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Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:28:22 GMT
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Now that is a beauty! Esp. love that roof style, well done!
Your station reminds me much of one I was at about a month ago in Southern
CA, the Fullerton train station. Found a link for some pics:
http://www.360360.com/stations/ful.html
(Just one note: photos are iPIX, so they could take time to view)
Adrian Egli
http://www.scltc.org/
"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
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> More tinkering with the new 2x2 curved slope element has led me to try a
> start to a virtual train station. This 2x2 curved slope, used in massive
> virtual quantities, seems to approximate the Spanish roof tiles. This 2x2
> curved slope has become a CAD favorite for the moment. (I need to get • back
> to reality and use readily available pieces!-- even as I think CAD.)
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18965
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> The station is constructed in modules that could be chained together in a
> variety of orientations and cummulative lengths with minimal modification • or
> possibly no mods at all.
> - The gray platform building foundation is comprised of 4x12 gray bricks.
> - The lower level picture-type windows and side-by-side doors are drop-in
> panels so you can configure lobby areas easily with doors, windows, or • leave
> the area open.
> - The second story rooms could be left off of the structure. Add a
> perimeter row of brick to the base of the roof modules, then drop the roof
> modules down on top of the single story section of the building.
> - The first and second story sections can be lengthend by adding more
> "middle" sections to either the middle or anywhere for the most part. Same
> with the long sections at either end.
> - The platform with yellow/black hazaard stripes is composed of modules, • as
> well, so you could make the platform long or short, or double-wide fairly
> easily.
>
> Not that I can build this station out of my own pile of bricks, nor get • all
> the pieces easily, but I thought this might be a nice design "thought
> approach" to making a large structure from smaller "kits" that link • together.
>
> For me, the inspiration for this station design comes from seeing the new
> train station in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Santa Fe Depot near
> Downtown San Diego, California.
>
> A new Albuquerque station is currently under construction in a • Southwestern
> Spanish(?) style. The old station burned down, save the baggage building,
> in 1993. The cause for the fire is reported to have been a spark(s) from • a
> passing freight train. I haven't found any photos on-line of the new
> station, but here is a link to two photos of the old station:
> http://lib2.clark.cc.oh.us/amtrak/amtStationAB.html
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> Perhaps parts of this modular building design could be converted to
> currently available S@H bulk brick packs:
> - gray bricks and arches packs instead of tan
> - black window and door packs
> - standard roof packs
> - black tile packs
>
> I do need to qualify this design as conceptual and preliminary. I haven't
> real-brick built this station, and there may be several design flaws and
> improvements necessary to realize a fully robust module design. It's just • a
> start.
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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| (...) If only the part was available in massive quantities. (...) Thanks for the link to photos. I've now posted some revisions to the station. I've also rendered images of the modules that could be compiled to make a variety of building layouts (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| More tinkering with the new 2x2 curved slope element has led me to try a start to a virtual train station. This 2x2 curved slope, used in massive virtual quantities, seems to approximate the Spanish roof tiles. This 2x2 curved slope has become a CAD (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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