snowvictim

Wow. I'm a palm grower, and those Washingtonia palms you've made are outstanding! Of course the square itself is magnificent, that goes without doubt. But kudos on the palms.

I'm glad you used the term "if". I don't know where people get the assumption, that there is a trend, from.

Unfortunately not, I will either have to change the colour scheme of the train (for example to green) or do the recolour myself. My thoughts exactly on the windows, I'll be reworking those tonight.

I'd amend the trend a bit, go with Emerald=steam, Maersk=cargo, Horizon Express=passenger. If you do subscribe to this trend, which I do not as you cannot establish a trend without some sort of repetition (i.e. we haven't had this going on for two or more times), then your best bet is a steam train. Of course there's a possibility that they'll make something completely different. Personally, I'm just waiting to be surprised.

Depends on the condition imo. I got the Limited Edition Super Chief including a 9V motor and the necessary convertible parts, plus: a mail car, a baggage car, a sleeping car, a diner car, and an obseration car (so pretty much 10020, 10022 x2 10025 x3) for 800 Euro. By my charts (I keep volatility and average records of Bricklink prices) buying at the cheapest options from bricklink sellers would cost me around 1300 Euro. Considering the fact that a MISB 10020 goes for around 450 Euro I'd say what I got wasn't bad. I mean, sure, it's used, but it's pretty much the same product.

The reasons why I didn't use 8-wide bases: a) Theoretically (and practically, in my opinion) less work to do. b) I have 7 red 6x28 plates at home so I don't need to order the additional parts. But the plane nose part in red does not exist, therefore I might have to do some recolouring of the train. c) I wanted to get a cylindrical shape of the car. If I use a 6-wide base and then the inverted slopes I receive this effect.

Front piece of the Lego City airplane. :)

Yeah, I was thinking that they might look very weird on curves. I'll probably take a 28 train plate and extend it with a 6x4 or 6x6 plate on each side. As for the bogies, I wanted to have a 3 car train. If I were to do shared bogies I'd have to do 4 cars, which I really want to avoid. Thanks for the feeback though. :)

Yes? No? I'm planning on making the carriages double 24 plates as they're way too short now. But this is the initial concept. I'm more of a Cargo fan though, so I'm not sure if this will be converted into a genuine brick build. But I think it looks nice, maybe I could use some colour rework. My original intention was to have the windows as the 2x2 Transblack Panels, but LDD does not have Transblack as a colour (lol...). Might also change the undercarriage to a dark grey, haven't decided yet. I didn't do the interior since, as I've mentioned, I'll be extending the cars so there's no point at this moment. Tell me what you think. :) Long Carriage Version: I think it looks much better, although the cars are 50 studs long.

Although the differences you've implemented are quite subtle when looking at the train as a whole, I think the details are a significant improvement. It took me a while to spot all the things you've changed, and I must say you've done this train a good rework. I'm particularly fond of extending the coaches; the original one's coaches are quite squished (one of the reasons I pooled all my savings into buying Santa Fe Cars rather than 2x 60051...), and I'm not really a fan of reworks/mods. But I must say, when I get this train, which probably isn't anytime soon, I'll definitely implement some of your improvements. Oh, and a massive thumbs up for the 9V.

Like the TTX Intermodal, yeah. Mind you, I've ordered 5 TTX Intermodal sets for a total of 208 Euro (includes shipping). That was a bargain. I'll be incorporating them into this set. As for the inaccuracies in the GP-38, I know. But I never built genuine replicas of real life models; my versions are always different than the original that I use as a guide. I think incorporating your own ideas into a model is what's most beautiful about model making - it's your ability to change anything anyway you want it.

Thanks! :) The actual one I'm building will have the buffers attached to the bogies. I know, I know. Might change that, haven't decided yet. It saves up on parts if I do two axle cars. Besides, I want this to be a VERY long freight train (parts will have to come from those rip-off bulk sellers...) and less wheels equals less friction. The train will be brick built in parallel with my other MOC, the Southern Pacific inspired GP38. :)

Small bonus, I was feeling creative.

Marvellous. Absolutely gobsmacked. But it looks weird on that 180 curve.

Hi! Back again with another MOC. Now let me just state this in advance - I was messing about with 6 axles and then I decided to build the UP freight. I forgot to change the wheels so what I have is a GP38-styled engine with 6 axles. Yes, it's weird, but I'm substituting the 3 axle bogies with normal 2 axle ones in the actual build. Ordered most of the parts today, the stores I usually buy from didn't have a few minor pieces. Might have those lying around somewhere so I'll wait before I order them. One more important thing - I take no credit for the DHL wagon. I found a picture of it on Google, therefore this is not my creation. I simply replicated it. The GP38-style engine is my own work. Enjoy!

Make sure there's a little room between the wheels and the motor. If the wheels are too close together on the axles then the motor will struggle to run.

Doesn't have all the tracks you've listed but it'll give you an idea of what works. You can always "imagine" the specific track onto the layout: http://www.lego.com/en-us/city/trains/track-planner

The sides are quite naked.

I've expanded my collection over the past two weeks. Most of the stuff you can see in my signature but I'm still expecting a couple of models from the post in the coming days. So to this day I have: 2x 10233 Horizon Express 1x 10194 Emerald Night 1x 7939 Cargo Train 1x 7938 Passenger Train 1x 7989 Passenger Train 2x 4511 High Speed Train 1x 10158 High Speed Train Car 1x 4558 Metroliner Car 1x 10020 Santa Fe Super Chief Limited Edition 1x 60051 Cargo Train 1x Custom 8-wide Southern Pacific Inspired Engine (GP38 style?) 6x 4548 9V Transformer 1x 4512 Engine Expected in the post anyday: 1x 10020 Santa Fe Super Chief Limited Edition 3x 10022 Santa Fe Cars - Set I 2x 10025 Santa Fe Cars - Set II 1x 4512 Cargo Train I'm thinking of buying 2 more Santa Fe Cars...

I remember transporting my HE carriages across my room. The window pieces bent in and I lost grip, whole thing fell down. Had a mini heart attack. You're right about the derailment, it happens a lot. But I noticed it happens mostly when the engine is running by itself.

I found this video on YouTube in the "Related Videos" sidebar. Quite an interesting way of making Lego train tracks in my opinion, might come out cheaper than buying RC (but of course there's a bit of manual labour involved in assembling a layout and the fact that you can't change it around).

Why elevate the baseplates?

Wyrzucasz pieniądze w błoto. Lepiej kupować tory 9V. Plastikowe tory dostaniesz z nowymi pociągami, a zaletą torów 9V jest to, że mogą na nich śmigać i pociągi z systemu 9V i z systemu PF.

That's what I was saying. Lego trains aren't what they used to be. They used to be a separate theme themselves, now they're just under City. Which is a shame... I remember those "My Own Train" packets with train parts. That was for MOCs. And just the generally wider variety of Lego trains offered, and themed trains i.e. the BNSF GP-38 and the Santa Fe Super Chief. Arguably now they've released the Maersk and the Flying Scotsman + the Horizon Express. But these trains aren't what Lego used to make. I'm not sure buying sets anymore is worth it, better just get parts for MOCs.

That would be even more interesting. The Hogwarts Express wasn't heavy, perfectly do-able.