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It does since my Emerald Northern is a B-F-B-F setup to eliminate rear overhang. I think that the front overhang will be fine with that setup, but I have not fully tested it yet.

Not to take away from the original conversation, but I looked on the altBricks website and saw narrow-gauge straight tracks. Are there any curves in development? I have always wanted to make a small narrow-gauge train.

If you were to make the driving wheels B-F-B-F, how would that affect the overhang both in the front and rear?

While some of these next pictures may not be of the Emerald Night class of locomotives (or its derivatives), I did not feel that it was necessary to create a new thread. Here are some additions to Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS): 0-4-0T Shunter This particular 0-4-0T shunter with saddle tanks was reverse-engineered from the expanded view of Canvas Rails' own 0-4-0T (https://www.flickr.c...3/in/dateposted) in just a few hours. Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS) felt that it would need a good shunter for its own rail yards. 0-4-2 This 0-4-2 is a concept developed by Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS) and has not seen actual production. The driving wheels are powered by a PF Train Motor. The tender (dubbed a Slug Tender) has a floating axle. 0-6-0 This particular 0-6-0 is almost an exact replica as the one made by Nick Jackson (a.k.a. M_slug357: https://www.flickr.c...os/94581721@N06). The differences are that the frame and locomotive now have a more secure frame (some pieces in the original LDD file did not line up correctly) and the tender (now dubbed a Slug Tender) has been raised by one plate to allow for a floating middle axle. The 0-6-0 is used primarily for freight of all load types, but with smaller train cars and train length compared to the 4-8-2 Emerald Mountain (which is used for heavy drag freight). Both the Emerald Night and Emerald Baltic class of locomotives have received longer tenders to better suit them and to be more in scale with the locomotives themselves. Emerald Night Sleeper Car The proposed and finalized version of the sleeper car for the Emerald Night class (and derivative classes) passenger trains. Small Passenger Car The small passenger car is a proposed design by Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS) as a concept to test the floating middle axle. None have been produced, but they are available should consumers wish them. The small dining car's interior is the third picture. These were created by basically cutting the Emerald Night coach in half. The 0-4-2 is shown here with a small rake of two passenger cars and one dining car on the end.

What makes this my best one yet? I am curious about the details.

Set both of the IR Receivers on the same channel and they can be controlled by the same remote. For the original topic, I would have both motors on separate systems if you want it to run for longer with less up front power drain. To add to my previous answer, you may want to have an extension cable run from each battery box to the IR Receiver. That will give you more initial power up front, but as someone else said your output is ultimately limited by the IR Receiver. So I would suggest for maximum power potential to run two separate systems.

TLG should just come back out with the Trains theme instead of being part of City or Creator. That way you can buy a train, either freight or passenger, and buy additional cars to expand it. With freight you would be able to make a mixed freight train, strictly coal, lumber, or whatever. A passenger setup would allow the addition of baggage cars, mail, dining, or just let you set it up in a way that works for you and your layout.

Perhaps if TLG made a 2x2x2/3 smooth curved slope corner piece (studless) that would solve a lot of problems, and it could also be used on end cars of passenger trains (with curved ends or balconies, etc.)

Thank you, I am rather proud of this one. After I build the Humble Sapphire for the wife, it is a toss up between this and the Emerald Northern as to which one to build first.

By F-class diesel, I presume that mean the early American diesels that were run as A and B units? If so, I think that TLG should come out with a piece to properly and smoothly transition the nose to a more smooth shape. As seen in the below picture by wildchicken_13 on Flickr, the way to make the nose now does not have a clean or sleek appearance to it, but rather too blocky. Something to make the corners of the nose fit in better is needed.

Here are some screen shots of my 4-8-2 Emerald Mountain. The 4-8-2 Emerald Mountain class of locomotives was designed by Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS) as their primary heavy drag freight locomotive. As with all of their locomotive designs, they have several influences from other various locomotives and nations. The 4-8-2 wheel arrangement originated in South Africa, and was very popular in North America. The domes atop of the boiler and the smokebox are Oriental-influenced. The tender design is based on the 4-8-4 Emerald Northern, but draws upon German locomotives for increased water and fuel capacity. Being a derivative of the original Emerald Night shows its British heritage. This particular Emerald Mountain locomotive has been painted to resemble the German locomotives. This MOC is powered by two Power Functions L-Motors, which was tricky to make it all fit. To create the basis for this MOC I took my Emerald Northern and replaced the firebox, cab, and trailing truck with those from the Emerald Night. Some modifications to the opening firebox in the cab had to be made, but it still retains the basic shape and function. Any feedback and critique is welcomed!

I would like an AFOL-targeted steam locomotive, and additional cars to go with it. I like the EN and own it, and have designed many different Emerald Night "class" locomotives (4-6-4, 4-8-4, and 4-8-2). I have modified my set to have a PF Train Motor under the tender, replaced some parts to give a more smooth and together appearance, and will lengthen the tender by one axle (about four studs). So while I do like the EN, it does need some creative work to be better (which can be a fun process). I do like some aforementioned ideas about a 3-in-1 of a diesel, steam, and rail car of good quality.

Trains, Pirates, and Space were my favorite themes as a kid in the late 80's and early 90's. I had a long dark age from around 2000-2010, and the Emerald Night was my first Train set and what got me back into the bricks. Since the Emerald Night I have made several variations of the set, along with other steam locomotive MOCs. I prefer steam over diesel/electric since there are more moving parts and technical skill involved (in my opinion) to make sure that everything works together.

I am an aircraft mechanic professionally and classic car mechanic as a hobby. I do not like that crazy computer mumbo jumbo, hence asking if the signal went through plastic.

Thank you. As a mechanic I am a nuts and bolts guy, electricity and radio waves are not my thing.

My question is how does the SBrick receiver get signal if it is completely covered up?

Gray also looks good for the Emerald Night. I have a thread talking about my various Emerald Night MOCs, and the 4-6-4 is in gray.

It uses the same tender as the 4-6-2 Emerald Night, which is a tad too short in scale already. I may lengthen both tenders by one axle (wheel set), so about four studs. Thank you for the feedback.

Since I last posted on this particular thread I have been working on a few more Emerald Night derivative locomotives. My most recent is a 4-8-2 that I am calling the "Emerald Mountain" class for heavy drag freight. I have added additional influences from German locomotives, such as the paint scheme and tender design. I want to add some influences from other countries, but I cannot find any real defining characteristics. What would be some characteristics from Japan, China, Russia, and African locomotives that I could include?

As I posted in one of my other threads (from several upon several months ago) my Emerald Northern is set up to be powered by two L-Motors. I am wanting to get back into designing larger locomotives with more power. I plan on not only having the true driving wheels be powered, but also the wheels in the tender. Doing something called [Math] I figured out that the smaller LEGO train wheels have half of the circumference of the larger wheels and therefore spin twice as fast. I figured that instead of speeding up the larger wheels that it would be easier to make the smaller wheels spin slower. Here is the current L-Motor setup in the Emerald Northern: This setup is using standard 12-tooth gears with a 1:1 gearing. To achieve a 1:2 ratio I came up with the following idea, which would be mounted in the tender: This site, http://gears.sariel.pl/ was shown to be by Cale Leipart a while ago. The 1:2 reduction is achieved by the 12-tooth gear that is attached directly to the L-Motor to be driving a larger 24-tooth gear. According to my [Math] and [Theories] this should work. However, any additional input or corrections would be most helpful!

This is something that has been in the works for a while now, and I am getting back into working on it. The project consists of a compilation of MOCs, which will then appear in a series similar to a comic (of sorts). I present: Blacktron Rises. The name speaks for itself, the faction called Neo-Blacktron has appeared and they bring some nasty tech. The story starts off with the Blacktron Commander (think of him like a cross between the Cobra Commander and Char Aznable) and other mech pilots attacking lots of different installations within the solar system, both on the moon and in different space stations. Word of this gets to a corporation, who take action. This corporation is allowed to maintain a private military. They are also neutral when it comes to conflicts (between customers, but they will defend their customers and assets), dable in a variety of technologies and products, and sell to anyone (think Anaheim Electronics after the One Year War). Since Blacktron has attacked several of their customers (which hurts their revenue and cash flow) this corporation intervenes and takes the lead in stopping Blacktron. The following are some of the mecha that will appear within the series. These are not the final products since some modifications have been done since these pictures were taken last year. When the original ESIONE unit (http://mocpages.com/moc.php/319854) was stolen, Blacktron approached the thieves and traded some of their technology for the blueprints. The thieves would then use Blacktron's technology to upgrade the stolen ESIONE (http://mocpages.com/moc.php/325348). The Meteor Trooper is a mass-produced variant of the Commader-type and features different armament. Not shown are the SMG, standard rifle, and handheld shield. During a technology trade agreement between Nacho Enterprises and Helios Science, several VSL-03 Versailles R (http://mocpages.com/moc.php/352525) General Purpose Mechs were handed over to Nacho Enterprises. One of these would be highly modified and customized into the personal mecha of the corporations founder, CEO, and overall boss. This unit would be called the VSL-03 Versailles III: Harbinger Custom (or "Harbinger" for short). While it does not feature the variety of armament available to other mecha, it is highly mobile, maneuverable, and agile to the point of being deadly to its pilot if not handled correctly. I have decided to take this off of the back burner and focus on it again. I hope to post more updates on this not only here, but on flickr and MOCpages as well!

So my math was backwards, okay. For some reason the large driver versus smaller driver did not occur to me.

The pins that come out of the pistons are fixed whereas the small connectors "float" over them.

Many thanks for the input. Once I can convince the wifey to release the necessary funding for production of the Emerald Northern then I will work with you on something. I will consider which route to take with the rods; either all black or gray with black in the middle.

This is the second version of this MOC. I originally made this for 4th of July last year (2014) and it was made in less than a day. Since then I have been improving it little by little and a lot by a lot. You can see the full flickr album here: https://www.flickr.c...57645462303896/