Percy loves PoweredUp!

[Chromeknight]

I’ve had a small green saddle tank engine built for a while now.

Despite his smiley face, the driver is sad, he can’t stand neatly in the cab of the engine.

But, PoweredUp!

Now he can.

 

Steam on!

Edited August 3, 2018 by Chromeknight

[JopieK]

Looks really cool Chromeknight! More room for the engineer!

[danimarroquin]

so cool ! love it

[dr_spock]

Nice.  That worked out well for the engineer. 

 

[Roadmonkeytj]

Very nice indeed

[Feuer Zug]

I like it. Powered up seems to allow for 'last mile' setups with less room taken since we don't have the IR receiver to add. Hope to see more little shunters in the future.

[ColletArrow]

Neat! A lot less ugly cable around too. Impressive how you hid the huge battery box in the saddle tank, too.

PU does have some advantages, with one less component to hide and no direct line-of-sight required for the controller either. Who'll be the first to use one of the other motor designs for a slower shunting engine?

[Chromeknight]

29 minutes ago, ColletArrow said:

Neat! A lot less ugly cable around too. Impressive how you hid the huge battery box in the saddle tank, too.

PU does have some advantages, with one less component to hide and no direct line-of-sight required for the controller either. Who'll be the first to use one of the other motor designs for a slower shunting engine?

The saddle tank design is heavily inspired by Canvas Rail’s work, https://flic.kr/p/VhgCUd

 

Previously the loco was a bit finicky with getting the signal into the cabin, now I can drive it with one hand (and the remote) behind my back.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Lovely ...and nice rods effect!