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If that is correct, we would get a 2000+ parts set in city (60380)? I don’t remember seeing that… Would it be a single building, or something more like a town plan set?

I feel like this has a bit of a Mad Max touch to it, very nice.

Allright. So I did a few more tests with different hub/motor/engines. So I turned back to power functions only to realise that the batteries would drain quite fast as well. So I doubled my motors and voilà!. My dual motor (power functions) moc cargo train ran for about 90 minutes. i tried the powered up setup in my older 60052 with nimh batteries and it wouldn’t pull the load. However, when coupled with a lighter load, i.e, two « standard » lego city wagon, it moved without problem, and went strong for over an hour before I stopped it. So, is my problem really the batteries, or is the PU motor simply not strong enough? Should it be strong enough to pull my 1.6kg load? I reach out to customer service and they agreed to replace my motor, no problem. I just don’t know at this point if I want to use the PU system or stick with PF, be it only for it ease of use.

I did test the batteries. New ones show 1.56 to 1.68 volts, whereas spent ones fall at about 1.35 volts. So this morning, I tried again with new alkaline batteries from a fresh batch. The train ran for about 60 seconds at full power, then dropped to half speed. It eventually stopped dead after about 3 minutes of running time. The batteries tested after the train stopped still show over 1.5 volts for some reason. For reference, the train is a moc based on 10219 (6 wide), with 3 well cars. The engine weighs 605 grams, while the cars weighs 350 grams each. All together , the trains weighs 1.6 kg. It is motorized with 88009 hub and 88011 motor. I also checked to reduce friction as much as I could, but I can only do so much as I use Lego standard curve tracks. Would adding a motor to the engine help, or is it just a matter of power?

Hello all! So this was probably answered before, but I can’t find a clear answer and I am still pretty confused. Today was the day I updated one of my trains (a moc) with a PU Hub and motor. The install went pretty smoothly, but I was only able to run it for about 10 minutes with 6x new alkaline batteries. After that, it simply died is place. I tried with another 6 new batteries, and got a similar outcome. So, I think the alkaline is not the way here, so what should I use, Li-Ion?, Ni-Mh?. Please note that I do not which to fiddle with the hub, I prefer to stick with standard sized AAA. Thank you!

I ended up ordering two straights for fun, we’ll see what happens!

Good day to all of you train lovers! I was just wondering: I’m I the only one that just noticed that you can now by tracks as a single item on Pick & Build, like any other item? All in canadian dollar: - Rail Straight 16M, 6070018, 1.70$ - Rail Curved 22 1/2 Deg. 4279717, 2.94$ - Switch Right, 6085188, 14.75$ - Switch Left, 6085213, 14,54$ - Control Switch 6163975, 0.61$ They also have the very useless flex rail, which is surprisingly expensive (1.02$ each). I didn’t try to buy them, but I wass able to add them to my bag. The only unanswered question I have is that next to the description of the straight rail it « use as a bundle ». What does that mean? I was able to had 1, 2 or 10 in my bag. As anyone ordered them like that? I find the price to be not too bad, as the cheapest « new » piece of track I could find on BL was 1.20$ (CAD) and it comes all the way from Turkey. However - and that is fine for me - the parts are all expensive, apart from the straight piece. Choo-choo.

Is this thread still alive?

So, did you build it for real?

Any chance you would make your instructions available?

I got nothing to post, I’m just here to laugh at this. ??

Wow. Incredible skills AND a poet. You, Sir, are taking it to the next level.

Gotcha.

Am I missing something here? The model is not even available yet... in Canada, anyways...

Well. That sucks. I’m currently transforming my central perk set, as per your design. Let me say thanks, it’s incredible!