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(These passenger cars are based on the work of fellow builder Bricktrix. I based my cars off of his and then simplified them into my own version.) These cars were built for Great Western in 1923 - 29. They were used until 1948, where they were sold for scrap. Brick Railways Systems (BRS)bought as many as possible from the scrappers, and had them shipped to their new home. The baggage car was built in 1923. (The windows with vents over them are actually doors.) The three passenger cars were built in 1924, 26, & 28. This brake coach was made in 1929, and features a special compartment for the guard. The three black tiles on the the rear of this car are supposed to have GWR printed on them.(for Great Western Railway) This engine, a London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) class A1, was one of two engines saved in 1960. The original LNER numbers were lost when British Railways took over in 1948, so Brick Railway Systems renumbered them into #515 (for the dark green loco) and #514 for a Reddish Brown engine of the same type. Even though the two LNER locomotives never would have pulled the GWR cars in actual service, they were put together and seen touring the country in the late 1980's and early 90's. LXF link for the three coaches: http://www.mocpages....1360161775m.lxf

Great job! I'm so happy you liked the design and built it in real life. Keep up the good work!

Awesome boxcars! I might just have to try to modify them into black with a red stripe at the base for my railroad. Keep up the good work!

First off, I love your model but I'm not sure some of those parts are buyable. Use LDD manager http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41993 It tells you what parts ar actually buyable and which are not. Second: Use Bricklink. http://www.bricklink.com/index.asp It's got almost every single part / set / fig / instruction /etc. ever made in it's catalog, and it's always being updated. Also, LDD Manager provides links to the proper brick on Bricklink. (Such as a part 3001, Brick 2x4.) You want to go there and buy 200 transparent black 2x4's, and it provides a link, but if the part doesn't exist (such as the trans-black 2x4's.) it will inform you that it does not exist. Anyway, nice locomtive, it really looks good. If you can't do orange, yellow would look good too. It has a more weathered - faded look to it, and more parts are avalible.

Ok, I just got my engine built and the wheels kep getting stuck.... they refuse to turn with my drive rod. I've used a 9 stud technic lift arm: no configuration works, they all just throw the center wheel out of postion. I used your first example... which just stressed the liftarm.. Please help? EDIT: Nevermind, replaced the siderods and BBB wheels with my original design. However, I kept the BBB design put together.... just in case I ever need it . EDIT #2: Thanks you guys! I have not reinstated the BBB design, albiet modfied just a bit elimnate the 1/2 stud offset. Thanks again!

Not really a reason for bumping, but can someone please add this topic to the Section Index? I'd hate for all this usefull info & files to get lost!

Thanks Daedalus304! This is exactly what I needed. You have made my day.

@ Daedalus304: Yes, a LDD file showing the placement of the BBB wheels would be most helpful! Thanks for offering to do it!

I've got a Big Ben Bricks wheel question: I'm building a 0-6-0 locomotive in LDD. As I can't put BBB medium sized wheels in LEGO Digital Designer, I need to know if those wheels are the same size as this wheel. http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=55423 If there is a diffrence in size, can some one who has BBB wheels in that size post a picture of how to make those wheels fit on this engine in a flanged-blind-flanged formation? Here is the loco I'm working on:

There is only one problem with the bridges: this bracket (picture from Bricklink) Is missing from the bridges. 48 of them go underneath the railings on each bridge, where the gap is. (That's 96 total brackets!) It was not in LDD when I built the bridge (that is my bridge, right?) and, as of the late summer LDD patch, it is in there. I hope this helps!

@Lazarus: That steam engine is actually a modified version of Antohny Sava's 2-8-4 Berkshire. The instructions are avalible on Bricklink. Here is the link to his store where I bought it: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=AggieSava&itemID=21320629

@Electricstream: 90% of my stuff is black w/ red stripe. Here is some of the stuff I don't have (yet):

I started this topic to get some feedback on some creations I have made. Basically, the pictures are just to show the paint schemes, and the rest is some writing I did in about 3 hours. None of these has been constructed yet except for the Brick Railway Systems engines, whle the others may never be built. (But they can be be built in real life, and if you want the files of all the diesels (NO 2-8-4 Berkshire!) together, please tell me!) Anyway, here they are: FEDERAL RAILWAY (FDR) The Federal Railway, otherwise known as FDR, started out in the early 1900's as a Government owned entity, but soon broke free of government ownership to become a Company in it's own right. In the early 30's, it became the first Imperial railway to order diesels and was impressed by their power. Over the next forty years the railway carried out a seek-and-destroy policy towards steam, and became steam-free in 1970. However, in 1975, the oil embargo struck, crippling half the diesel fleet. With the other railways using their steam powered trains taking away their business, FDR shrank, firing hundreds of employees. These employees, embittered by their company firing them all without any notice, started a boycott of the railway. Because of this, by 1980 the company was little more than a shell of it's former self. By the time the government took back control in 1987, Federal Railway was bankrupt and totally devoid of leadership. The government then offered to merge the company with Brick Railways, but was denied. With everything coming to pieces around them, the company finally jumped off the ledge: the government, desperate for help, finally shed itself of the problems by transferring power back to the company, & let the Railway fail. In December 1992, the company was liquidated, assets sold, and motive power scrapped or sold to museums at 1/4 the original builders price. The company's tracks and infrastructure, though, were bought by Brick Railway Systems at rock-bottom prices. In all, the money made by sales and such was just enough to cover 3/4 of the debt owed. The rest came out of private donations from people trying to give the issue some final closure. EDISON ELECTRIC RAILWAY (EER) The Edison Electric Railway (EER), contrary to it's name, is not able to be driven on by electric locomotives. The name comes from the power company that own the engines: Edison Electric. Three coal-powered plants in close proximity to each other caused confusion with the original coal supplier, Brick Railway Systems. This led to the creation of Edison Electric Railway in the early 90's. When Brick Railway trains enter the 20 mile area surrounding the plants, anyone of the eight engines can take over the train and pull it to it's correct destination. The two classes of engine seen above are the only types EER uses in it's operations. Steam trains would take coal from the hungry furnaces, and electric engines would take away power from customers. The green colors of the paints scheme reflect the ideals of the company: white for modified low-emission diesel engines, and green for the future of the company, which is looking to be more environmentally friendly. BRICK RAILWAY SYSTEMS (BRS) Brick Railway Systems (BRS) was constructed in the early 1870's from pieces of other roads, Brick Railway Systems is the only native-owned Class I Road left in the Empire. It began small, with only 120 miles of track laid as of 1873. (Note: Only 57 of those miles were actually constructed by BRS, not by the former component roads) By 1910, BRS had rose through the ranks of the other roads to become the top freight hauler in the country. However, In World War One, the railway was was run into the ground by government control via the Imperial Railroad Administration (IRA), which took over control of all railroads in 1914 and kept them until 1920. Upon return of the company to it's civilian owners, the railroad itself was in shambles The company responded by trimming the unnecessary trains that had been kept running during the war years even though they were practically useless. By 1928, the company had remade itself so much so that it had electrified most of it's main line between Glencoe, Ironwood, & Fort Legoredo. This cut back majorly on some of the costs of steam engine fuel and maintenance for the railroad. The benefit of this was not evident immediately, but later payed for itself when the Great Depression hit. By the the Second World War, BRS was even better off than had been projected in the depths of the depression The war traffic barely affected the system, as the 1920's upgrades had unexpectedly prepared the system for the surge in goods and soldiers. In the late 40's, while several other roads had started getting rid of their steam engines for diesels, BRS was resisting the flow by building more steam, and experimenting with more advanced designs such as duplexes, triplexes, & Garrett’s These efforts never payed off, but the they did give the BRS engineers valuable advice on what to do and what not to do with steam. Meanwhile, diesels were on the railroad from starting around 1936, but not in great numbers until the late '60's. 'The System' (as she is sometimes called) was doing fine at this time, while other roads were struggling. By the '70's, diesel fuel prices had put a stop to the diesel takeover, and optimism was high. This feeling continued right up until 1987. The main competitor, Federal Railways, had gone up for sale and Brick Railway Systems was getting a ring-side seat on what could happen if a road got out of hand. Before their eyes, the road was torn apart by lack of leadership, (not helped by the fact the Federal Railway / Brick Railway Systems merger was denied) lack of funds and working motive power. Then, in late 1992, the railway was finally gone, eaten up by hungry debtors and rival railroads alike. (some of it was eventually bought by BRS) The other half of the '90's & the early 2000's had Brick Railway Systems wondering if the same financial breakdown would happen to it. By 2010 the shock had worn off, and the optimism had returned, albeit with a little more caution.

My father placed a bid on the "7715 and two 7818 carriages". (He's more into Ebay than me, plus he has account so he placed the bid.) If he wins, I'm planning on modding one of the 7818 cars into a blue and red guard's van. (like the yellow and red car in 7722)

I'm sorry evewryone: I must have clikced on the wrong thread. I meant to post into the Train TECH questions thread. I apologize for any problems this caused. Mods: Can you move my post to the the proper section please? Thanks!

Hey everyone, I was looking around for the instructions for Steve Demlow's Bipolar electric locomotive kit and found his old website from around 2001.Here is that site: http://www.visi.com/...olar/index.html I emailed him my instruction request at the address located on the bottom of that page and have got no reply.(I've waited around 1 & 1/2 weeks) I've got no idea if Stevew Demlow is even alive anymore, much less checking his old site's e-mail. The only other way to get one is to get the actual kit sent from Hong Kong from this seller: http://www.bricklink...itemID=19853178 . The price is quite high, and not to mention shippping to mid-US would be a ton of cash as well. Thus my question is this: If anyone has the kit, would you please: A) Build an LDD model of the engine (if you have the kit) and please upload it to EuroBricks. B) Scan the isntructions and send them to me. These instructions could really be usefull to me, as I want to display the engine in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area, (the same city where the last Bipolar is located) and get the engine to run at shows. Can someone please help me?

Awesome! I have been waiting for this for some time. I hope my fellow AFOLS at Gateway LUG are as happy as I am!

I'm very honored, Lazarus, that you used my shed as the inspiration for your creation. I can't wait until your shed is done in real life! Keep up the good work, I'm sure it'll result in an amazing layout!

Here is my contributions: (Pictures from wikiipedia) This is a 0-10-0T designed by James Holden in 1902 for the Great Eastern Railway. (Mr. Holden is standing in ther foreground of the picture)The engine could go from standing stil to 30 miles per hour in 30 seconds, but it's only use was to prove steam could beat electric traction. However the engine was deemed to heavy for the bridges, and was scrapped in 1913. (Sorry for the large picture, it won't resize!)This one-of-a-kind locomtive is the Midland Railway's 0-10-0 'Lickey Banker'. Big Bertha / Emma (As she was sometimes called) was used on the steepest sustained grade (1 in 37) in the UK. She was built in 1919 and worked until 1956, when she was replaced by diesels and scrapped. Built in 1925 and designed for banking trains in Worsborough Bank, United Kingdom. She was unsuccessfuly tried on the Lickey inlcine in 1949 -50 and again in 1955. It was then withdrwawn in 1955 after fialing those tests. I am sorry if the pictures are too large, I tried resizing them here and it would not work.

@bjtpro: Yes, it's more of a mod. If you want the file, I uploaded it now. Enjoy! @Frank STENGEL & Harnbak: Thanks for the comments!

I have created this MOD of the Winter Village Cottage Snowplow truck. Instead of tires, I have installed railroad wheels. Enjoy! front view rear view (I added the tail-lights and liscense plate, along with new axels for the flanged wheels.) The nearest one is my streetcar company, the yellow is MOW, Red & black is my railway, and the dark blue / tan is the original. LXF for all the trucks: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1353594179m.lxf Questions, comments, and critics are welcome!

There is one of these (6944) in my hometown! You used to be able to go into the cab, but they stopped doing that after it was taken into the back to be worked on. I haven't seen it in some time and this brought many memorys flooding back of sitting in the cab and pretending I was driving that monster of an engine. Thanks for the detour down memory lane, and good luck!

The engine is now done! (Thanks to Lazarus for his inspired tender design!) The tenders have been filied with coal and minor structural changes have been made. The rear view of the engines. Enjoy the LXF! http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1352905309m.lxf

Looks wonderful Lazarus! I'll take this as upgraded model and use and tweak it a bit. (more colors, such as tan and white versions!) Other than that, it looks wonderful.