Barduck

My trains are 8 wide, coaches 7. Why? Simply because of weight, 7 wides are slightly lighter than 8's which is beneficial in the end, less weight means longer lasting batteries in the end

actually, entered a digital too, diner coach for the COD consist UP 10303. The others are uploaded, the M10005 "City of Denver" and one of it's coaches "Ogallala". For next year I think I should manage to get the full consist build, already have the decals for it thanks to OKBrickWorks

hey. There's some people that have promised me pictures but so far I haven't received any. Will be contacting everyone next week to see if they managed to get those pictures. School vacation is almost over for the smallest kids so I'll be starting to get more time soon to continue the build (to much of a hassle when they're at home). That doesn't mean I haven't been building in the past month, just very slowly. Although to be honest, September will have more building time on a corner module with 2 tracks which needs to be ready for Brick Mania Antwerp in November.

not that I can think of

defo entering my CoD and coaches from it

IDK, the LUG I'm in seams more concerned with applying stupid rules (like only using LEGO parts and not 3th party like BT or Trixbrix tracks) than with helping LUGmembers with their projects

for the tan 1x2 maybe, the 1x2 dark red plates I've already had over 2 years, got them in a LUGbulk back then. As for side by side shots with the CoD, not possible at the moment, the table where the station will eventually be standing isn't big enough yet to hold station and tracks together, needs about 60 cm

small bit of progress, waiting on parts is slowing the building pace. Added the wall (track side) to the second floor of the main hall (this is the third floor overall, main hall is just 2 floor high): Also did a draft for the doors at going from trackside to main hall, here together with how they'll look with the gold chromed pieces: Won't be doing much in the vacation months as it's difficult to keep the smallest kid from tampering with everything so won't be added extra updates in July and August. Will use those months to replenish my stockpile of tan bricks and some of the dark red pieces I still need a lot more off. As for dark red 1x2 plates, I'm settled: Roughly 9 or 10k pieces left, should hold out for the rest of the building (I hope)

it's getting crazy Going through mountains of tan 1x2 bricks in no time, last order had 800 and I'm already out. Still looking good on 1x2 Dark Red plates, got like 8k left, those should last me to near the end of the build (I hope)

The beams are reinforced but they do drop a bit under their weight. Luckily they are not going to serve as supports for the roof so it should be ok. Building sideways to obtain the pattern in the wall was simple, and why do it difficult if it works just as well the easy way. But not getting close actually, while the main hall may be going in it's detailing phase, there is still more than enough to build. After all this is only 1/5 of the total length of the station.

Bit more progress but I'm starting to get to the point where I'm unable to continue without the much needed pictures. Added the clock at the main hall's trackside exit: Also, 3 of the 4 benches have been added so the minifig have now a place to rest a bit while the station is being build: This is where I'm at for the moment, it's taking shape quite nicely. Still need to do the rounded parts of the main hall and then start on the roof plate that will go on this. That roof will also not be easy, specially the round part, don't have a clue at the moment on how to tackle it. As always, comments, tips, .... all welcome

Well, finally I've got a response to one of my mails inquiring for pictures. Someone at Portland's Architectural Heritage Center contacted me. They do not have any pictures themselves but he's is going to pass my mail to some people he knows that are local railroad and Union Station experts in the hope that one of them might be able to assist me. So a bit of good news at last, now to hope that I'll be getting the much needed pictures

They are not going to be used as support, its more to give the proper look when watching inside. And the roof will come of anyway to show the inside when viewers ask for it. You're bringing very valid points. From the few pictures I have recieved I can deduct that the ticketstation is basicly the same as it used to be, but with the Amtrak symbol added. For the rest I'm still facing the same problems. It's already hard to find pictures from others room than the main hall, boarding and waiting rooms in present time, it might be close to impossible to get pictures from other eras. And, you're not being a bother, this interaction is really helpful to go forward and get a sight on where I want to go with this building

The height error has been corrected, still need to build the rest until I can put the roof beams back in place. The 2 minifigs stacked on each other are to get a better view on the height of the door openings, to better compare to pictures I have so I'm sure it is as correct as possible. It does seem to be so. specially when compared to this picture: Portland Union Station by Stones 55, on Flickr As always, comments, suggestion, and most definitively pictures, all welcome

Well, I did have the main hall figured out for quite some time, so on this I can work faster. This part is 2 XL MILS that are both 64x64 studs then the entrance for it (track side) is added which is another 16x64 studs. Looking at the photo from what've build, similar XL MILS are added on the left side and two times that on the right side. Those I still need to figure out and it's of those parts I don't have pictures. Reinforcing the cross beams a bit more might be needed as you've pointed out, I'll have to look in to that. Though using brackets may create to much of an offset for the inner beams (you can see those on the second photo). Prosper Portland was the first I reached out to but have not have the pleasure of getting a reply to my email. As for era, I haven't given that much thought really, I'll already be happy if I manage to build this thing. I do have to admit that doing a late 1930's era would be nice as my M10005 would fit with it rather nicely then (although it would have been it's sister train, the "City of Portland", that served the station in it's time). So reaching out to the person you've suggested could help.

Got a bit more done: Still no word on more pictures, not even from PortLUG, Hope someone from that LUG follows this forum and reaches out. Once the main hall is finished I'll be stuck because there's no pictures of the rooms next to it. Today I did some extra work, added the windows and top wall at the trackside: It was while doing that that I noticed I made a mistake in the height need of the main hall and that walls and thus also the roof beams that I've already added actually need to go higher. Also the inner parts of the arches need to be higher. So next few days I'll be taking a lot of bricks of those walls to do just that. Might take a whole week to be at the point I need to be. And yes, you'll notice I've cut the tile, it's the only way to hide the wires for the LEDs And please, comments, input, ideas, ... all welcome. Still need to figure out how I can do the circular part of the main hall's roof, any ideas on that are most welcome (it is still my first building I'm doing so I'm a rooky on this)

I wouldn't called it "a little" station, maybe it is in American standards but it's still huge. I've contacted the ORHF and recieved a reply but unfortunately they are unable to help as they are not located near the station. As for native loco's, I'm thinking of getting instructions for an Amtrak engine but I can very well add UP engines as the station was use by UP ( the "City of Portland", which is a sister train of my M10005 "City of Denver" served the station, so technically speaking I could let that one drive thru and it'll fit right in)

Making the decals was “fairly” simple, browsed the internet for a beautiful marble pattern (white marble), filled an A4 sheet in photoshop with it and printed it with a laserprinter on transparent vinyl. The hard part was measuring out where the cuts needed to be and applying them. Apart from more pictures, my biggest worry is the rounding of the main hall and the dome shaped roof on top that. It’ll be a challenge for sure

it's not that they're dirty, a bunch have decals with marble effect on them

yeah, it's gonna be totally nuts when I can finish this, just over 3m long and that's just for the station. Reaching out to PortLUG might be a good idea, I'll try that. Posted this on some Facebook groups as well and someone there also suggested contacting museums and libraries in Portland. I had just send mails to 2 of the links you've suggested before you replied to this topic, hope something turns up

Hi everyone. I wasn’t going to post anything until I was further but I’m starting to get desperate. Desperate for more pictures of this station. Living in Belgium, Europe, it’s not easy to build anything so massive and add as much details, both inside and outside, as I can. It’s impossible for me at this moment to go visit this station in person. I do hope to go next year or the year after, depending on funding but in the meantime I find myself in a spot where there’s just not enough pictures around on the internet. And trust me when I say, I found all pictures that exist. I’ve even mailed to someone who works for the organization that owns the station, to the restaurant that is inside of it, and more but so far nobody answered my call for help. So hope by posting pictures of my progress so far someone may step up and provide me with more pictures. My progress so far, from initial design of the main hall, till minutes ago: Now to wait on orders to arrive so I can continue building.

Well, she doesn't. She was never designed to take r40's but for r104. With some tweaking she might be able to take r88, maybe r72 but smaller than that is simply impossible without changing the connection system. And yes, I'm the "triplex" guy 😁

apart from the M10005 all of my 8 wide engines take r40 without problems, even my triplex

didn't want the hassle of adding an interior that most of the time will not be visible anyway, so no

Today I finalized 2 coaches for the "City of Denver" consist. In total ten coaches were running behind the M10005, all have been designed already and now the first 2 are completely done (had to wait a bit on my decals, but as usual OKBrickWorks delivered perfect work). So here are "Silver Dollar" and Ogallala": "Silver Dollar": "Ogallala": edit: instructions are now available: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-112327/Barduck/up-ogallala-and-silver-dollar-coaches-for-city-of-denver-consist/#details