Wild West railroad engine shed + refueling depot for steam locomotives - real world MOC - finished IRL 5/8/24

[Murdoch17]

This railway engine shed was mostly inspired by user @lightningtiger, who designed the basic Technic frame on his own smaller shed for his town in 2018, and I ran with the technique to create this wooden western-style steam locomotive shed in June 2022. It is also slightly inspired by by the shed used to store the replica Union Pacific "119" and Central Pacific "Jupiter" 4-4-0 steam locomotive's over at the Golden Spike National Historic Park. (link is to Wikipedia article on the site) located at Promontory Summit, Utah.

The shed is 3 1/2 tracks long with a total of 56 studs from back wall to the leading edge of the baseplate, with injection molded 1/2 track pieces from Bricktracks used in the MOC. The building also features a cow skull on the front between the locomotive stalls, just to give it that Wild West flair.

The model quite neatly fits both 4-4-0's I made that were inspired by set 7597. You can see the real world photos of the engines and more in this thread here. (sorry for the digital-only picture like this, but I can't get the roof off to take it in real life!)

The rear of the shed features a personnel door for workers. The roof of the shed is not removable, but it can fold open a very small amount bit on clips on either side. (maybe a quarter of an inch at most?)

I took the wood hutch from set 76428 (Hagrid's Hut - An Unexpected Visit) with the water tower design my dad made in he 1990's and a generic coal bin to make this refueling depot for my wild west steam locos. I also added a bathing mini-figure to the top of the tower (Petticoat Junction-style) and removed the sand green from the wood hutch roof.

Another view from the opposite angle.

....And that's all I have!

As usual, comments, complaints, and suggestions on this model welcome!

EDIT: Main post updated with real world pictures of refueling depot as of 5/8/24!

Edited May 8, 2024 by Murdoch17

[garmsey]

I think the shed really fits with the engines. I look forward to seeing your progress.

[Murdoch17]

On 6/29/2022 at 2:41 PM, garmsey said:

I think the shed really fits with the engines. I look forward to seeing your progress.

@garmsey Well, to honest, the project has been pushed back to at least November, but don't despair! It's parts have been ordered, it's just I can't quite build it yet. (I'll have more info to add around then... it's complicated.)

[Murdoch17]

Slight update to train shed as of 7/14/22:

The 3D printed half-track pieces I bought didn't want to attach to the baseplate properly, so they have been removed. Also, the 8x16 bricks were hitting the side-rods of the steam locomotives, so they were replaced with a multitude of 6x8 plates to lower the platform to a height where they wouldn't collide.

[Murdoch17]

Well, I'm two years late, but here is the loco shed in real bricks!

Check out the revised first post for more pictures!

[Murdoch17]

Real world refueling depot MOC added to the first post 5/8/24!

I took the wood hutch from set 76428 (Hagrid's Hut - An Unexpected Visit) with the water tower design my dad made in he 1990's and a generic coal bin to make this refueling depot for my wild west steam locos. I also added a bathing mini-figure to the top of the tower (Petticoat Junction-style) and removed the sand green from the wood hutch roof.

Another view from the opposite angle.

Thoughts?

[Feuer Zug]

Nice shed design. I do remember the shed at Promontory had smoke vents in the ceiling for the locomotives. That's about all it's missing. I like how you used different shades of the reddish brown bricks to convey design work into the walls. The bather is a cute touch.

[Murdoch17]

2 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Nice shed design. I do remember the shed at Promontory had smoke vents in the ceiling for the locomotives. That's about all it's missing. I like how you used different shades of the reddish brown bricks to convey design work into the walls. The bather is a cute touch.

Thank you @Feuer Zug! Originally I had vents on the roof in the LDD file, but when I put the roof on it in real life it was too weak to attach the vents to, so I left them off. As for the different shades, I used old brown and new brown together to achieve that worn look.