60423 Tram modified for 9Vd

[Dav1d]

I have spent a lot of timed thinking about buying 60423 the Downtown Street Car(red tram) LEGO 60423 Downtown Streetcar and Station | Brickset wondering if it would work with a 9V motor.

After seeing one at a show, I thought it could be modified but I didn't like the long coupling bar 

Therefore the first step was to replace it with a shorter bar - it still goes round the "S" bend.

Now I could add the motor - the motor wheels are much closer together than the original carriage wheels, and so wasn't sure if making the carriage 16 studs long would be too much for the couplings. But it works. You can see I'm trying it on the most difficult "S" bend I could find.

I then just needed to add the carriage sides using basic bricks. - you can see the spare parts left over. 

But each of the three carriages have their own door, the passengers cannot move between them. There is now no door on the centre carriage! Therefore the carriages needed further modification to add a corridor.

Here you can see the finished tram, and the spare parts that are left. I only used basic black bricks & plates and red bricks.

It does run well - going round the "S" bend.

 

 

[Murdoch17]

Nice work on this MOD @Dav1d!

[XG BC]

nice mod!