I got this engine from instructions I bought from Tony Sava way back in 2010. I rediscovered them this yesterday morning, and decided on making it tan to better match my 0-6-0 tank engine. It's missing some parts that are not in LDD, such as 6 long pneumatic hoses, lettered tiles, etc. I will be getting this after my current project arrives (It's another red / blue 1980's passenger car)

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1918, engine #66 is one of an order of ten 4-6-0 engines that were bought by the Glencoe Imperial & Pacific Railway. (GI&P) This 4-6-0 (four leading, six driving, zero trailing) features a tan with black paint scheme and a lower-than-normal cab.

Engine #66 orginially burned coal, but were switched to oil in the late 1957, when the GI&P found oil near the small town of Imperial. Suddenly flush with cash, the railway remodeled it's engine fleet, bringing most up them up to date. (However, 2% were kept coal-burning in case of some future oil crisis.)

Since 1985, engine #66 has been on passenger duty, pulling trainloads of toruists and commuters to and fro on the main line, usually between Glencoe and Ironwood.

This is the logo of the GI&P.

(This is the GI&P's main line if it was in the real world. The towns are real, but the connecting line is not. Also, it is a little large but to make it 500 x 500, it would be almost unreadable. Sorry!)

My LEGO Steam-powered railroad runs these 51 miles from the main depot & works in Glenoce, then on to Pacific, and finally northward to Imperial, all inside the state of Missouri. This railroad includes several connections to the Union Pacific Railroad. (Photo by Google Earth, with editing by me.)

NOTE #1: This engine will NOT be made avalible in LXF format becuase it's technically nort mine to give away.

NOTE #2: This engine features Big Ben Bricks medium wheels, which are not in LDD. Stand-in wheels have been placed in the pictures to look nice.

Edited March 14, 201311 yr by Murdoch17

Nice MOC

brick on

That's a good looking loco Murdoch, I like Anthony Sava's designs and I have his small Garratt plans which is the next loco on my build list. Due to the fairly challenging nature of the trackplan for the Kotanga Tramway I've pretty much standardised on dual power bogie articulated steamers for my 'big' engines, but I might have a closer look at a Sava 4-6-0 myself just to give myself some variety in my loco building projects.

I like the herald/logo you've created for your line and that should look good on your Baldwin's tender sides. Very much looking forward to seeing this loco once it's built

Very nice. Hope you can build it soon.

Looks nice, post us some pictures once you have built it. It is not often that you see a tan coloured engine.

That's a nice one!

The word 'Glencoe' sounds very familiar to me. Is that the name of the village that has that model train you can ride on (sorry but I forget the terminology) in far west St. Louis county?

Joe

Edited March 14, 201311 yr by bjtpro

@ bjtpro: You caught me! I was wondering if any one would catch that!

Just so you know: The other cities in the name (Imperial & Pacific) are also Missouri towns. Imperial is where Mastadon State Park is, and Pacific is where Six Flags St. Louis is.

EDIT: Check the first post for a new picture of the route the GI&P would take if it was in the real world!

Edited March 14, 201311 yr by Murdoch17

Ha ha, I used to be a pretty hard-core railfan. There wasn't much railway-related knowledge that I didn't know when it came to ol' Saint Lou. I guess that's somewhat of an accomplishment as it's the USA's third largest rail hub with an interesting mix of eastern and western lines and the TRRA to link them all together.

Joe

I would love to have a play with that design could you PM me the plan/s murdoch

Sorry, I can't send it to you, as it's not my original model to give. However, I can show you my start:

http://www.bricklink...itemID=18041489

This link is to Sava's store, and his original 4-6-0 model instructions. I just repainted it, used (temporary) pulley wheels instead of Big Ben Bricks wheels, and modified the boiler top to be more round. (Using LDD manager really helps with this,)

Note: Some pieces (the top of the funnel for example) won't work in LDD, and I left them off my version. Also, some parts (the cowcatcher) are floating becuase the connecting 6-stud long tube part isn't in LDD yet.

Hope this helps!

EDIT: I just checked LDD manager, and the other colors you can make with my variation of the plans are:

• Black
  
• Blue
  
• Red
  
• White
  
• Yellow
  

WARNING: The printed 1x1 gauge tiles used on the model will show up with a "does not exist" note when you use LDD manager. They do exist, it's just a bug, so don't panic. The other warnings, (besides printed parts) still work normally.

If you need pictures of what I did that doesn't match up to the isntructions, (such as the cab conrols!) tell me!

Edited March 15, 201311 yr by Murdoch17

nice moc!