WesternOutlaw

Beautiful yet equally menacing! Fantastic engine Michaelozzie. Not too many builders create 8-stud wide trains and you've certainly done so with style, adding a great amount of additional detail. Your decals are splendid as well as the color scheme. I love that dark green! I think train creations like this definitely separate the expert builders and those of the basic variety (like me). One day - I could only hope. It's a good thing this is an ocean away from my Santa Fe Western, because I'd be afraid that it would crunch my little red caboose. Top notch and front-paged!

Can you hear the ground shaking in the distance? Fresh out of Train Tech, Michaelozzie shares his menacing 8-stud wide V202 Locomotive of Rurtalbahn, Germany. With a dark green, grey, and black color scheme as well as custom decals, this engine definitely looks like the real thing:

Rebuild 2/6/2010 Continuing my rail journey into the Wild West, I present my 4th creation, a Santa Fe Western Caboose: EDIT: the complete train:

Tony: I meant to comment about this sooner. What a fantastic trestle bridge, and the entire scene is very nice. This creation only deserves to be crossed by one of your outstanding steam trains. I love the intracacy of the bridge design. How long did it take for you to put this together? Did it require many rebuilds through trial and error? I've always wanted to make a large train diorama like this. Fantastic! I do; however, think this should have stayed in Train Tech - but perhaps more people will see it here in our Town Forum. I think this is well deserving of a front-page.

Expert steam train builder SavaTheAggie creates Eastwood Ravine, a splendid trestle bridge, for an upcoming TexLUG display.

I tried Tony's technique this evening and that did the trick. In fact, I was able to add the two flanged wheels again which provides more stability toward the back end. At first, I thought the front wheel assembly would just slide out from under the train, but rather, it slides when needed around curves, then slides back nicely. Great idea Tony - so thank you for sharing that excellent tip. I also added a 9V motor to the tender and now the train moves nicely on its own (except for a little squeaking from the smaller wheels up front). The train doesn't seem to have a lot of traction, but I suppose that's due to the 9V motor on the tender. In any case, I'm very happy with the progress and I may be adding another car very soon.

J3: I love those glass enclosed cases. What a great way to keep the dust off your locomotives/trains keeping them looking pristine. I was looking at my Train Town as well as the train shelves in front of me noticing the thick layer of dust. What to do?

I voted for "high degree". I live in the western United States surrounded by desert. I like Wild West trains from a historic aspect and the BNSF, SFSC, and other diesels used in the west. I also like German steam locomotives from HO trains I played with as a kid.

Welcome CB. It's nice to have you join us. Thanks for sharing those really nice images. It looks like you've got a great layout and your trackside structures are pretty slick. I look forward to seeing your train MOCs.

As I look upon various train MOCs shared on EB, it gets me thinking, how does WHERE YOU LIVE influence your train building? Recent orange diesel trains shared by Sergio depict Portuguese trains. Others by Ashi Valkoinen demonstrate his interest in Hungarian trains. Personally, I've always liked Wild West steam trains. Does where you live influence what you build (or) do you just build trains that you like? Discuss the topic here:

Don't forget a pot o'gold at the end of the rainbow. I think you've earned a MOC Expert Tag with your creations Svelte. The only thing is that it takes a MOC Expert Tag and $5 to get you a drink at Starbucks.

Thanks fellas. Would you believe the yellow windows are from 585 Police Headquarters - a 1975 vintage LEGO Town set? These windows truly demonstrate the quality of LEGO bricks having had them all these years. I love using these old pieces every now and then.

I Scream Clone has certainly been on fire lately with his fantastic Wild West creations. His two latest MOCs includes the old wooden Itchycrotch Creek Outhouse (what a great name!), and Stagecoach.Check out these outstanding Western creations in the History Forum! Just make sure you don't use the outhouse after Stinky Pete.

ISC: This is definately a very unique wagon design. I applaud your efforts to create the round shape. It definately looks as if you spent quite a bit of time in doing so. My only critisism is that the wagon looks a bit fat. The details, especially in the interior are fantastic. I supose the width is a result of adding this level of detail. I just watched 3:10 to Yuma last Friday evening and loved the stagecoach scene. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with this and your other western MOCs. You're definately on fire, and I'm really enjoying all your creations.

Eclipse - eclipse! Let the fun begin... (puts on furry wolfman hands and plastic fangs)

My latest addition to the Santa Fe Western is this Pullman Coach. I'm not quite sure if this will be the final wagon, but it may be close. EDIT: image with train

Thanks al lot for the feedback and the building tips guys. I'm going to try Tony's design for the front wheels and see if that works. It looks like a pretty easy modification to incorporate. I must admit that I never thought building these train wheels would be so tricky. It will be interesting to see how the Toy Story train is designed.

Fantastic Etzel! I've always liked log cabins, LEGO's Rocky River Retreat, and these types of adventure scenes, an era that is comparable to Wild West (almost), but set in the greener parts of the U.S. Your MOC captures the mood and feel quite well. I particularly like how the cabin rests on the top of the hill with steps leading up. The pines, with three ages of maturity, add to the quality of the scene. That middle-sized tree could easily make for a Christmas tree during winter. Very nice cabin design with the use of the round bricks - I bet that was a bit tricky. What a great interior, and I must say that the fur pelt is quite clever. Overall, it has a very rustic feel, especially with the fireplace and the chair. The figs top it off quite nicely, and I like how you incorporated the American Indian as Henry's wife. I think the only thing missing is perhaps a canoe and a net for some fishing upstream. Overall, very nice - oh, and I love the little gold cave below the house - great job taking advantage of an additional opportunity for added detail. It would be awesome to see this scene part of a larger diorama to include a forest and river. Excellent!

Lincoln Logs in the History Forum? -one thought that comes to mind after seeing Etzel's fantastic Rocky Mountain Log Cabin. There's even fur to keep Henry, wife, and their son warm in the winter - not to mention gold in the hills below.

In anticipation of the arrival of the Grand Emporium, I thought it would be fun to have a friendly little caption contest based on the following image: Share your captions - contest merely for fun. NOTE: Limit one entry per person.