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Actually the images were embedded over plain http, not allowed in modern browsers lol.. have just made links

Sorry, I was just hosting the images locally and the server's been behind a Vodafone router recently.. please check if okay now @Classic Lego @JopieK

Am still here Wonder if you have an older style light brick? But you can see that my contacts were hollow tubes, so the micro screwdriver could reach all the way to the bottom of the contacts and they just fell out. They were loose at that point, only the friction against the LED wire made them tight again.

Great find and build, thanks fpr sharing!

Seconded, that would be the critical thing for me to start considering the system.

That'll be one of mine :

Totally agree. The electrical system I'm probably more interested in at this point, the 9V connection system has never been surpassed (just look at conductive plate!), and to see some new components to give it life again would be awesome. As well as not ageing well the 9V wires/plugs don't lend themselves to re-wiring, so if the system did a better job on that then the originals it would be doubly awesome. Also agree on that.. would prefer one wide sleepers, can still be Lego compatible.

Even just the wires would be amazing...

Or the other possible solution is to change the internal 9v motor to 12v, can get the right motor from here - https://www.conrad.com/p/miniature-brushed-motor-motraxx-x-train-263-h0-6440-rpm-229021 have done this myself but in the end I just swapped most my 12v motors to 9v so I could just adjust the input power.

Wheely wheely good! Great concept realized, can't wait to try them

Great to see it running. Also interesting regarding the other thread, that TrixBrix switch there keeps bumping one of the carriage bogies almost off the track each time it goes past.

Yes, guess we are. That may be a way forward, we re-base the hobby with no allegiance to any one manufacturer. Some new BL with a brick quality score, based on manufacturing technique, plus age, etc.. who knows, small steps. Question, is the BL catalogue still considered open source as it was based to a large extent on user input? If so, any new site could adopt it as a base.

Well they initially gave @coaster an exemption on that basis. Again, old Lego molds/ components not made anymore (a lot of stuff on BL) will not be continually QA tested either by TLG so not sure how that can stand.

Such a beautiful build, from the valve gears to the carriage curtains.. deeply in awe. I hope the museum give you a mention somewhere.

Very upsetting the objection to even the mention of BBB wheels in Tony's MOC instructions as well as the deletion without notice. BBB wheels should not be a target for them. They are not clones and not 'unsafe' as they are injection molded. The 'unsafe' argument I'm sure could be used against TLG's own items that BL sells that are no longer made, such as '70s transformers and battery boxes not meeting current regulations, etc..

Like it, looks like a scene through a frozen valley. That's the Ausini light grey track

4.5V TypeC 1976-80. The red bit on the top should confirm the voltage. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x469b&name=Electric, Motor 4.5V Type C 12 x 4 x 3 1/3&category=[Electric, Motor]#T=C 12v versions existed but the red bit was yellow.. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x550b&name=Electric, Train Motor 12V 12 x 4 x 3 1/3 Type C Old&category=[Electric, Train]#T=C You can though switch out the internal motor to change voltages as well as add pickups for 12v track ( https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=68920#T=C&C=11 )

I'm hoping it's just an administrative glitch and no reason to cause mass panic among AFOLS... but all mention of the new track system has gone from the Fx Bricks website.

@Toastie 's method worked well for me, wheels are still good. Using just a small angled file and a locked down Lego motor essentially.

That's cool! So does this mean you can do tight bends at speed?

Hoping the pickups will not be the size of the motors, the flyer @michaelgale posted just said it was an add-on item to the motor, doesn't mean they are the same size, the outline pdf here has some looking virtually the same as what @coaster proposed here. Agreed a more generic wheelset could be designed to hold bigger wheels, but then we would need a supply of metal wheels beyond 3D printing, so not sure on the practicalities. Looking forward to news regarding anything that uses 9V contacts, wires, etc, surely the PFx brick itself will need 9V stud contacts too...? Also think people are avoiding anything that could be deemed a clone of a Lego piece, even if retired, why risk it...

Wow, that's tight, nicely worked out. You managed to gram a lot in there. Never had those big wheels (and too expensive now) so not sure what they are like on points. The V80, although I think I see what you have done there now too (was looking at the rendering further down), the magnet holders are connected to the baseplate rather than the motor bogies themselves which is what I first thought.. so we are good.

Happy New Year, these are all very nice renderings... we could be looking at an early '80s catalogue! Although I bet at the time they would have made that level crossing 4.5v with all the new gizmos thrown at 12v layouts. Just in case you get tempted, I'm sure you also know you don't want to build the BR50 as it won't make it round curves with so many fixed drivers? The red cargo also might have a wheel jamming problem as the bogies are built right up to the baseplate.

Excellent work, not sure but it looks to me like you are extending your layout with some more tables at the front?

There definitely used be some from https://nwsl.com/ but I can't find them there anymore either. They were the NWSL /210 33" 0-scale as discussed on @alainneke power pickup topic -