Emersonac

Hello EB! Long time lurker but first time poster. I've been fixin' to upload some of my MOCs here since I'd like others to see them too but never got around to doing it! I've also noticed a lack of Romanian trains around here - so let's fix that. Here is one of my newest models - the Romanian LE5100kw. A short summary about the real-life locomotive: The Electroputere LE 5100, otherwise known as CFR Class 40/41/42, is a family of electric locomotives (separated by 3 classes) built for the Romanian Railways (CFR) for use on the Romanian electrified network. Over 1000 Class 40s were constructed, based on the SJ Rb, by Electroputere (EP) under ASEA license in EPs Craiova Works from 1967 to 1991. Entering service in 1965, the vast majority of all the engines are still in service as of today, having become an icon for the Romanian Railways. (from Wikipedia) And now the model. 6 wide is king on my layout, I'm not a fan of wider scales! Also makes it look decent with standard LEGO carriages and fits within the loading gauge nicely. Any suggestions are welcome! (Also, do let me know if I've embedded the images corectly and if the size is right - I'm still figuring out how to attach images)

Thank you! Smart solution, I'll try it out on a real world prototype soon. Never in a million years would I have figured it out myself, thank you for the example!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! Indeed, 8 wide doesn't fit with my layout too. And it looks strange seeing a large 8-wide locomotive pulling 6-wide cars. Thanks! Yep these locomotives are very common around here, and were even more so in the past. The majority of them have been modernized but unfortunately we're still lagging behind when it comes to our state-owned company - the private sector's making great progress here though. If you come around here you'll definitely see more of those newer ones and less of the old CFR stock. Thank you! The big challenge was the shape of the cabins and the windows. The rest sort of "came together naturally". Not yet, I'm still figuring out a way: to have the rear axles of the bogies connected to a small gear assembly leading into the body. See image below. The problem with this approach is that the axle swings with the bogie itself (motion of the axle marked with blue). If it doesn't work I'll either make a power car for it or just slap a good old 9v motor!

Glad you like it! Oh yes the round windows, iconic aren't they? I initially wanted to make them a lot smaller but couldn't find a good enough technique. There's 5 on each side on the real life locomotive but I only had room for 3!

[Nevermind, changed my mind]

I have made a post about these leaks on r/legotrains, and somebody replied that he has seen the sets. He also proceeded to give details on them. So here they are. Take this with a grain of salt! "the passenger train is green, has a long front end. The freight train is similar to the ones from previous years, and the station (new set) is possibly like the 2010 one, with a bus and a piece of road."

New LEGO Train leaks!