James Mathis Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Thinking of a scenic winter wonderland MOC train under my Christmas tree. Built exclusively with elements from Shop at Home Pick a Brick, except for one piece, the transparent window inserts on the earth green passenger car which can be had at Shop at Home Bricks and Pieces service. So, if you like it, you could buy it and build it. I caveat, that I haven't built these trains... yet, so I highly recommend that if you think you might try to build them, please critique the LDD lxf file and use your good critical judgement, make your own assessment and any changes you like or find necessary. If you do, it would be awesome if you followed up with your results both LDD lxf file and pics of the bricks. you can see more pictures, the LDD files, and PDF part lists generated from the LDD instructions "HTML" instructions generator here at my Brickshelf account Inspired by Swiss Rhaetian Railway Inspired by Glacier And Bernina Express If you were to buy parts-- in full or to augment from your personal existing parts collections-- from Shop at Home to build a train, I wonder if you could notify them at time of purchase that the bricks are going toward this train build? thanks for looking, maybe building, and possibly your own inspiration to design within the Pick a Brick palette. James Edited October 17, 2017 by James Mathis Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 One more beautiful than the other ...but the wagons of the red one are gorgeous! Quote
James Mathis Posted October 18, 2017 Author Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) The red passenger wagons: I might have an upgrade to the doors, so they swing open (nope, didn't work). I also might remove a set of doors, as it looks like I forgot that (some) panorama passenger cars such as these have doors only at one end of the carriage. I've ordered up parts for the brown Rhaetian Railways "Baby Crocodile" Ge 6/6 and wagons, so I'll be able to test operations in a week or so. I bought all the parts from USA Shop at Home Pick a Brick for about US$260. I didn't buy the Power Functions train motor, IR receiver, battery pack, nor the trackside "snow scape". I bought parts for two (instead of three as in the images) St. Bernards. Oh, and I didn't buy any of the pictured minifigures. Also, the transparent clear window glass inserts for the green passenger car aren't available from PaB. Even though they are available via Customer Service Bricks and Pieces service, I forgot to order them. The green passenger car uses qty 11, and I think they're a little over US$1 each from Bricks and Pieces. -James Edited October 18, 2017 by James Mathis Quote
peterab Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 These are both beautiful trains. It is very generous of you to share the files. Thanks. Quote
macnavi Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 I think they are both wonderful trains. I saw them at the FaceBook train page. I'm building the brown loco now, slowly, with the parts I have. Thanks again for sharing! Can't wait to see what you're up to next. Quote
McWaffel Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 Your parts list for the Swiss Rhaetian Railway is - unfortunately - not a .txt file. For me it just shows a random list of characters. Something broke there. You want to export this to pdf, I'm sure. Quote
macnavi Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 Just change the extension to pdf and you'll get a pdf you can open. It is probably Brickshelf making a txt file of a pdf, but it's still a pdf. Quote
James Mathis Posted March 3, 2018 Author Posted March 3, 2018 Now in real brick builds. Many photos in the album at two swiss alpine inspired trains, "baby" crocodile and "alpine express" Quote
macnavi Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Love it, James! I'm still checking the pieces I've got for the brown one. When I have time, I will order the pieces for it. The rest of the material is great as well. One of my favorite Swiss train is the ABe 4/4. Maybe something for you to design to add to the Swiss collection. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Love the Swiss trains. The red Glacier Express is a stunning gem. Quote
rahziel Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Two cool trains, well done, and thanks for sharing the files! Quote
James Mathis Posted March 3, 2018 Author Posted March 3, 2018 I need to update the design files to match the final as-built real brick design. Quote
Paperinik77pk Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Awesome creations, red wagons are really well designed!!! Quote
laelius3 Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 This is amazing :D Would you be able to list the parts to just the engine of the Glacier express? I downloaded the pdf you provided but it's for everything so I can't work out which bits I need for just the engine. I have designed my own carriages which are more retro but I've been struggling to convert the Heavy Hauler train into an appropriate engine but this looks perfect! Quote
Michael Rehorst Posted August 12, 2018 Posted August 12, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 8:37 PM, laelius3 said: This is amazing :D Would you be able to list the parts to just the engine of the Glacier express? I downloaded the pdf you provided but it's for everything so I can't work out which bits I need for just the engine. I have designed my own carriages which are more retro but I've been struggling to convert the Heavy Hauler train into an appropriate engine but this looks perfect! Very nice Swiss trains, with very fine details, great job. Quote
Roadmonkeytj Posted August 12, 2018 Posted August 12, 2018 I really like the brown swiss ... Unfortunately my rail line offers no electric service but i may borrow your car design for another project .... Well done ... They look good in brick Quote
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