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My favorite LEGO Train of 2024 Though they're on opposite sides, so does that make the TIE Interceptor a 0-2-0? We're eating good this year so far for Train Parts!

These are injection molded from overseas Those, and the fancy glass that fit in them are pretty flooded in the market by Webrick and AliExpress, though other colors could be interesting. The main goal is to make more colors available, not corner the market :D and yeah, for some reason the pictures aren't embedding right, at least the links work

I've custom ordered a batch of Dark Blue 1x2x3 Train Windows for us Train Folk. Trying something out with getting parts custom ordered in useful colors (that LEGO won't make for us). I've got 500 in this initial batch, for sale from my store, SerperiorBricks.space Some pictures of the physical parts. Unfortunately around the same amount of scuffs/scratches as we get out of LEGO these days, so they're not perfect. But they fit the standard glass and LEGO bricks just fine. Color is pretty much spot on as well. I've got them for sale as low as $.50/pc, but those prices may be able to reduce in future batches depending on demand. 1 2 3 4 I've got a batch of Tan windows on the way as well, hopefully they should arrive in by the end of the month.

Very cool designs! Can't say I have an idea of what to do with every one of those parts just looking at them, but a good number of these aren't too far outside the realms of what LEGO might dream up one day (who would have ever expected LEGO to come out with 1x5 plates, 1x1x2/3 bricks, or those inverted slopes to begin with!) LEGO will always be developing more ideas, and you've got some great ones here too. The quality of those finished parts is incredible.

Apologies for all curious, I needed to carve out the time to prep the visuals. As mentioned, the outer axles and buffers rotate to allow the rolling stock to travel around tight curves. Flexing on a Curve Belly Rubs Perspective Shot for Better View

Now on Rebrickable! https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-169823/SerperiorBricks/ciwl-orient-express-baggage-car/#details

No, haha- those are just to be pretty for renders. I will likely either tape over official parts or get custom ones.

I've completed my design for a Baggage Car to complete the Orient Express train into a full train set. I used a similar design that has been paired with coaches like these in a model train pack by REE models. Some quirks of the reference model are the angled doors at the ends of the coach with their own steps, represented by inverted and round plates in my model. The Door Portals are carried over from the standard coaches, using the grilled fence piece to represent a ladder that shows on the models. There's also a view box at the front of the coach. I haven't quite figured out what the interior of one of these looks like, so for now it's just a shell. In the consist, the Baggage Car is shorter than the rest of the coaches, and with a 6-wheel base there were some fun challenges to overcome. To keep the ladders static, the turntables salvaged from the standard coach now are used to let the buffers and connector pivot. The outer wheelsets are on a pivot, which are necessary for anything below R72, but are not required for R72 and larger. The middle wheelset is using the same sliding mechanism as the Tender, which is necessary for any Radii. On the left side, doors are embedded into the side of the coach 1/4 plate. The right side has two sliding doors, that I would like to get stickers made for, using a clear piece like the CE HE carriage doors. More pictures and some WIP Pictures can be found in this album on my Flickr.

Good News, from LEGO CS: "The Designers are aware of the spelling and sticker issue, but have not heard of this issue of the curved slopes. (sure lol) Please get in contact with us again when the replacement 1x8 tiles are ready and we will replace."

For those looking to use the EN with the OE, I can't recommend enough to convert the EN over to XL Drivers British Bricks Emerald Night XL (Showcase) (Instructions) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c0egzTWqV9Y&pp=ygUcQnJpdGlzaCBicmlja3MgZW1lcmFsZCBuaWdodA%3D%3D

LEGO usually enhances or over-lights Dark/Earth Blue, because the prints and details tend to not show well on the color otherwise.

That time when the Wabash railroad from Midwest US sent their finest locomotive to make the trans-continental journey with the luxurious Orient express. You also failed to draw a rather important line to our criticism of the locomotive

Two coaches is what was asked for, and the coaches are beautiful. If making new wheels is possible, then they should design a model that uses them well. BBB and other retailers in the community have great XL train wheels, and it is not the expectation of LEGO to make these wheels for us when modifying the locomotive is so easy. If making new wheels is not possible, then they should work with the scale and locomotive design to make something look proper. (The EN was based off of A1's but not matching any particular one, the engine doesn't have to exactly exist either) The issue is that the train does not match the scale of the wheels, and looks bloated - possibly an afterthought to adapt to the height of the coaches? LEGO made a locomotive that was out of scale with itself. Their For 'Adults' line shouldn't be required to make a train into a toy (it can still play and handle with the proper design standards, but it can look professional) - like the Crocodile, which took the limitations of 6w and 40r train track with stride, still creating an incredible model that managed to use the L drivers properly. R40 is only a limitation to long locomotives, many wheel bases can handle the standard radius perfectly fine.

I understand the argument about the L vs XL drivers. I'd argue that there's no difference between making a new wheel mold for larger models and making a mold for a single minifigure head (which LEGO has been doing at increasing rates it seems). But it's less that this model 100% needed bigger wheels, but that the model they made is out of proportion. (Oversized Hogwarts Express had its own wheel mold too) L Drivers can work in 8-Wide on a large Loco, they just need the right proportion

It looks maybe like they were aiming for a Royal Austrian Class 210 maybe? Wrong amount of domes but close shape. L Drivers make it look a bit wonky. According to Wikipedia, the locomotive was also placed in service to pull the famous "Orient Express" across Europe The coaches really are beautiful, but um.. see attached