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Thanks everybody!! I'm planning on making my brown & dark green Emerald Nights have a 4 wide boiler in real life... just need to find the time! Oh, and anyone who can spot the Batman shout-out gets a cookie!

After seeing this awesome Flying Scostman ( http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream )on Flickr around early March, I decided I could make a 4 wide boiler for the Emerald Night. I then went a little crazy with it, using LEGO digital designer and LDD Manager to help me create the ultimate Emerald Night fleet using all the colors I could with as little parts changes as possible. (However, One part still stands out:http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=50950 in reddish brown does not exist... yet.) I then built a color-coded coach fleet, with one baggage, three coaches, and one guard coach (Is that what you call it in the UK?) to each train. THe LXF for the entire series is at the bottom of the post. Pictures of the engine's new features: Front view Rear view, with the 7 wide tender. Run-you-over-view Now onto the complete trains: (Guess which real life city has a LEGO Land counterpart... and yes they are US cities with a UK based train.) The Emerald Express is used on the route between New Lego City and Brickago. This train runs through the driest parts of the country on it's way from Houstud to Los Legolas. The Skiers Special is used only as a shuttle between the town of Salt Brick City and the Ski Resorts in the mountians. The Ruby Sleeper runs all-night as a cross-country train. It starts in Brickago and runs out to Los Legolas through the heart of the country. The Indigo Star is a international train that runs from Quebrick to New Lego City. This extra special train (called the Darkest Knight) was created by Brick Railways for Wayne Enterprises for "classified purposes". All the trains together, as is in LXF. LXF: http://www.mocpages....1365285579m.lxf

After reading lightningtiger's comment, I realize he is right about the wheels. I have now changed the wheels on the 1940's cars to a bigger size, but kept the wheel arches the same. Here are some pictures: Also, you will notice two new colors: Tan & Light Bluish gray. These can be built, burt the tan car requires some dark bluish gay parts, such as the roof and wheel wells. The wheels are are only a couple centimeters away from the wheelwells, so they may / may not work in real life. They seem to work in LDD, but then again, it could be working because of an error. (I don't know for sure ethier way, but I will know soon when I get this built!) MOC Page / LDD file comming soon... I hope!

I have built two diifrent types of cars built on the Palace Cinema car chassis, using two seperate ideas for starters: The first was to built a tail-finned late 50's car, such as a '57 Plymouth Fury, based off the Cinema car. The second was to incoprerate the large front end scoop-thing, like those used in the late 1940's - early '50's, (I eventually came to the conlusion that the original LEGO design was the best for the scoop, so I kept that part of the car official.) Knowing not much about car building, is I set out to built two seperate styles from the same mismatched car. Here are my results: 1950's Automobile This 1950's car had the front grill raised 1 plate higher than the rear. It has a single stripe, no hood scoop-thing (I really don't know what it's called!) and smaller mudguards. The rear features double tail-lights and tail fins, while the stripe wraps around the back. This car only comes in red, black and white, with the stripe comming in Dark red, white & black. (not shown). Any combination of said stipe and base colors will work, but the ones i've slected were the chosen becuase of personal preferances. 1940's Car This car type features much of the same as the 1950's car seen above, such as wheels, axels, and front grille design. However, the mudguards, cabin, and inside design are very diffirent from the other car. This car type only comes in red, white, black, and dark bluish grey. (NOTE: The rear slope has been changed since this photo was taken. The 2x4 slope has been replaced with 4 '1x3' slopes, BL Part #50950.) The rear of this car features singluar tail lights and a graceful curve towards the roof. The 1950's car has no inside, but the '40's car does! Two seats, a radio, and an steering wheel are included. Last but not least both 1950's & 1940's cars are roughly the same size, letting them park in small spaces, such as this lovely cottage garage. (sneak peek of what's comming soon!) LXF comming soon! Comments, questions, and critics welcome!

This building was originally designed by my younger brother, Austin. He asked me to update it to current standards , make it buildable in real life, and upload it to Eurobricks for him as he hasn't signed up.... yet. Anyway, without further ado, here is police Precinct 14: This is what I have done to his model: Added police cars, figs, dited out all the errors and such, made the car bays a little longer (still a tad short!) and added a signpost for the speed limit. You can find his orginal model at MOC pages here http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/333513 The rear of the police station. I added all the windows you see here, plus the exposed brickwork that hides the studs used to keep the inside height chart held up. Bottom floor: not much to see (or say) except that this floor features large rolling garage doors. Notice the lack of a streetlight, as there was no room to install one. Whats the use anyway when there are four lights attached to the front of the building anyway? Second floor: This contains the forensic examination table, booking area, equipment rack, and large jail cell. When I updated this, I added the hanging height chart you see near examination table. The roof. Austin had a helipad up here, but I decided that wouldn't really work in real life, so I removed it. The roof also features a POLICE sign (see first picture) made of plates and tiles, designed by my brother but based off of the PET sign in set # 10218, Pet Shop. The brave men of Police Precinct 14 take to the streets in two 1957 Plymouth Furies, ready to protect and serve the people of Lego City. They consist of one Captain and three officers. The other fig in this picture is one nasty crook, currently awaiting his return to Prison. (His crime was mixing LEGO with Mega Bloks to sell as a massive bulk lot, a federal offense in the LEGO Universe.) Comments, Questions, & critics welcome! (Downloadable LXF comming soon)

You can get instructions from LEGO Digital Designer by using the instructions tab in the program (or the "export HTML" button, if you want to save them as a printable document). Also, you can get a complete parts list by using another program called LDD Manager. (link: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=41993 ) NOTE: There are some glitches with LDD manager. There are some errors that say that some parts (mainly ones with decorations) don't exist, when in fact they do. Every other part checks out, and is able to be bought from Bricklink at some store or another. Hope this helps!

I thought about doing my own modular building around early March - late Febuary. I saw other modular buildings being constructed using the Haunted House (set #10228) as a basis, so that's where I went to start. This building is buildable in real life, and has an included LXF file later in this post. This modular building was designed with the Haunted House in mind. It features three floors, and a spiral staircase. (stolen from the official Apartment house!) The building comes with a 1920's automobile and two minifigs. The rear of the house. Originally I wanted to fence it in, but later realised it wouldn't work with the space provided. First floor features a fireplace, wine storage, couch, record player, Green Grocer-style radiator, & early 1900's-type stove. Second floor features grand father clock & another steam radiator. The bed frame and large cabinet are from the Haunted House. (set #10228) The top floor features a pool table and pool stick holder / lamp. NOTE: the pool table-top is supposed to be dark green, but when I took this picture I forgot to change it. Here is the very wealthy couple who own Mansard Mansion & a state-of-the-art 1928 Ford Model A (In the Deluxe Tudor body style). He made his fortune by playing the Stock Market, and judging by his smile, I'd say he did pretty well for today! LXF file for the house, car and people: http://www.mocpages....1364322640m.lxf Oh, and just for refferance, here is the 1931 Model A Deluxe Tudor I based mine on: (image from Wikipedia) Pretty close huh? Comments, Questions, & critics welcome!

I wonder if that light bluish gray suit (used by Kyle) would work for a Confederate Soldier. Just pop on some light bluish gray pants, a dark bluish gray Kepi cap (like the Union soliders wear), or even an older Light Gray cowboy hat / this one ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3629px2 ) with the star on it, for people of higher rank, and there you go!

(The Palace Cinema in LDD, courtesy of fellow Eurobricks user "Stephan" and the "official LEGO sets made in LDD" topic.) The Palace Cinema, a work of art movie theater with just a few flaws. These include the movie projector area, roof-top staircase & not much public seating. I didn't add a new second floor, (not exactly, anyway) but just reworked the current one. Here it is: my Palace Cinema modfication. I added a 1/2 floor (for employees only), where I put the projector and the attendant's seat, all suported by pillars. By removing these projector & it's pilliar it orignally stood on from the actual theater floor, I have given enough space for two more rows of public seating, bringing the total chair count up to 12. Now onto the 3rd floor: I switched the door around 180 degrees in it's frame, (it would be upside down if attached upright.) and then attached a fold-down ladder. Pretty simple, right? These are all the parts used in the construction of my Cinema MOD. The railing-tops have been removed here because they are actually from the original official roof stairway, and thus don't need to be ordered. Here is a minifig standing on my MODed palace Cinema second floor balcony. He barely fits, but I hope it looks good. Anyway, if anyone wants the lxf of my Palace Cinema mod (with the MODed section grouped seperate from the official model), I willl upload it to MOCpages if enough people want it. Comments, questions, and etc. are all welcome!

This title had me guessing it was a nuclear powered train.("Atom" kinda gives it away! ) Anyway, I Iike the 4.5 parts usage, along with your rail-side signs. I somehow kinda get a late 50's - early 60's feel from those signs (especially "Happiness") and the nuclear train idea. Reminds me of the 1958 Ford Nulceon concept. (Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia....ki/Ford_Nucleon ) Anyway, good job, and keep up the good work!

Sorry, I can't send it to you, as it's not my original model to give. However, I can show you my start: http://www.bricklink...itemID=18041489 This link is to Sava's store, and his original 4-6-0 model instructions. I just repainted it, used (temporary) pulley wheels instead of Big Ben Bricks wheels, and modified the boiler top to be more round. (Using LDD manager really helps with this,) Note: Some pieces (the top of the funnel for example) won't work in LDD, and I left them off my version. Also, some parts (the cowcatcher) are floating becuase the connecting 6-stud long tube part isn't in LDD yet. Hope this helps! EDIT: I just checked LDD manager, and the other colors you can make with my variation of the plans are: Black Blue Red White Yellow WARNING: The printed 1x1 gauge tiles used on the model will show up with a "does not exist" note when you use LDD manager. They do exist, it's just a bug, so don't panic. The other warnings, (besides printed parts) still work normally. If you need pictures of what I did that doesn't match up to the isntructions, (such as the cab conrols!) tell me!

@ bjtpro: You caught me! I was wondering if any one would catch that! Just so you know: The other cities in the name (Imperial & Pacific) are also Missouri towns. Imperial is where Mastadon State Park is, and Pacific is where Six Flags St. Louis is. EDIT: Check the first post for a new picture of the route the GI&P would take if it was in the real world!

I got this engine from instructions I bought from Tony Sava way back in 2010. I rediscovered them this yesterday morning, and decided on making it tan to better match my 0-6-0 tank engine. It's missing some parts that are not in LDD, such as 6 long pneumatic hoses, lettered tiles, etc. I will be getting this after my current project arrives (It's another red / blue 1980's passenger car) Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1918, engine #66 is one of an order of ten 4-6-0 engines that were bought by the Glencoe Imperial & Pacific Railway. (GI&P) This 4-6-0 (four leading, six driving, zero trailing) features a tan with black paint scheme and a lower-than-normal cab. Engine #66 orginially burned coal, but were switched to oil in the late 1957, when the GI&P found oil near the small town of Imperial. Suddenly flush with cash, the railway remodeled it's engine fleet, bringing most up them up to date. (However, 2% were kept coal-burning in case of some future oil crisis.) Since 1985, engine #66 has been on passenger duty, pulling trainloads of toruists and commuters to and fro on the main line, usually between Glencoe and Ironwood. This is the logo of the GI&P. (This is the GI&P's main line if it was in the real world. The towns are real, but the connecting line is not. Also, it is a little large but to make it 500 x 500, it would be almost unreadable. Sorry!) My LEGO Steam-powered railroad runs these 51 miles from the main depot & works in Glenoce, then on to Pacific, and finally northward to Imperial, all inside the state of Missouri. This railroad includes several connections to the Union Pacific Railroad. (Photo by Google Earth, with editing by me.) NOTE #1: This engine will NOT be made avalible in LXF format becuase it's technically nort mine to give away. NOTE #2: This engine features Big Ben Bricks medium wheels, which are not in LDD. Stand-in wheels have been placed in the pictures to look nice.

I really love your Art Deco modular, is there an inside picture? By tthe way: Do you plan on making an LDD file or instructions for your modular buildings? I think I'm not alone in wanting these buildings for my own town!

@bjtpro: not restored, but moved arouind the property several times... right now it's at the bottom of the hill next door to the non-restored trolley's building, near the new visitor's center. You'd have to see a map of the museum too get it, as the porperty is undergoing a bunch of changes right now... such as a train (like the ones at the St. Louis zoo) that runs around the property now.... Anyway: I'm trying to amass a collection of the LEGO versions of some of the National Museum of Transportation engines., (not all, of course!) @Locomotive Annie: Thanks, but I'm not the master: this guy is. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5382564 he made it, I just recreated it from those pictures!

Historical background: The experimental Aerotrain was built by General Motors using hard riding Bus Bodies for coaches, a new untested (and quite complicated) air cushion suspension system, and an under-powered motor originally made for switching locomotives. Two of these trains were built in the 1950's as a way to entice passengers back onto the railroads and out of their automobiles. The hard-coupled unit had one engine and 10 cars attached, including the observation car. These low-slung units toured the United States as a test of it's abilities. Needless to say, it was a tremendous failure. It toured on four roads including the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, & Union Pacific before eventually being sold to the Rock Island for Chicago Commuter Service. In 1966, after less than a decade of service, one locomotive & two cars were sold to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while the other locomotive and two cars were sold to The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. The train can come apart (unlike the prototype Aerotrain) into 6 sections: 1 engine, 4 coaches, 1 observation coach. Model Notes: The original train had ten cars, which would be hard to do in Lego (and it's kinda pointless as 9 of then are identical) I have five cars on my train, four identical coaches and one observation coach on the end. My Inspiration for this model came from this Brickshelf account here: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=497396 and i give 99% of the credit for the model to Brickshelf user enquete-art. The other 1% comes from me, such as the reworked front bogie, front and back windshields, window work and using this numbered tile in red: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3070bpb063 I used a lot of SNOT to hold the diagonal windows & front engine slopes in place. other than that, it's pretty straight-forward building. I found this picture on Google. It comes from a 1950's General Motors ad for the Aerotrain. It has been used by several different blogs and groups according to my search, so it should be okay to post here. Comments, questions and complaints welcome!

Is this the same guy? http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=bricksnorthwest&itemID=39289761 He is selling the same engine (and Railbricks models!) on Bricklink!

Awesome train station! I love the detail you put into everything. (inlcuding the reactor / computer systems) The bas-relief Emerald Night has got to my favorite part... but the evil computer controlled train is very close behind! Keep up the good work! EDIT: You put the a Lord of the Rings passage in the infromation sign! I think that sign just bumped the Emerald Night from my top favorite spot!

Awesome refueling station! I just might have to make one of these myself. Keep up the good work!

I have made some upgrades to the file and uploaded it to MOCPages. I will shortly update the first post, so stay tuned! EDIT: Done!

In response to your questions and commments: Lazarus: Thanks for your compliment, and yes, I'm trying to work on a better roof. sirrobin: It was a little of both. I knew I was looking for a certain size, but wasn't sure how to work it. I then thought of 1970's modern-looking buildings with the flat roof desgin. The rerst just fell into place. Camelboy68: Lots of plates. A base layer of 2x14's in a cross-like pattern paves the way for 2x16's and 6x16's on top. Also, I didn't think about doors, thanks for the idea! EDIT: In this picture, I have removed all of the 6x16's. Hope this helps!

I've been looking for a suitable two track Railroad shed for a while now, and I think I finally came up with one that doesn't cost $400 USD to build. This shed was built in about an hour and a half in LDD. It should cost around $200 USD to built in real life, but purists beware: I'm going to cut the XL baseplates to fit the shed better. The slits in the back arefor the tracks to poke out. The shed uses 96 dark green 1x2x3 windows, and 48 dark green 1x2x2 windows, plus 24 of these parts. http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=91176 One of the other reasons for this shed is to give my version of Anthony Sava's 2-8-4 Berkshire a home. It fits with room to spare in every direction. It even has plenty of headroom! For those out there that think this shed could work for their big engine, here is the shed specs: 80 studs long w/ a 79 stud long bay 30 studs wide w/ 12 studs wide bay 13 & 2/3 bricks tall w/ 12 bricks tall bay (from the top of the rail to the roof) 5 track long bay (6 if you include the 2 extra tracks shown in the pictures.) The LXF file will be comming (minus steam locomotive!) as soon as MOCPages will let me upload again. The new shed with better windows and new roof, and yes, the Berkshire still fits. I personally think it kinda looks like the sheds in The Railway Series (Thomas the Tank Engine) due to the green arched windows. What do you think? Here is the rear of the shed. (This picture may bee a little big, but hopefully it's close enough...) Here is the LXF (without the Berkshire, of course!) http://www.mocpages....1360635585m.lxf

Ok, I'll admit, the engine looks nothing like a GWR locomotive. I also agree it looks very much like a A1 - 3 type engine with German smoke deflectors installed. I'm going to go back into my original post and change it to be a London & North Eastern Railway A1.

Can you please upload a LDD file for this? I think I'm not alone in wanting to make one of these for myself!