10183, Hobby Trains for the tanker car. This loco shares the same tender as my other Western 8-wdie loco from this time period. The engine itself, however, is an enlarged version of 7597, in yellow and blue. It's also meant to have inside pistons as it's an early-to-mid 1860's locomotive. (thus the lack of visible pistons!) The locomotive is missing these printed parts. They are as follows: The four yellow 1 x 6 bricks are supposed to be printed with this number 2. while the headlamp is supposed to have two of these printed yellow 1 x 1 tiles. The firebox door requires this print. Inspired by a @wildchicken13 model from Bricklink, back from before Lego bought them out. This boxcar is not inspired by any specific car in particular, and was done freehand without looking at other 8 wide boxcars. The four doors slide open. Model 15 (Tanker) from set 10183, Hobby Trains was the inspiration for the tanker car. It should feature this print on the 2x2 round white tiles. This model was built from instructions seen at the Old Workhorse's Lego Ideas page as seen here. (I am not affiliated with the creator of that page, I just used their free instructions, visible further down in the updates section, to build the traction engine seen above.) The model has been attached to an 8-wide flat car for transportation across the county. This 10014-styled caboose was created in 8-wide for my passenger train, but has been redone in yellow for the freight train. US 1880's TRAIN MODELS - U.S. MILITARY This entire military transport train was inspired by sets 60052, 79106, and 79111. This train also has a couple play features, such as a rotating Gatling gun, moving steam engine side rods, and a exploding jail car wall. This eight-wide model is a complete model of my own design, and is inspired by the steam engine from the 1970's Western film, "Breakheart Pass". I included working pistons, and a more cohesive color scheme of red and green, with a splash of yellow. Big Ben bricks' medium size wheels, 4 flanged and 4 blind, are meant to take the place of the gear wheels. You can buy them at his site here. The tender and cab walls are supposed to have four of this printed red 1 x 6 piece inserted into them: The front headlight is supposed to have two of this printed 1 x 1 placed on it. This horse car was originally a cattle car from set 60052, (2014 Cargo Train) but I've re-purposed it for my Army officer horses. These cannons are from set 79106 (Calvary Builder Set) and were placed on a generic flatcar for transport by rail. The rotating Gatling gun you see here was taken from set 79111. (Constitution Train Chase) This car has the basic "look" of the 1955 Disneyland MOC trains cars from TJJohn12, albeit without the clerestory roof, which instead has a walkway for train crew / soldiers on lookout during fuel stops. The jail car you see was originally from set 79111. (Constitution Train Chase) while gaining the styling of the 1955 Disneyland MOC trains cars from TJJohn12. This car has one play feature that is sure to blow you away: the back wall can be removed to get at the jail cell via the "dynamite" on the outside of the back wall. When pushed back towards the other end of the car, the lever on the left side pops the back wall out and the bad guys can escape! US 1880's TRAIN MODELS - MAINTENANCE OF WAY ROTARY SNOW PLOW This blue train is marked (4-8-0+0-8-4 Garratt, for heavy duty rotary snow plow jobs) is pulled / pushed by an 8-wide Garratt-type steam locomotive is perfect for use on the mountainous terrain of Colorado Rocky Mountains, with it's double steam locomotive pistons sets. (Before anyone says anything about Garratt loco's not being ever sold into the North American market, I'll say it's an lost experimental prototype to help with a motive power shortage. It may have been seen by the owner as a economical way of sending one locomotive to do the job of two.) This steam powered rotary snowplow was inspired by the real-world Denver and Rio Grande's narrow gauge plow "OY", as now seen on the Cumbres and Toltec RR in New Mexico / Colorado. I've decided to name my plow "YO" in tribute to my inspiration, using four of this part from the original Toy Story sets as a sort of marker. The rear of the plow features the coal tender with a ladder from the water tank-top down to the magnetic coupler. This 8-wide engine was originally a SRW locomotive works product, (made by Anthony Sava and formerly available on Bricklink until LEGO sadly removed most of his models.) I reworked the engine to have working pistons and side-rods plus a longer frame. This made it from 2-4-0+0-4-2 to a 4-8-0+0-8-4, among other smaller updates to the engine. I also substituted a Disney train-style boiler onto the engine to backdate it to the mid-1880's or so. The rear of the steam locomotive. This part in black goes on the water tank and coal bunker walls (it's the number 4). Even with the added pistons, the engine can go around corners and switches quite easily. A simple caboose, for the snow plow train. I used a pair interesting windscreen parts for the cupola windows. US 1870's WESTERN MILITARY - FORT LEGOREDO This is an updated and enlarged form of sets 6769 / 6762, (Fort Legoredo) with new parts and some modifications to the original set. These new parts include two cannons which oddly are missing in the original sets. I have heavily modified this model by adding Technic pins to hold the sections together, and by filling in the gaps in the wooden walls. The jail cell has also been enlarged and opened up for play-ability, plus a train platform had bee placed at the secondary gate for loading and unloading soldiers and equipment. The yellow flag is supposed to have this print: http://www.bricklink...35pb107#T=C&C=3 while the tan plates above the main gate are to have printed 1 x 1 tiles spelling out "Fort Legoredo". (which are sadly not in LDD) The back of the fort features the commander's office and jail cell below. I removed the originals set's trap door and enlarged the cell. The main gate has been greatly enlarged to allow for wagons to enter the fort. The secondary gate allows for rapid deployment of artillery and troops off of trains and into the fort. The commander's office is above the jail. I plan on adding a custom Confederate officer into the cell. Not much to say about this part... US 1870's WILD WEST MINI-FIGURES Commanded by General Buford Armstrong, the garrison at Fort Legoredo is ready for anything... or so they think! These Native Americans are of the tribe displaced by the US Army and the silver miners in the Raindance Ridge area back in the 1880s. They went onto reservations, which they then left under cover of darkness for their even older ancestral burial grounds: known only to their lone elder, the much revered Chief Big Bear. When they arrived, they found two people already there: Doctor Emmett Brown and his wife Clara, who had decided to take a 20th-century shortcut through an 19th century world and got lost. Chief Big Bear could somehow tell that Doc Brown was a man "from many sunrises from now" (aka the future), and offered to help him if he could help them. So, Doc drew up the plans for the time train, and, with the help from his inventions and the native americans, worked to keep the hidden valley a secret for ten years, all while getting parts for the engine from opening a saloon in the nearby town of Legoredo City. (He can't drink it, but he can sure sell it!) US 1870's MODULAR EADS TRAIN BRIDGE Here is my final design of the St. Louis bridge, commonly known as the Eads bridge because of it's designer, James B. Eads. It uses Indiana Jones roller-coaster ramps for the arches, which looks pretty cool. The bridge is nine tracks total in length and 19 bricks high from base to track. (this means about fourteen brick of clearance between arch top and floor, so some ships could pass through!) First, a little background info from Wikipedia (which is also where this picture came from): "The Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is named for its designer and builder, James B. Eads. When completed in 1874, the Eads Bridge was the longest arch bridge in the world, with an overall length of 6,442 feet (1,964 m). The ribbed steel arch spans were considered daring, as was the use of steel as a primary structural material: it was the first such use of true steel in a major bridge project. The Eads Bridge, which became an iconic image of the city of St. Louis, from the time of its erection until 1965 when the Gateway Arch was constructed, is still in use. The bridge crosses the St. Louis riverfront between Laclede's Landing, to the north, and the grounds of the Gateway Arch, to the south. Today the road deck has been restored, allowing vehicular and pedestrian traffic to cross the river. The St. Louis MetroLink light rail line has used the rail deck since 1993." This is a rough representation, as it is missing a lot, (I.E. no car deck, missing tunnel under downtown, and lack of the East St Louis ramp approach.) Here is the modular component, of which three of these big sections together via eight Technic pins (four per section) to make the whole bridge. The modular component of the bridge's design also makes it a LOT easier to carry as the whole bridge with the three sections weighs about 10 pounds total. US 1870's WESTERN STAGECOACH, TOWN CARTS, SNAKE-OIL SALESMAN VEHICLE, US ARMY CANNON CART + AMMUNITION WAGON "Come one, Come all! Gather 'round for a cure to end the all-too-common cold!" It may say "bait shop" on the side, but it really is a patent "medicine" store, where Anton Dewey Cheatum makes his own brand of lethal cures using rattlesnake venom, whiskey and his special addictive ingredient... one or two tastes, and you'll come back for more until you drop (dead). Usually this happens after he has fled town in his red wagon with the citizens hard-earned cash. This Express Stagecoach model was mostly taken from set 79108 (Stagecoach Escape) from the 2013 Lone Ranger theme. I removed some of the random colors to give it a more unified look, and replaced red with yellow as the main color for this stage while the rear baggage ejection feature still works as originally designed. Here we see inside the stage, with the roof removed and doors opened. The brown box on the roof is the safe hauling the silver miner's pay, disguised as a steamer trunk to fool bandits. These wagons are for my townsfolk and their businesses. The yellow crates hold various liquor bottles for the Saloon, and the other wagon is headed for the mine with TNT and a barrel full of Whiskey. This 1860's US Army covered ammunition wagon with cannon is inspired by set 6716 (covered wagon) from 1996's Western theme. The cannon can come detached from the wagon, and become ready for action very quickly. Revered among the west are the lawmen, the get-it-done type of folk, like Wyatt Earp, for example. This is the ride of not a single one of those type of men. The wagon you see here is the official Mayor's carriage of the town of Fort Legoredo. This wagon was used for the second though fifth mayors, with the first (the one who died before this wagon was delivered) being the only truly honest and good one in the bunch. He was pushed off of Boulder Cliff Canyon in 1872 by cattle ranchers for giving the Native Americans a fair share of the land they were owed in a treaty that was signed by all involved.... unfortunately, this mattered not to the ranchers. The next eight years and four mayors were full of lust, greed, bullets, and backstabbing. It wasn't until 1880 that a real era of economic boom and social change began in the Fort Legoredo area. (The snake oil delivery wagon, mayor's wagon and the two town wagons were designed by Baskerville bricks (seen at this Bricklink store here.) with some added flourishes by me.) WILD WESTERN STERN-WHEEL STEAMBOAT The captain of the Proud Mary is Thaddeus Sweeney, better known as "Old Man Sweet-tooth", for his habit of chewing saltwater taffy when the going gets tough and and giving candy out to the little children whenever he lands at small towns and native american villages such as Lone Tree, Nebraska, or Fort Legoredo, Colorado. He usually plies his brand-new-for-1872 stern-wheel steamboat up and down the Rapid River, with the Missouri River in Iowa at one end, and the the mighty cliff face of Showdown Canyon Springs at the other end in the middle of Colorado. Thaddeus is the only one he trusts to handle his ship, as he says the Rapid River is too treacherous for many newer pilots, as the wrecks that litter the shoreline prove. However, even Captain Sweeney admits from time to time that age is catching up to him, and he has been looking for a suitable first mate for the Proud Mary for some time. The name of the ship is the Proud Mary, after the Creedence Clearwater Revival song of the same name, as I figured it would be appropriate. The rear paddle moves around 360 degrees and simultaneously slides the gray piston parts in and out on both sides. WILD WESTERN RAILROAD TRUSS BRIDGE This through-truss bridge design was originally downloaded by me (I don't remember the name of the original designer who created the bridge) from the LEGO Factory / Design By ME page in 2010-ish and was never built in real life due to questions about it's strength. I came across it again while looking at my MOCpage account's older files and made it into the version seen above using newer parts and a longer frame quite a while ago. (and as to those original questions about it's strength: It's built like a safe, as I can pick it up with a single finger by the top..... just don't drop it, because the reddish brown parts won't survive the landing!) More recently, I revised the deck where the track goes to be able to take the RC track up and be able to put down 9V down more easily. (We run 9V trains at shows in Gateway LUG.) In short, the track is now more easily removable to become 9V, 12V, or even a road bridge. The bridge fits any of my trains, and should fit all official LEGO trains except for double stack containers such as sets 10219 (Maersk Train) and 10170 (TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car). WILD WEST RAILROAD WATER TOWER This model was inspired by fellow builder @Pdaitabird and his water tower, as seen here on his Flickr page. 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. US 1860's WESTERN SILVER MINE AT SKULL ROCK This Wild West model was originally LEGO set 79110 (Silver Mine Shootout) from the 2013 Lone Ranger theme. I added a more reinforced right wall and a real base-plate to support the model, as I know from experience it can be pretty flimsy if handed wrong. I also added the collapsing water tower from set 79111 (Constitution Train Chase) to the front corner as another action play feature. The model has also been heightened by five bricks to allow for regular train cars to pass through, but unfortunately it still isn't wide enough for custom locomotives with side-rods to fit through. (yet!) The natural rock formation (the skull) on top of the mine gives it it's name, and features a carved out section for two cannons to protect the mine, either from Native Americans wanting their sacred mountain back, or desperadoes looking to cash in on the (supposedly cursed) silver. You can see many more details on the mine can be seen in this topic. NOTES ON THE POST EDIT 1/16/21 Added new 8-wide trains and new overall pictures of the Western town / Army fort. As usual, comments, Questions, and complaints are always welcome!

@Er!k: The link worked just fine for me. This freight train might just be the first trains set since the Maersk Train that I've actually considered buying. I love that new blue windshield, and those blue doors (if they are not printed) will be a huge help for my UK passenger cars in BR blue. I can't wait until the Toy Fair pics start rolling in!

Here is my longest train (recreated in LDD due to me not having a camera!) Seven 32x32 base-plates (224 studs) long plus four studs overhang = 228 studs long, or about 71 inches (or 1.8 meters) long based on my quick calculation. Here is the train from the rear (without the loco)

Located on the icy windswept world of *CLASSIFIED* the brave men and women of Ice Station Odyssey lead a desperate fight against the Blacktron and their allies, such as Spyruis Inc. The base was built in the mid-1980's when the harmony of Classic Space was destroyed when Blacktron was formed and took over this world. The Lego Empire soon took control when the Space Police beat back the Blacktron and gave the former Blacktron bases to a trusted few worlds. Peace was a scant 6 months young when Blacktron II and later that decade (1994) Spyriuis Inc. showed their collective might. The soldiers of *CLASSIFIED* fought back, and the base was kept in Imperial hands for the duration of the conflict. Many more wars would ravage the base, but some new allies would come forward in those dark times. The Nexus Force has a presence on this sector, after fleeing their dimension into our universe via a wormhole located near this planet.They keep watch over the barrier between universes, making sure nothing more comes in or goes out.... except for the occasional exiting and re-entry of the TARDIS. But that's another story! The big black ship is the Ironwood, pride of the Imperial Home Fleet. The ship on the left is the Bright Hope, temporary home of the Nexus Force from LEGO Universe. The other two black ships are Imperial Star Destroyers. The main entrance of the base is located inside an cavern carved out of the ice by Blacktron engineers. The secondary door is behind three trenches, two lines of laser artillery, and a foot-thick steel door. (the final artillery line and trench is seen above) There is a third entrance, located in the light gray area between the two large rocks. It is on a cliff face that drops down 200 feet to the valley floor. The rope ladder that falls from that door when open is used in extreme emergency's only and has only been used once when the Blacktron made their escape from the base in 1989. In real life, this base has parts I haven't added yet, such as the Command and flight control on the second story, plus the mess hall underneath. I will update the digital base eventually. LDD file for the base and everything on it: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1395086596m.lxf Comments, questions & complaints welcome! EDIT: I almost forgot about the fighters! The ship on the left was based on Flickr user Rick_3691's take on the LEGO Movie classic space fighter. I elongated the nose by copying the styling from the 2011 Star Wars set #7915 Imperial V-Wing. I will get two of these for my Nexus Force space fleet. The blue familiar-looking ship is going to go with Benny's Classic Space Cruiser from the Lego Movie. I got that one from The LEGO Universe Wiki way back in 2012, and have modified it to have weapons / scanners. It can sit a figure with air tanks on, and is build-able like everything else on this page. I will also get two of these ships.

Yes, I am officially crazy enough to do this. Back story to this journey of insanity: I am going to be getting the Cloud Cuckoo Palace set for my sister who happens to like Unikitty from the LEGO Movie & the TV show Doctor Who. As I was creating a Doctor Who / space layout at around the same time, I thought about what adventures Unikitty would have if she traveled with the Doctor. So I did the unthinkable: I gave Unikitty her very own TARDIS! (TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimensions in Space and is a time machine in the shape of a British police box.) I even painted it in medium blue and pink. Pictures below: These pictures contain Unikitty as as best as LDD would allow, as the tail, & face print aren't there yet. (if they ever do show up) Oh, the medium blue railings are too expensive in this color, so after taking these pictures I changed them to light yellow. Also, i recentley added a better color scheme to the console. The top view, showcasing the control console. The white center part is this this: (That's the Bricklink part picture and here is the link: http://www.bricklink....asp?P=3960pb28 ) The white lever on the console starts the TARDIS' engines. If you watch the show, try figuring out what the pink & white thing is. It's a sonic Screwdriver! (yes, she gets one!) The gem for Unikitty's sonic screwdriver is supposed to be the one ( http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=bb558 ) seen below. (Oh, and the TARDIS outside was originally designed by Doctor Sinister, and I modified it into it's current shape and colors by using his instructions. Thanks Doctor Sinister!) Yes, this is Bessie, the Doctor's car.... and yes, Unikitty has it... I sure hope the Doctor doesn't know about her 'borrowing' this! Here is a final shot of Unikitty & her new companion Joey the Snail: Background: After leaving Cloud Cuckoo Land immediately following the events of the LEGO movie, Unikitty goes on an adventure with Benny thge 1980's-something-space-guy across the universe to a planet where snails and Frogs can talk. She manages to convince one glasses-wearing snail named Joey to go with her and Benny to the planet of Gallifrey, as Benny & Joey are huge Doctor Who fans. Benny manages to find the planet in a secondary universe but cannot land. Unikitty & Joey manage to get to the surface and borrow a TARDIS. They paint it in Cuckoo Land pastel colors and then accidentally send themselves hurtling through time and space to an unspecified destination, leaving Benny to fend for himself. (The name for Joey came from my sister, who happens to the resident Whovian in our house.) Comments, Questions, and complaints are always welcome. LDD file for all you see in the main pic: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1395179782m.lxf

I am most like Nya!

Really nice layout, Lazarus. I love the 7997 yellow station MOD... might need to modify mine to look like that! Also, It's great to see you've built the bridge and Switch tower. I'm so happy someone actually built my designs besides me! Keep up the good work!

...And now, I proudly present the Lego Rail Transportation Society's Locomotive Workshop: This picture here shows the inspection area, where minifigures scramble all over the engine to check for leaks, oil joints, and do last miniute touch-ups to the paint. Here we see BR class 9F #5802 getting ready to be sent back to work after having her boiler cleaned. As you can see, her number plates haven't been reinstalled on the tender yet. The building with the garage is the offices for the entire repair shop. Below the offices is where small parts are stored (such as those number plates) until the engine is ready to go home. Here we see the other side of 5802 and the workshop. Here is the main office of the Lego Rail Transportation Society's workshop. It contains a desk with chair, couch, filing cabinets, and even a coffee machine. The office also conatins a wood burning fireplace. The ground (or first) floor contains a lathe, drill press, oil can and a vise to help maintain any engine that rolls into the LRTS workshop. This floor also features a garage which can house a small automobile of about 18 studs (max) in length... usually there is a Road N rail truck in here, but that vehicle must be in another part of the shop right now. I based this model off of set #60009, (Helicopter Arrest) with the tools & coffee maker taken from set #10027, (Train Engine Shed) and the desk with chair from #10937. (Arkham Asylum) The steam engine is based off Scotnick's original work. (as seen the post above) What do you think?

England? I thought it was still the American western-like engine like the original set. By the way: if it's from England, why are you not renaming the dark green one too? Or are you shipping the engines from England to America? (even though America had builders like Baldwin Locomotive Works since 1831, and the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, also of 1831.)

I just finished with Murdoch... love the design! (Thank you for designing him!!) (I'm sorry if I'm hijacking your thread with this piciture.)

Built in October 1955 by Swindon Locomotive Works, this BR class 9F one of the last words in British steam engine design. The type is of the 2-10-0 variety, which means there are two leading wheels, ten driving wheels, and zero trailing wheels. This one, (#5802) was retired in 1965, just a short ten years after being built. It was sent to Woodham Brother Scrapyard, but was saved just 2 years after arriving at the scrapyard by the Lego Rail Transportation Society. The LRTS (as it is sometimes called) painted the engine in Dark Bluish Gray, and modified the tender to have two four-wheel trucks instead of the usual fixed three wheels. Recentley, (2012) the engine went on a tour of the Britian, with a special stop in Woodham Brothers Scrapyard for a 45 Years "Saved From Scrap" celebration. The engine is expected to return the the LRTS in early Decemeber 2013, just in time for a boiler inspection. (This model was designed by Scotnick. I took it apart, rebuilt the tender with some ideas from Anthony Sava and put it back together again. thank you Scotnick!) EDIT: Now included in the first post.