Blue Mountain & Reading #425

[SavaTheAggie]

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Here she is, finally complete in all her cheese slope-y, SNOTty, 7-wide glory. I must say I'm very please with how she turned out. She's fully track compatible and uses the split-pony truck design I've used before. The folks that run the real #425 use an auxiliary tender nearly identical to the primary one as a canteen, so I figured might as well build that one, too.

A big thank you to Ben and his fabulous Blue Big Ben's Bricks Steam Engine Wheels, without which I never would have attempted to build her.

--Tony

[highlandcattle]

Awesome! I would love to see you try another type of locomotive :)

[Dragonator]

Beautiful. Just pure fantastic! This is a great achievement, well done you! That is really impressive, and made even more so by the difficult building techniques you decided to use such as the seven-wide design. It looks so realistic! The Big Ben's Bricks Wheels are very well suited, I am considering getting a few myself.

Your boiler design is pure genius, and looks extremely realistic to a real locomotive. That is a lot of cheese! The detail on this is really nice too, such as the pistons, the cow-grate and the custom stickers. The two tenders look great as well, definitely one of my favourite examples of a motorised tender. The overall colour scheme suits the model well, and I think that you nave done an excellent job on integrating the chassis into a 7-wide model. The controls inside the cabin are also a nice touch, I love the inclusion of a fire door, it just adds to the authenticity of this superb model.

I just can't express in words how much this model rocks, you are very talented in this feild of building, and I look forward to your future MOCs.

[legotrainfan]

Finally finished your engine, huh? I've been longing to see the final result of your effort. It's absolutely superb! It even has two tenders. Do you think one motor is sufficient for such a long engine? I mean for the engine alone it definitely is, but what if you add several waggons?

I must admit that I don't like the colour scheme too much. There's a lot of blue. I usually prefer traditional black or black and red steam engines. But this isn't a comment intended to verbally reduce your efforts! It's just a matter of taste concerning colours.

[Asuka]

A marvelous work in a brilliant and very clever design with a lot of fine details on the engine and also for the tenders

like that neat crank for the brakes (I assume.... ). A masterpiece and, well, simply smooth. Blue velvet on!

[WesternOutlaw]

This is really an impressive steamer StA. The color looks fantastic. I love the blue and white which just goes together so well. The wheel-system is very nicely done. Where do those blue wheels come from? I don't remember ever seeing blue wheels. Overall, this is a magnificant engine. Do you plan to add some rolling stock?

In any case, terrific job on this blue beauty!

[eastpole]

Hey Tony, great job on the train!

I really like the way you snotted the cheese slopes! Do you happen to have a picture on how you snotted it?

Thanks and keep up those great trains!

Klaus

[WhiteFang]

A fanastic piece of work! I am very impressed by its details. Well done.

It does remind me of the boardgame, Ticket To Ride.

[SavaTheAggie]

Awesome! I would love to see you try another type of locomotive :)

Hehe... Thanks. Would the PRR T-1 Duplex be different enough? ;)

Beautiful. Just pure fantastic! This is a great achievement, well done you! That is really impressive, and made even more so by the difficult building techniques you decided to use such as the seven-wide design. It looks so realistic! The Big Ben's Bricks Wheels are very well suited, I am considering getting a few myself.

Your boiler design is pure genius, and looks extremely realistic to a real locomotive. That is a lot of cheese! The detail on this is really nice too, such as the pistons, the cow-grate and the custom stickers. The two tenders look great as well, definitely one of my favourite examples of a motorised tender. The overall colour scheme suits the model well, and I think that you nave done an excellent job on integrating the chassis into a 7-wide model. The controls inside the cabin are also a nice touch, I love the inclusion of a fire door, it just adds to the authenticity of this superb model.

I just can't express in words how much this model rocks, you are very talented in this feild of building, and I look forward to your future MOCs.

Thanks much! BBB wheels are just about the coolest things around, they work so flawlessly. Building in odd-widths has never been my strong point, but Ben Beneke helped me quite a bit while I was working on my previous 7-wide steam engine.

Finally finished your engine, huh? I've been longing to see the final result of your effort. It's absolutely superb! It even has two tenders. Do you think one motor is sufficient for such a long engine? I mean for the engine alone it definitely is, but what if you add several waggons?

I must admit that I don't like the colour scheme too much. There's a lot of blue. I usually prefer traditional black or black and red steam engines. But this isn't a comment intended to verbally reduce your efforts! It's just a matter of taste concerning colours.

Thanks much, I'm glad you liked the finished product! One motor should be sufficient for 6 or 8 light weight cars, I wouldn't want to have one motor pulling this steamer and 6 Santa Fe cars.

A marvelous work in a brilliant and very clever design with a lot of fine details on the engine and also for the tenders

like that neat crank for the brakes (I assume.... ). A masterpiece and, well, simply smooth. Blue velvet on!

Thanks much!

This is really an impressive steamer StA. The color looks fantastic. I love the blue and white which just goes together so well. The wheel-system is very nicely done. Where do those blue wheels come from? I don't remember ever seeing blue wheels. Overall, this is a magnificant engine. Do you plan to add some rolling stock?

In any case, terrific job on this blue beauty!

Thanks much! LEGO has never made true steam engine wheels, so a guy named Ben Fleskes stepped in. You can purchase large and medium sized drivers and small spoked train wheels in a myriad of colors from his website. http://www.bigbenbricks.com

I don't have any plans to build rolling stock specific to this locomotive, but I do plan to have it pull the ones I have.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/savatheaggie/...57600864654740/

Hey Tony, great job on the train!

I really like the way you snotted the cheese slopes! Do you happen to have a picture on how you snotted it?

Thanks and keep up those great trains!

Klaus

Thanks much! There's a thread here on this forum where I discussed the construction of the boiler.

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17013

A fanastic piece of work! I am very impressed by its details. Well done.

It does remind me of the boardgame, Ticket To Ride.

Thanks much! I'm not familiar with that game, but I take it there are similar looking steam engines in it?

--Tony

[cyclone501]

Aaaaaaaah. Crap. Now I feel foolish even trying to make an engine. Back to the drawing board then. Also, I think you should totally make the Duplex, but I know another one....have it in here somewhere......ah crap, I lost it. Well, I was going to suggest the challenger. Ahh, here we are!

Don't worry if you can't, I can't either

[SavaTheAggie]

Aaaaaaaah. Crap. Now I feel foolish even trying to make an engine. Back to the drawing board then. Also, I think you should totally make the Duplex, but I know another one....have it in here somewhere......ah crap, I lost it. Well, I was going to suggest the challenger. Ahh, here we are!

Don't worry if you can't, I can't either

Don't feel foolish, anyone can build a steam engine. It just takes more time and patience to get everything working right compared to diesels or electrics. I don't view them as all that difficult anymore, though I'm up to 7 now. I am actively buying parts for the Duplex, I hope to have something to show of it sometime before July (probably not finished by then, though).

The Challenger has been done to death, I'm afraid. Yes, it's a famous locomotive, but if I'm going to build a huge articulated steam locomotive I'd rather do one that hasn't been built much yet. As such, I am currently toying with the idea of building a 9 or 10 wide Allegheny.

While most consider the Big Boy, and to a lesser extent the Challenger, to be the most powerful locomotives ever built, in truth the Allegheny could produce more horsepower and it is debated that it was even heavier. The fact that Big Boy's boiler could fit INSIDE the Allegheny's boiler should say something.

--Tony

[cyclone501]

Don't feel foolish, anyone can build a steam engine. It just takes more time and patience to get everything working right compared to diesels or electrics. I don't view them as all that difficult anymore, though I'm up to 7 now. I am actively buying parts for the Duplex, I hope to have something to show of it sometime before July (probably not finished by then, though).

The Challenger has been done to death, I'm afraid. Yes, it's a famous locomotive, but if I'm going to build a huge articulated steam locomotive I'd rather do one that hasn't been built much yet. As such, I am currently toying with the idea of building a 9 or 10 wide Allegheny.

While most consider the Big Boy, and to a lesser extent the Challenger, to be the most powerful locomotives ever built, in truth the Allegheny could produce more horsepower and it is debated that it was even heavier. The fact that Big Boy's boiler could fit INSIDE the Allegheny's boiler should say something.

--Tony

No, no, its just that I'm dedicating all my money and pieces to another project. I can only spend $10 for the project and the pieces I need cost over $100. But one day, I'll try

Adios, Cyclone501