LEGO Trains 2025

[Stereo]

PAB would be 4x0.45 + 2x0.17 + 4x0.25 + 10x0.28 = $6 of windows, 8x0.16 + 2x0.07 + 10x0.26 = $4 of trans-clear glass. (approximate based on reddish brown for new colours) which is pretty much how I based my $25 estimate.

[The Big MC]

The Spider-Man one is a no for me.£45 is not a terrible price, but you are paying for the Marvel logo. As others have said, PAB would be the way to go.

The Haunted Mansion looks like a typical 3 in 1. Yes, you can build 3, but only one will be good. 

Kind of annoyed how they have revealed the Advent calendars for Christmas but not this explorer train yet.

 

 

 

 

 

[Phil B]

Train wheels on the subway car are the horrible plastic axle ones though ... Not much value in picking those up.

[M_slug357]

Yeah @Phil B I'm confused by the wheels too; I thought TLG was going back to the metal axles...?

Although, in the context of the spidermin subway car, the hero could benefit from the increased rolling resistance lol

[zephyr1934]

That other straight track in 60470 is a re-railer. You can see it in some of the close up photos that were posted in the past few days. The set has now been posted on JB Spielwaren with high res photos. You can see the ramps on the outside of the rail to lift an errant wheel on the outside of the track

And here's the lever part

 

 

Looking closer at the rerailer, the outside ramps seems to come too early. The outside ramp starts one stud before the interior trap does, and the outside ramp ends one stud before the interior trap has pulled the wheel all the way to the other rail. Probably works fine when you have two standard wheelsets adjacent to one another- the first wheel pulls the second into place for the ramp, which then lifts the first wheel anyway. Could be an issue for wheels mounted on a technic axle or for roller bearing wheels are not tight on the axle, where the lateral force might pull the wheel off. I'm sure it works enough (probably more for simply putting the train on the track). At any rate, if it doesn't work great, it could be fixed with a few more bricks both between the rails and outside the rails.

[CDM]

Station images released. It feels incomplete but, I gotta say, I kinda like it as a starting point for something a little more substantial. I may pick this up if it gets discounted and I'm looking forward to seeing what others do with this.

 

Edited May 2 by CDM

[Space78]

8 hours ago, zephyr1934 said:

That other straight track in 60470 is a re-railer. You can see it in some of the close up photos that were posted in the past few days. The set has now been posted on JB Spielwaren with high res photos. You can see the ramps on the outside of the rail to lift an errant wheel on the outside of the track

And here's the lever part

 

 

Looking closer at the rerailer, the outside ramps seems to come too early. The outside ramp starts one stud before the interior trap does, and the outside ramp ends one stud before the interior trap has pulled the wheel all the way to the other rail. Probably works fine when you have two standard wheelsets adjacent to one another- the first wheel pulls the second into place for the ramp, which then lifts the first wheel anyway. Could be an issue for wheels mounted on a technic axle or for roller bearing wheels are not tight on the axle, where the lateral force might pull the wheel off. I'm sure it works enough (probably more for simply putting the train on the track). At any rate, if it doesn't work great, it could be fixed with a few more bricks both between the rails and outside the rails.

Thanks for the closeup pictures.  I'm not clear how the rocks are waiting to fall until after the train has passed through???  Maybe in reality the rocks fall on the train, and then it needs to be re-railed after being knocked off the track?

16 minutes ago, CDM said:

Station images released. It feels incomplete but, I gotta say, I kinda like it as a starting point for something a little more substantial. I may pick this up if it gets discounted and I'm looking forward to seeing what others do with this.

 

Agree, it looks very incomplete.  As you say more like a starting point.  Lots of interesting parts (particularly the screw driven elevator) that could be used for a larger build.  I feel like you'd have to buy at least two of these to make a decent looking "station" for a train layout.  Even if you just built two mirror images of this set and put them back to back, I think it would be much more appealing. 

The vehicles they include with these stations are getting smaller and smaller - to the point where they should just use the parts on something else in the build.  Hard tho think anyone is going to buy this station that doesn't also have a train set.  As a stand alone set, it's not much.

[Lyichir]

BTW don't know if it's been mentioned here, but there's also a small streetcar/trolley in the Friends Plant Café and Flower Shop set. Not powered or anything and doesn't come with track but it does look like it'd be compatible with track if anyone was interested.

[zephyr1934]

43 minutes ago, CDM said:

Station images released. It feels incomplete but, I gotta say, I kinda like it as a starting point for something a little more substantial. I may pick this up if it gets discounted and I'm looking forward to seeing what others do with this.

It's got some interesting details... but I hate the name. A "central station" with only enough platform to load a single car on a single track?

[CDM]

37 minutes ago, Space78 said:

Thanks for the closeup pictures.  I'm not clear how the rocks are waiting to fall until after the train has passed through???  Maybe in reality the rocks fall on the train, and then it needs to be re-railed after being knocked off the track?

There must be some kind of plate mechanism that is depressed when the train rolls over it...in turn it functions as a lever to raise the vertical axle that activates another lever at the top to tip the large white Lego plate to roll the boulders off the ledge. That's my guess based on the image.

[idlemarvel]

The Explorers' Arctic Polar Express Train #60470 is now on lego.com

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/explorers-arctic-polar-express-train-60470

As is the station #60469

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/central-train-station-60469

[idlemarvel]

The blurb and pictures on the lego.com site about the Explorers' Arctic Polar Express Train #60470 confirm that it will use Powered Up City/Smart Hub, Train Motor and Remote Control, and there will be a Powered Up app update for this set:

"Powered Up playset – Kids operate the model train locomotive with the remote control or a smart device equipped with the LEGO® Powered Up app."

[thesnoqualmieroute]

There is also a nice video attached to the product page showcasing the rock fall feature as the train runs past

[The Big MC]

The station is a no. To call it a central station is an exaggeration. Don't get me wrong, I like the glass roof and the lift is good, but there's no length to think that even one 60337 passenger train would look like it's pulled up to some kind of coffee shop drive-thru hut. Notice to all passengers, please exit from the first car to avoid a fall onto the tracks.  It would have been better if there were more length to the station, possibly even being more modular like the recent tram station, which would also allow using multiple sets.

The Arctic train looks better. Still think it needs more carriages, but that's something to build for. Also, I would like to see the new track pieces; the one that triggers the rock fall is going to be interesting. Not sure what else we could use it for, possibly loading cargo, but any new track piece is good.

 

 

 

 

[Space78]

2 hours ago, thesnoqualmieroute said:

There is also a nice video attached to the product page showcasing the rock fall feature as the train runs past

Thanks for pointing that out, interesting.  So, as expected, any train wheel going over that section lifts the platform and the rocks fall on the train.  Might have been "nicer" if instead of gray "rocks" there had been white "snow" falling from the top of the tunnel.  That seems less dangerous for the train passengers than falling boulders!

[Lyichir]

38 minutes ago, Space78 said:

Thanks for pointing that out, interesting.  So, as expected, any train wheel going over that section lifts the platform and the rocks fall on the train.  Might have been "nicer" if instead of gray "rocks" there had been white "snow" falling from the top of the tunnel.  That seems less dangerous for the train passengers than falling boulders!

Snow would definitely be less harmful in real life, but in Lego it might be more likely for something to get stuck if it dropped small, solid parts onto the train and tracks instead of large hollow boulders that won't get stuck in any gaps and can easily be knocked out of the way.

[Andy Glascott]

My mind is my mind is already going to how to connect that new track piece to the barriers on a level crossing…

Edited May 3 by Andy Glascott
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[M_slug357]

I wonder if that ”action” track piece could also be used as a derailleur of sorts? Like, if you block the trigger with a counterweight maybe?

This is the track piece we needed back with the Lone Ranger train and its “dynamite under the watertower” play feature.

Here’s to hoping this trigger piece aint a 1off…

[CDM]

18 hours ago, The Big MC said:

The station is a no. To call it a central station is an exaggeration. Don't get me wrong, I like the glass roof and the lift is good, but there's no length to think that even one 60337 passenger train would look like it's pulled up to some kind of coffee shop drive-thru hut. Notice to all passengers, please exit from the first car to avoid a fall onto the tracks.  It would have been better if there were more length to the station, possibly even being more modular like the recent tram station, which would also allow using multiple sets.

 

 

 

 

It's a set for kids. What you want is a $250 train station and we all know that it's happening within the City line. It looks like it's been designed to attach to the forthcoming City Tower set. And if we pull the thread, the same could be said for every train station (ie: platform only long enough to unload a single car, etc).

[Elphiel]

I love the butchered up Skateboard in the Train set play pictures. Photoshop ppl getting lazy XD

[Toastie]

20 hours ago, The Big MC said:

which would also allow using multiple sets

Well, to me, it looks like you can rather easily attach 10+ of these slices to one big station. This is then one step further than with all the other halves of buildings/train sets etc. TLG is selling. Now you need 10+ ... 

Best
Thorsten 

[The Big MC]

On 5/3/2025 at 5:14 PM, CDM said:

It's a set for kids. What you want is a $250 train station and we all know that it's happening within the City line. It looks like it's been designed to attach to the forthcoming City Tower set. And if we pull the thread, the same could be said for every train station (ie: platform only long enough to unload a single car, etc).

When it comes to LEGO, I am a big kid. I'm not going to go all President Business, but I think there is room for both adults and kids.  I think the recent station in  60423 was brilliant and a good example of the modular design I would have liked for a central station.   60050  was a nice size and is big enough for two carriages, same with 60423.

Sounds like an excuse to fire up the studio and build my own 

 

[zephyr1934]

Notice the steam train mural on the 2nd floor patio/cafe, that's a nice touch.

 

And a bonus surprise train in 76450 the HP book nook

And its a 4 wide train too

[hrdknxbrix]

On 5/1/2025 at 10:07 AM, Murdoch17 said:

Picture of the Subway train in question, for those interested. (courtesy of Brickset) I want to buy one copy, then reverse engineer several more cars. I think the Chicago elevated cars (the 2200 series) they used in the film worked in trains consisting of four cars, but I'm not sure. Can anyone confirm how many would be used in a typical 'L' train? Thanks in advance!

2, 4, 6 or 8 depending on line/time of day/special event.  According to wikipedia, they are semi-permanently coupled into pairs so each consist would have an even number of cars.

[Murdoch17]

15 minutes ago, hrdknxbrix said:

2, 4, 6 or 8 depending on line/time of day/special event.  According to wikipedia, they are semi-permanently coupled into pairs so each consist would have an even number of cars.

Thanks @hrdknxbrix!