Hey Joe

Hey, what about Alien Conquest? It's a great Space theme that fits right into Town. Joe

Hey, looks great! You will add decals? Joe

Hey, thanks a lot. I have to admit that I prefer the Daylight. Who doesn't admire those beautiful orange and red colors? Also, I saw it running at Portland, Oregon's Union Station once (and also stationary at the Arch in 1976 in the American Freedom Train colors). I wonder what it would take to get 4460 running again? It sounds from your first post like it ran perfectly until it was given to the museum. Joe

Hey! Those Vollmer kits are really great, I've got some of them packed away with all my HO stuff myself. You really did a great job with the roof and the exterior timber work. You've really got a lovely station for your fine German trains now! Joe

Hey! Looks great, will you build it? It would be great to see it in real bricks. I'd like the .lxf file if you'd care to post it, thanks. I guess you'd prefer NOT to share the Daylight one from Cuusoo as it's not yours, but if it's not too much trouble could you post the link to the model on Cuusoo? Cuusoo works soooo slowly here in China that I rarely venture there. I've seen that engine pictured at the museum as well as #4449, and from what I remember it's very streamlined, not many opportunities for greebling. Actually, I've got a poster of #4449 in American Freedom Train (1976 Bi-centennial celebration) colors here on my wall in Beijing. Have fun, Joe

Hey! Wow, what a gorgeous engine. That would look right at home in Cheyenne with the real one. Thanks for sharing. Joe

Hey! Your work is really great, thanks! Joe

Hey, it's really great! I like the subway and window displays especially. Joe

Hey, nice photo, thanks! Joe

Lego does have a database of it, and there's a site called Brickset that has started to incorporate it into their set listings. As far as I know; Brickset lists the parts (with pictures) broken down by set, so that may not be exactly how you would like the data to be presented. Go take a look, it's an all-around excellent Lego resource. This is the page for 10506, and you'll need to click on the 'Parts' tab: http://www.brickset....il/?set=10506-1 I myself have been a little vocal lately about the overall lack of options regarding Lego track. We've been discussing it over in this thread: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=82023 My solution was just to bypass Lego track altogether for my new layout and buy a Chinese knock-off brand. I'm living in China, so it's very reasonably priced. My thread for that is here: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=85623 Have fun, Joe

Hey, beautiful station! The size is perfect, and I like the roof especially. Thanks! Joe

You're probably correct Robert. It explains the big price jump that zephyr1934 noticed; they were dumping the botched track. Joe

Hey; great stuff, but where are the stickers?!? I like the drawers best myself. Joe

Oooohh, service trucks, great stuff. I think that that's the main reason I bought 3677 (Red Cargo Train), I love that service truck. Glad to hear that you got some inspiration from me, run with it! Joe

Thanks for the nice review. You did a really nice job on the photos I think, as it's kind of an odd-shaped and largish set to photograph. It looks like a fun set to play with, you did a great job showing all the features. Joe

Welcome! We'll be moving back to St. Louis shortly, maybe we'll see you at the Lego shop. Eurobricks is a great site, isn't it? Joe

Those houses fit in well on the layout. Yeah, I thought it was Utrecht, but wasn't sure. It was twenty years ago during my backpacking days when I was there. I love train stations and museums, so if you put the two together - well, that's fine by me. There were (and still are I guess) some very well preserved engines there, I was very impressed. My favorite art museum has to be the Musee D'Orsay as it's in an old train station! Speaking of France, the rail museum in Mulhouse was impressive too. The USA's largest train museum (which is in St. Louis, Missouri) was within walking distance (well, kind of a long walk, but do-able - especially if you walked the tracks) of my home where I grew up, but a lot of the rolling stock was left out in the elements and not very well-cared for, so it's always nice to go to a museum where they preserve the pieces well. The museum I'm referring to is doing a much better job today of preserving the equipment, I believe, thankfully as they have some important historical pieces there. I've been thinking of starting a thread about train museums, I will do so shortly (if no one beats me to it). Joe

Your layout is looking great. I didn't realize that trains ran inside that viaduct. Is the Netherlands RR Museum in Utrecht? I can never remember. That's a nice museum. Joe

Hey! I really like both, this second one perhaps being more realistic. I'm a little surprised that the weight of those water drums on the roof didn't send them crashing down to the ground! Joe

Oh, my Australian knowledge is woefully inadequate. The conductor is the person who collects the tickets in the US, and he's also in charge of the train. Is the guard also in charge of the train in Australia, or do you also have a conductor? Thanks, Joe

I was wondering about this as well, and thought that it somehow stabilized the baseplate (and thereby the structure as well)? That was just a wild guess on my part as I'm no structural engineer. Joe

I was thinking that I could make a second, much smaller Winter Village layout with my grey Lego track. Ok, thanks. I hate to get out the hacksaw that way, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right? It's the grey Lego track I'd have to hide in a tunnel as I'm using the brown Enlighten track. Joe

If you go to the Creator section of Lego.com you can see a video or two of the Creator designers making furnishings for the houses. Joe

Ok thanks, I kinda thought that that is what it was, but wasn't quite sure. I guess the term 'guard' kinda threw me. I didn't realize that the Australian Outback had it's own version of Jesse James. Joe

Hey! I really like those a lot, I'm not so familiar with Australian rolling stock, but I know nice work when I see it. That guard's van is huge, I'm going to have to research what that was used for exactly as - to the best of my knowledge - we didn't have things like that in the States. Thanks for sharing. Joe