4-6-2 LNER A3 steam locomotive - with passenger train (Emerald Knight) - real world MOC - finished 1/8/20

[Murdoch17]

First off: I did not design this steam engine! I modified it heavily to suit my tastes from this Eurobricks post (link here) from user @damangos.
I did, however, rework my original 7 wide Emerald Night tender from 2014 instead of the 6 wide tender used by damangos in the original model, and I also reworked his model to suit my tastes and be cheaper on BrickLink.

The engine in question is modeled in LNER dark green, and is numbered one higher than the A3 engine series ever went, though it is still called the the Emerald Knight. (just the set 10194's name with an added K, as you may have noticed.).... and yes, it's a bit dusty. I just noticed, and it's too late to retake the pictures now.  (It's been sitting in a open-top bin waiting for the coaches to be built for a while, and I thought I dusted it thoroughly.)  

LNER is the name of the railroad that built the locomotive (like it's real-world inspiration, the Flying Scotsman, 4472), and it stands for London North Eastern Railway. The number 2509 was chosen because the A3 class of engines never went that high in numbering. (2508 was the highest, and was the last one built in the mid-1930's.)

These four regular coaches, (and one guard's coach, seen below) are inspired by the recent Hogwarts Express cars, to save money on wheels and train car bodies / frames. They don't have any of the interior details the Hogwarts Express has, though.

I based the colors of the coaches on a inverted set 10194 (Emerald Night) coach color scheme. I always thought the colors looked better like this, and it avoids the problems of the tan 1 x 4 x 3 train windows used in the original set. (which are very expensive!!)

Fictional locomotive backstory:

Fictional locomotive backstory:

This is loco 2509, built January 1936 as the very last A3 to roll out of the factory for London North Eastern Railways (LNER). It was given the name Emerald Knight, a name which, while being the name of a wining racehorse from the mid-1800's also matched it's dark green paint job. The engine was usually assigned the the Kings Cross to Scarborough line, hauling the Scarborough Flyer until being withdrawn in 1965.

The engine survived WWII in remarkable shape of maintenance during those hard years due to the heroic actions of it's engine and shed crews who were said to have taken a shine to "well-riding" and "good tempered" engine. Steaming never was an issue, and the fire was always roaring right when you wanted it according to a fair amount of it's crews from 1940 to 1947.

British Railways (BR) took over in 1948 and the engine was painted "Express dark blue". Loco 2509 soldiered on for 17 more years until 1965 when it was deemed unnecessary for future use and sold for scrapping. Thankfully, unlike 99% of the rest of it's class (except for the Flying Scotsman, which was also saved), it was not condemned to the scrap line for very long, as it was saved in 1966 by the Lego Rail Transportation Society (LRTS), a preservation group with aims to restore the trusty engine to it's former glory.

LRTS backdated the loco to it's original 1936 exterior specifications, while keeping abreast of any interior improvements made to it's sister loco "the Flying Scotsman" (loco number 4472) over the next forty years. In early 2018, the engine was rolled into the shop for it's new boiler ticket tear-down, when it was announced it would wear LNER dark green again instead of the BR dark blue. The engine rolled out of the LRTS shops on December 26th, 2019, just in time for the engine's 84th birthday celebration in January 2020.

 

Well, that's all I got for now... just need to get my layout up and running again!

Comments, questions, and complaints are welcome as usual!

Edited January 8, 2020 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

It is finished!

...and in this picture here, you can see the Emerald Knight compared to the Hogwarts Express I built previously, on my temporary layout.

As usual, comments, questions, and complaints are welcome!

Edited January 8, 2020 by Murdoch17

[Pdaitabird]

Looks good! I may have to borrow (steal) that offset window design on the guard's coach. 

[Murdoch17]

On 1/8/2020 at 1:43 PM, Pdaitabird said:

Looks good! I may have to borrow (steal) that offset window design on the guard's coach. 

Well, considering I'm borrowing your BR plank wagon design for my ballast loading facility, I think it's a fair trade @Pdaitabird. 

[Paperinik77pk]

Well done! very nice train!!!