Rolling Stock

This is a simple 50' flat bed hauling a truck trailer (side view). The trailer is 32 studs long, six studs wide and, not including the frame and the wheels, seven bricks and two plates tall. The flat bed is built on a 28 stud long red train base plate, and it is 40 studs long and eight studs wide. One neat thing here is that the doors on the trailer open and close. Not give it to the kids and let them play open and close, but if you are careful, very careful, you can open and close the doors without pulling them off.

This is a fairly standard 50' box car (side view). It is 8 studs wide and 40 studs long (the picture is of a slightly older 36 stud long incarnation). The doors actually work. Again, it is not something that you could give to a child, but the door can be slid open.

This flat bed is 42 studs long and 8 studs wide. There is a support beam running the length of the car, and it helps to keep the flat bed from sagging in the middle. You can see the support beam in the side view. Flat beds are simple enough to make, but the load is what makes or breaks a flat bed. Well, I couldn't think of one, so I grabbed the submersible from the Deep Reef Refuge set. It is a great little submersible, and it looks good on a flat bed. Here is an LDRAW ".dat" file of the flat bed.

Here is a 40' tank car (side view). It is only 40 feet because I ran out of black 2x2 inverted slopes. The car is 8 studs wide and 32 studs long. Here is an LDRAW ".dat" file.

This is a 50' reefer (side view). I modified my standard box car design by including grille tiles and corrugated bricks to simulate the vents on a refrigerated box car. The other noticeable difference is the addition of two fuel tanks to the bottom of the car. While building this car I discovered that 1x1-plates-with-side-loops are exactly the prefect height to hold the grille tiles in place. Many words of useless text have been deleted and this picture is presented as an explanation.

This is a baggage car that is part of the train that makes up my model of Santa Fe's famous Super Chief train. The model is 8 studs wide, and 42 studs long. To see more pictures and to learn more about this model you can go here

Here is a boxcar modeled after a turn of the century (last century:) boxcar. Here is a view of the other side.

This boxcar features doors that open and close, and a roof accessible brake wheel. The ladders are made using pod-racer tubing (flex-system tubing) that are held in place with black 1x1 plates with horizontal clips. I chose this method to make certain that the design could be made using any color. The roof is made from 1x4 tiles. The tiles slope slightly towards the side. The effect is a bit too subtle to be captured in this picture.

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		This is a simple 50' flat bed hauling a truck trailer (side view). The trailer is 32 studs long, six studs wide and, not including the frame and the wheels, seven bricks and two plates tall. The flat bed is built on a 28 stud long red train base plate, and it is 40 studs long and eight studs wide. One neat thing here is that the doors on the trailer open and close. Not give it to the kids and let them play open and close, but if you are careful, very careful, you can open and close the doors without pulling them off.

		This is a fairly standard 50' box car (side view). It is 8 studs wide and 40 studs long (the picture is of a slightly older 36 stud long incarnation). The doors actually work. Again, it is not something that you could give to a child, but the door can be slid open.

		This flat bed is 42 studs long and 8 studs wide. There is a support beam running the length of the car, and it helps to keep the flat bed from sagging in the middle. You can see the support beam in the side view. Flat beds are simple enough to make, but the load is what makes or breaks a flat bed. Well, I couldn't think of one, so I grabbed the submersible from the Deep Reef Refuge set. It is a great little submersible, and it looks good on a flat bed. Here is an LDRAW ".dat" file of the flat bed.

		Here is a 40' tank car (side view). It is only 40 feet because I ran out of black 2x2 inverted slopes. The car is 8 studs wide and 32 studs long. Here is an LDRAW ".dat" file.

		This is a 50' reefer (side view). I modified my standard box car design by including grille tiles and corrugated bricks to simulate the vents on a refrigerated box car. The other noticeable difference is the addition of two fuel tanks to the bottom of the car. While building this car I discovered that 1x1-plates-with-side-loops are exactly the prefect height to hold the grille tiles in place. Many words of useless text have been deleted and this picture is presented as an explanation.
		This is a baggage car that is part of the train that makes up my model of Santa Fe's famous Super Chief train. The model is 8 studs wide, and 42 studs long. To see more pictures and to learn more about this model you can go here

		Here is a boxcar modeled after a turn of the century (last century:) boxcar. Here is a view of the other side. This boxcar features doors that open and close, and a roof accessible brake wheel. The ladders are made using pod-racer tubing (flex-system tubing) that are held in place with black 1x1 plates with horizontal clips. I chose this method to make certain that the design could be made using any color. The roof is made from 1x4 tiles. The tiles slope slightly towards the side. The effect is a bit too subtle to be captured in this picture.