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Dude, you've been cranking out some great MOCs! Good work!

These look really nice! Good job!

Awesome model! Great job getting your model so close to the actual loco!

@zephyr1934 Thanks! It is going to do a 90 deg bend over the river. The river will curve 90 deg following the track just beyond the bridge. @Matt Dawson Thanks! Yeah, it's pretty tedious to build, but I like the realism and the challenge of getting the slopes to align correctly.

Nice progress! Looking good!

Thanks everyone!

Update time! Sections 1 and 2 are now complete (4 more to go!). This second section had quite a few challenging areas. It took a while to figure out how to get things to line up building the ravine on the mountain side. That curved slope by the trestle bent was also pretty tricky. I'm really pleased with how the trestle bent turned out and am excited to build out more of the bridge. Thanks for the inspiration for the trees @Pdaitabird! I expanded the idea a little bit to add some bigger trees to the mountain. They attach kind of sloppily at the base, but I'll fix that in later updates. I'm really enjoying this build. Each module presents new challenges that are fun and rewarding to solve. River_Canyon2_7 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon2_6 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon2_3 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon2_0 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon2_5 by Mark, on Flickr

Really excited for these. They look great! I'm intrigued by the thought of moving back to 9V. I was really sad when it was discontinued. I got some power functions stuff for the Emerald Night, but stopped building for a while. Now I see Lego's moved on to Powered Up. It'd be nice to have a non-rotating power option.

Cool find! Man, that's sad that this didn't happen. Maybe with Lego starting to dedicate more resources to AFOLs something like this could make a comeback. I doubt anytime soon, but one can hope, haha!

Looks good! Also, I love your description "shuffling around the living room in dad's shoes!"

New theme looks great! Good job guys!

Thanks for the suggestion @Pdaitabird! That's a nice design, I'll have to try it out! I'm hoping to have the next section done in two weeks or so. It has been a lot trickier than I expected to make plates line up to make smooth hillsides and interesting gradients.

I've got a ways to go before I ever build in narrow gauge, but I'd be interested in narrow gauge offerings as well.

Welcome aboard, George! Looking forward to seeing your MOCs!

These are awesome re-imaginations of the classics! I think the V100 Diesel is my favorite. I really like how you integrated the exhaust tower.

Cool loco! I like all the greebles you have on the side of the boiler

@SteamSewnEmpire Haha, yeah, its a bunch. ~2000 for that section. That's including the Dark bley 2x4 end caps. It's a lot, but fairly reasonable, I think, for what it is. I'm not sure if I'll ever make it ABS, but I'm keeping in mind how I would cut down on bricks if I ever do. @baard Thanks! Yeah, I saw the tree technique somewhere on Flickr, I think. I liked that it was light on parts and decided to try it out initially. Thanks for the tips on the wood structure. That's a great idea. That mountain is incredible by the way! I've had it faved on Flickr for inspiration, haha. @zephyr1934 Thank you! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to play with the switch idea. I've been able to do pretty well with the PaB wall in the past, but I doubt I've done anywhere close to the value you can get through LUGBULK! I'll have to look into local groups. @Coal Fired Bricks Thanks for the link! That's an impressive layout. Haha, Bluebrick is great! I found the TrixBrix files for that software, but haven't come across any R72 files for Studio 2.0. @Brandon Pea Thanks!

Haha! Old toy-ception!

Thanks! Yeah, the dark grey bricks on the ends were added mostly just for aesthetics for rendering the pictures. I'd go through and try to cut down on total brick-age before building it in real life. The transparent tiles do give water a good look. I wanted to see what it looked like without them in this build because the amount needed for this project would be pricey. Hopefully I can find them on a PaB wall when the stores open up. I'm lucky enough to have 3 within an hour radius of me so fingers crossed.

Thanks! That's a great resource. I'll take a look at modifying the base.

Nice job! That looks great!

Very cool and clever work with the automation! It's neat being able to recreate and re-imagine old toys from childhood.

Hi all, I've recently come out of my dark ages and decided to get back into Lego trains! One thing I've always found fascinating is mountain railroading. I remember looking for the old railroad grades in the mountains on family trips to Colorado, and I enjoy reading about how they were constructed through the mountains. (The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific's standard gauge line over Rollins Pass is pretty incredible). This project takes inspiration from a Denver and Rio Grande Western Line between Buena Vista and Leadville, CO as well as the Yosemite Valley railroad in California. I'm planning on creating five sections for this. The railroad will pass over the river at some point (still playing with a couple ideas!). It won't be a full loop, but I enjoy making dioramas. With the space I have available, I can add a lot more detail to a diorama display. Two questions for you guys: 1) Getting the slopes to line up is pretty tricky. What's really tough is making the supports line up to brace the upper mountainside. Has anyone made any references for these kinds of things? I was thinking of making some basic models to really figure out how to line things up. I was hoping to avoid going into calculating LDU's and such, but with all the angles, it might be necessary. 2) Has anyone made wide radius curve L-draw files (R56, R72, R88)? I searched the forum and found links for the ME-models library and R104 Bricktracks on Lgauge.org, but I found the ME models ones to be kinda finicky. Let me know what you think! I played with a couple different methods for detailing and attaching the trees and grass, etc so I'm open to feedback and to other ideas as well! I plan on updating this thread as I finish the other modules. Thanks! River_Canyon1_3 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon1_2 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon1_1 by Mark, on Flickr River_Canyon1_5 by Mark, on Flickr

Awesome build! Really good job fitting in the interior details in 6-wide. Took me a second to figure out how you hid the beds!

Awesome machines! I really love the mill, you nailed it. Including the E-stop on all of them is a nice detail, too!