Southern Pacific Daylight #4449's Auxiliary Tender, DLMX 4219

[storms26]

So, a long while ago, I purchased Tony Sava's instructions of the Daylight 4449, and have recently started to build it. So far, I have the tender almost finished, and the engine parts about ready to be purchased.

While I was building the tender, I thought about how the engine could really use a water tender to go behind it as well.

So, I took to LDD and built one while taking inspiration from the instructions.

LDD version:

(Sorry for the blurry image, can't upload over 100k)

Suggestions and criticism welcomed!

Edited July 23, 2016 by storms26

[storms26]

I will most likely use 9v motors as I will run pretty long trains but there's a pretty good sized chance I also won't since the motors cost so much nowadays.

[zephyr1934]

I will most likely use 9v motors as I will run pretty long trains but there's a pretty good sized chance I also won't since the motors cost so much nowadays.

With PF you can (more comfortably) pull heavier trains than with 9v. The train motor is a little more powerful and does not suffer power loss due to the resistance of the rail joints. The B-unit in this set has a pair of PF train motors, battery and receiver (was IR but changed to SBrick to deliver more power to pull long cars through lego curves). With the daylight you probably want a fast locomotive, but if you don't care about speed, you could use a pair of XL motors and basically pull anything you want, e.g., as was used in this tender (click here for the guts).

[storms26]

With PF you can (more comfortably) pull heavier trains than with 9v. The train motor is a little more powerful and does not suffer power loss due to the resistance of the rail joints. The B-unit in this set has a pair of PF train motors, battery and receiver (was IR but changed to SBrick to deliver more power to pull long cars through lego curves). With the daylight you probably want a fast locomotive, but if you don't care about speed, you could use a pair of XL motors and basically pull anything you want, e.g., as was used in this tender (click here for the guts).

I've been going back and forth on whether or not I would want to use PF, but I tried to find every battery box, receiver, and motor I could find but they were all being used.

I've also had a bad history with Power Functions, since it seems that I have to replace the batteries so often and that they are heavier than 9v engines.

I wanted to try that technique that you used for quite some time, but I haven't gotten to buying any larger motors from Lego.com (still hesitating on buying one for the Emerald Night!).

[zephyr1934]

I've also had a bad history with Power Functions, since it seems that I have to replace the batteries so often and that they are heavier than 9v engines.

I wanted to try that technique that you used for quite some time, but I haven't gotten to buying any larger motors from Lego.com (still hesitating on buying one for the Emerald Night!).

Heavier actually gives you more traction, if you do wind up going that route just make sure to use rechargeable batteries and that the box is installed so that you can easily swap them out (assuming you are not using the LiPo box) since you'll need a new charge every 2-3 hrs. As for the XL motors, keep in mind that they are slow unless you build in a gearbox.