nebraska Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Finally done. It had its first public display this weekend. I'll have a 'setting' for it hopefully next year if I don't blow my budget on other things. Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles train on display by Nebraska's MOC, on Flickr 8 car City of Los Angeles passenger train. FEF3 UP Steam 844 with two PF motors in the tender. Engine is lit with lifelites. Steady on for the main headlight and under boiler lights. Mars light slowly flashes. One can see the reflection of the flames flickering on the engineers face from the boiler. All cars minus post office have lit interiors with passengers. I'm going to try to update my flickr with interior photos this week or the next. 1) Post office car houses two additional PF motors and the battery pack for the brickstuff lights for the cars. 2) Pullman UP Coach 3) Pullman UP Coach 4) Kitchen/Dormer 5) Dining car paired with Kitchen/Dormer 6) Sleeper 7) Sleeper 8) Dome Lounger Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Lego Union Pacific City of Los Angeles passenger train Reference Materials: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Cars Volume 1 1950-1964 - G.B. Davies - very hard to find but a necessity for any UP fan The Union Pacific Streamliners - Harold Rankis & WM. Krantville The Overland Route Union Pacific Railroad - Ross Grenard and John Krause Union Pacific's Challenger 1935-1971 - Patrick Dorin Union Pacific Equipment - Ranks & Krantville Union Pacific Official Color Photography Book 1 - LeMassena & Yanosey Union Pacific Steam in Color - Lloyd Sagner UP Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2 - Lou Schmitz Motive Power of the Union Pacific - Ranks & Krantville Quote
Mestari Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Impressive... I wonder how much it would cost to build it... Nice usage of ribbed silver hoses :) Quote
Zerobricks Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Can you show the loco in more details? Looks massive! Quote
dr_spock Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Sweet. Love the dome car. Nice use of the 7mm hose tubing for springs. Do you have video of it in action? Quote
garethjellis Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Very impressive indeed !!! Does it run well around curves ? Quote
Dan-147 Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Allow me to drool... Very impressive! I'm pretty sure it didn't come cheap. Quite a commitment in time and money, not to mention talent. Dan-147 Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I'm working on the same project ...and it's nice to see how it could be a perfect work! Great work Nebraska! :thumbup: Quote
lightningtiger Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Now that is an AWESOME train 'nebraska'......it would be a wonderful sight to see if running on a track. Brick On 'nebraska' ! Quote
nebraska Posted November 10, 2014 Author Posted November 10, 2014 Sweet. Love the dome car. Nice use of the 7mm hose tubing for springs. Do you have video of it in action? No video but good idea. I don't have enough track to do the grand curves and form a complete circuit but I could do a small one with a half train or so.. Very impressive indeed !!! Does it run well around curves ? It runs on the grand curves but not the standard lego curves. The cars could handle it with a slight mod on the couplers.As far as cost - surprisingly it wasn't bad. It was nice that the PAB wall had 1x6 yellows and the clear panel windows. The bulk of the costs were the 1x3 grey curve slopes and the clear macaroni. Quote
v6TransAM Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Damn man, that is awesome to see complete. Your posts have always made me jealous Nice work and its cool to have a bunch of us UP fans here. Quote
legoman666 Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 I've just started work on something similar, a Big Boy /w a UP passenger consist. Yours turned out fantastic, so I can't wait to start work on my own. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Oh wow! That is a beautiful train. Each piece is a remarkable MOC unto itself, but to see them all together is really over the top. I can't wait to see more of the interior, the one shot you included above has some nice detailing that I've not seen before. Sure, it is only two seats, but you nailed the look of passenger car seats of that era. Quote
Man with a hat Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Absolutely amazing! You showed us your progress but to see it completely now is unbelievable. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Nathan, that is one heck of a train. I must say, your work is always top notch and this doesn't disappoint. Quote
Andy Glascott Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 That is fantastic, everything about it just works brilliantly together. Quote
SavaTheAggie Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 Remarkable job. I'm not a huge fan of UP stuff (too much yellow), but you've really put a lot of thought and detail into every one of these. Of course the locomotive is the centerpiece and is just fantastic. Well done. --Tony Quote
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