[MOC] My LEGO Renfe S-130

[Imanol]

On 3/21/2026 at 10:17 AM, Ts__ said:

It looks great! Because of its length, it really looks like a real train—awesome!

I find the single-axle bogies fascinating. That’s bound to be tricky.

 

Thomas

Thank you very much. The lenght of the train makes it look great but in this case is also necessary as the single-axle bogies need to be guided through the curves by the front power car, but without the rear power car they are so light that they will immediately jump the track. The design of the axles is the work of @Hod Carrier, to give you an idea on my knowledge about how they work, I only understood how they were supposed to move once I have then built in real life, it´s a very clever but complex design.

22 hours ago, JopieK said:

Very cool! @Imanol thanks for sharing your update!

Thanks

Imanol

[Hod Carrier]

You've been on quite a journey, but it's been totally worth it. I'm really glad that you've got it finished and are happy with the result. It's a testament to your determination. Congratulations!! 

[Imanol]

On 3/30/2026 at 1:47 PM, Hod Carrier said:

You've been on quite a journey, but it's been totally worth it. I'm really glad that you've got it finished and are happy with the result. It's a testament to your determination. Congratulations!! 

Thank you very much, this has been a very long journey but I´ve learned many things throughout the process that I will be able to apply in future projects.

[Nikonissen]

Seeing this now for the first time, just WOW! I was not able to make my Talgo go through R40 curves without derailing, so it's really impressive that you managed to do that! 

 

You are probably right about this being a quite hard project to start out on, but hey! You followed through on it! :D So cool with the development of the Rodal-system for the 1-axled bogies, you improving design and having it drive for real. 

I hope to see it live at a LEGO exhibition one day :)) 

 

[idlemarvel]

Congratulations on getting this wonderful and technically sophisticated train running so well on standard Lego track. Your perseverance is to be admired!

[Imanol]

16 hours ago, Nikonissen said:

Seeing this now for the first time, just WOW! I was not able to make my Talgo go through R40 curves without derailing, so it's really impressive that you managed to do that! 

Thanks, it was very crucial for me to make it work on R40 as right now I don´t have any room for a bigger curve radius. I imagine part of the reason that this train works is because is one stud thinner than yours so every single dimension has been scaled down. Even then, I feel this train is much more comfortable working on bigger curve radius, the overhangs when traversing a curve are quite noticeable.

16 hours ago, Nikonissen said:

You are probably right about this being a quite hard project to start out on, but hey! You followed through on it! :D So cool with the development of the Rodal-system for the 1-axled bogies, you improving design and having it drive for real. 

It was for sure not the correct choice for a first project but it gave me two important things, a lot of knowledge and a bin full of spare parts. The Rodal was entirely designed by @Hod Carrier, I just implemented it, but I´m amazed at well it works. 

16 hours ago, Nikonissen said:

I hope to see it live at a LEGO exhibition one day :)) 

I hope that will happen at some point, I think it will look impressive on a full size circuit. For now, I´m thinking of going to some events but only in Spain.

24 minutes ago, idlemarvel said:

Congratulations on getting this wonderful and technically sophisticated train running so well on standard Lego track. Your perseverance is to be admired!

Thanks, I need to share the merit with @Hod Carrier which was the one responsible for all of the running mechanism of the cars. With what he has shown me, I´m now able to work on other projects