"Nucleus" retro futuristic Atomic streamlined train MOC (4-4-2 Atlantic style turbine loco)

[Murdoch17]

Heavily inspired by @Electricsteam's long-awaited in-the-brick Atomic Streamliner project, (as seen here in this thread) I have designed my own Atomic-Age wonder called "Nucleus". It is, as the inspirational original builder once said "a fission powered turbine loco" with 4-4-2 Atlantic wheel arrangement. The Nexus Force logo piece goes on both sides of the locomotive's tender.

Nucleus is owned by the Neo Nexus Force, and is a retro-futuristic stream-liner mix of old-style 2-rail technology, but with hyper-modern safety features designed specifically for use by Nexus Force personnel as a very high-speed, high-security ground transport between the northern-most city of St. Nicklaus and north-pole-hugging outpost of Ice Station Odyssey, around 590 miles away. (this all takes places on the ice-bound planet of Beta Polaris, which orbits what we here call the North Star, far away from Earth.) Thus this makes it a space train!

Unlike the slower Earth trains, the Nucleus type of space-train is super-streamlined, and can go up to speeds of up to 160 MPH on it's special track, with super-elevated curves and long straight-away's over hundreds of miles, all while using Positive Train Control (PTC) on the the mostly double-track mainline, where all vehicle crossings are flyovers and switches virtually non-existent once out of St. Nicklaus city limits. This train runs along with seven identical versions of the train on the route with up to five in running order on the route and at least one in the maintenance shed / in emergency backup storage at any one time. They are named / numbered Nucleus 1 through 6.

The baggage car, which usually holds anything from sled dogs in crates, to core samples of millennia-old meteorites bound for labs under armed guard.

All the doors on this model open up, as shown. (The rest of the passenger cars doors on the the other cars open too, but it's only here you will see it being shown!)

The passenger cars come in groups of two, jointed together by a Jacobs bogie in the middle.

The observation car at the rear of the train.

This train will go nicely with my Nexus Force moon base, plus my other, Classic Space themed train based on the Aerotrain, called the Astrotrain. The Nucleus train probably won't be built for a while, (orange isn't a cheap color!) but it's at least on my radar. Once again, a hearty thanks to @Electricsteam for his wonderful eight-wide model, as it inspired my six-wide one.

 

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

Edited October 16, 2020 by Murdoch17

[JintaiZ]

Great build! Any interior photos?

[Murdoch17]

12 minutes ago, JintaiZ said:

Great build! Any interior photos?

Sorry @JintaiZ, there are no inside features to speak of and the roof does not come off these train cars.... it just has the opening doors.

[rday1982]

This is amazing! I love the use of the Jacobs' bogie! Between this and ElectricSteam's work, I'm tempted to put some time into designing my own fusion steamer.

[Pisces no Aphrodite]

WOW! Looks amazing!

[Murdoch17]

14 hours ago, rday1982 said:

This is amazing! I love the use of the Jacobs' bogie! Between this and ElectricSteam's work, I'm tempted to put some time into designing my own fusion steamer.

I would love to see your take on a fusion streamliner @rday1982, there can never be enough Nuke-punk, diesel-punk, or steam-punk trains around! Be sure to tag me and Electricsteam when you do start a thread... I'm pretty sure he would be pretty excited about it if he started a trend!

11 hours ago, Ragana9289 said:

WOW! Looks amazing!

thanks @Ragana9289, but please don't forget to check out the inspiration for my model, as seen here in @Electricsteam's Atomic Streamliner thread... I don't want to steal his idea out from under him, as it is a really cool train he's developed!

Edited October 17, 2020 by Murdoch17

[Electricsteam]

You chose a way cooler name  but (won't make sense unless you play Fallout) Do you want to be associated with those lunatic rad worshipers? (There is a cult that worships radiation and their home is the Nucleus) 

 

It looks FANTASTIC! Hope to see it brick built one day!