larry marak Posted May 21, 2010 Has anyone done armored trains. The great powers all ran them in WWI and Germany and the Soviet Union used them in WW2. I'm working on mounting turrets and anti-aircraft guns for a WW2 era locomotive and wonder if anyone else has tried this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Dawson Posted May 21, 2010 I don't know about other countries, but in the UK and a lot of europe, war engines were just..egines. The only things that made them war engines was a change in paint scheme. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squiz Posted May 21, 2010 I don't know about other countries, but in the UK and a lot of europe, war engines were just..egines. The only things that made them war engines was a change in paint scheme. I dont think it was just the paint job. Germany had armoured trains with AA guns, tank loaders and Howitzers ! Would be interested to see what you come up with Larry ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doctor Sinister Posted May 21, 2010 Yes. I made a Railway cannon a few years ago. You can see it in here: More pix of each carriage on my website. Dr. S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TaltosVT Posted May 21, 2010 Shaun Sullivan built a great German train several years ago: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7086 -Elroy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir E Fullner Posted May 21, 2010 I own a book about classic toy trains, and LIONEL and AMERICAN FLYER did do some tank trains. There were even cars with missiles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larry marak Posted May 21, 2010 I own a book about classic toy trains, and LIONEL and AMERICAN FLYER did do some tank trains. There were even cars with missiles. The Russians still have Mirv nuke armed ballistic missles on their armoured trains today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gambort Posted May 22, 2010 Not an armoured train but along those lines Tim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg3 Posted May 30, 2010 Probably not quite what you were after, but this is my armoured train - a Motor Rail Trench Railway Locomotive that would have been used during WW1 to move supplies near the front line.... Tin Turtle As for reference to the larger armoured and armed trains you could try tracking down this book (Osprey titles are great as reference aids) Armoured Trains book Anyway, good luck with your project, looking forward to seeing the result!! Cheers Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greenstar Posted May 9, 2018 I'm building a classic space baised suspended monorail that I might make armored so that it can be protected I will try to put up some photos of it because it will be a future Lego ideas set that I will post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
