SD100

Thanks all. That was exactly the information I was trying to find.

I just want to thank you for the instructions, this is an awesome model and making it available like this is great!

I'm trying to build a set of coaches for the hogwarts express, and I'm curious as to the placement of marker lights on UK trains. I'm pretty sure a "excursion" move like Olton Hall and the corridor coaches would have something like a white box with a red light above a red reflector somewhere on the end of the equipment, because I've found a few pictures of such on UK freight equipment. But I would like to know if and where they would place this on passenger equipment IF they do. We have the same piece of equipment here in the US but we only use it for local moves.

So I motorized my Hogwarts Express the JANGBRICKS way, but the front truck is giving me problems. It was fine until I added traction tires but for some reason now I can't keep it on the rails. I've been trying different methods of flat plates to hold it down, but so far no luck. Has anyone had a specific method that worked?

When I made a Pick a Brick order two days ago the bogies were available. At least in my browser PAB has some real problems displaying everything but i was seeing them.

Nice. I just did a coal load up like that it's a really good look.

Both locos are great, with a lot of attention to detail. I dream of putting together a triple set of those GEVOs. Are you at all considering releasing instructions for those well cars? Those side frames are really nice too, they would soup up a lot of EMD models.

I MOC'd up a couple different Loco options in LDD for the 60197. A US kind of MP40 style diesel and a Cities Sprinter ish electric based off of the same design. I'm not sure if they'll ever be built out of real bricks, but I would like to do the diesl at some point. I may have different plans for the electric. SD100AC

What position are your motors in and are they linked by wire or do you use two receivers?

I've seen multiple sources saying the jacobs bogies help with stability, and I have tried it both ways. Having the cars articulated like that reduced the problems derailing between the carriages there but seemed to make it worse on the power cars and between them and the coaches. I've got to try putting a loaded battery box in the second power car, and then just the two motors in one power car and see what produces better results. It sure sounds like running two separate IR receivers works better than having a wire but I'm wondering if that's because the wire binds the cars up...

I finally purchased all the Power Functions components I needed to motorize and light a duel Horizon Express set. I replaced the *lead* trucks in each power car with motors, one running off a long extension cord, all one battery box, one IR receiver. So far its just derail city. I have jacobs bogies under all the coaches, and I primarily derail on the coaches end trucks (that connect to the power car), but half as much as that the motors come off the rails. Is there a "best" set up that people have found, or some ideas that would help this train actually run? I just finished reading every topic I could find via the search feature and it seems that the derailing is mentioned, but not really solved. Thanks everyone.

It's nice to see an appropriately sized tender, I love that design!

I bought a circle of R56 about a month ago, received them in three days, NICE. I can't wait to see what else you put out cause I'm just gonna keep throwing money at ya whenever I have it. I was in a LEGO store the other day convincing the staff to buy your tracks, and I'm not stopping there!