Asper Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) I built another narrow gauge train - prototype is the "Borkumer Kleinbahn" connecting the harbour and the town on the island Borkum in the North Sea. It's driven with a Power Functions M-motor: This kind of drive was designed by 1000Steine users Lok24 and Flogo. I also made instructions on rebrickable . It runs pretty well on a custom built layout - using the old LEGO tracks: Edited February 21, 2021 by Asper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColletArrow Posted February 21, 2021 Fantastically cute little loco and train! I love the greebling on the chassis of the loco, it looks perfect. I'm impressed at it's pulling power, especially given the heavy battery box is essentially dead weight - located in an unpowered wagon, it doesn't help traction at all. But nevertheless it trundles around your little circuit perfectly - well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asper Posted February 21, 2021 52 minutes ago, ColletArrow said: Fantastically cute little loco and train! I love the greebling on the chassis of the loco, it looks perfect. I'm impressed at it's pulling power, especially given the heavy battery box is essentially dead weight - located in an unpowered wagon, it doesn't help traction at all. But nevertheless it trundles around your little circuit perfectly - well done! Thank you. This is my secret: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x71 These replace the original rubber friction bands. Combined with the "tooths" on the old grey tracks they give a lot of additional friction. So the M-motor (not L as I wrote in the first version) can pull the coaches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duq Posted February 21, 2021 That's a very nice train. I've been to Borkum (back in the '80s) but have never seen the train... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted February 22, 2021 Simply lovely, great design and fantastic technical solution! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted February 23, 2021 A great build on its own, but truly amazing when you think how small the package is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
