Craig Strader

It will run on standard Lego track, however, because of its size, it will be used on BALLASTED track to give it a more prototypical look to it

First, some context: Here's a shout-out to Daedalus304 and his ATSF #2926 4-8-4 locomotive, for this locomotive of my own shares quite a lot of cosmetics with 2926. Onto my project: Santa Fe 3463 was built on October 30th, 1937 for the Santa Fe Railway as a passenger locomotive and was assigned to crack passenger trains that ran from Chicago, IL to La Junta, Colorado along with its sister locomotives. 3463 was assigned to lightweight trains such as the Chief when they first rolled out, but given their power, they were assigned to heavier trains on the Chicago-La Junta Division in January of 1938. This locomotive pulled trains like the aforementioned Chief, the Scout, The Oil Flyer, and even the Fast Mail Express. In fact, one of these 3460 class Hudsons', No. 3461 set a record for the longest run without any maintenance stops, the only exceptions of course were fuel and water. No. 3460 was given a very special streamline shrouding which earned it the nickname "The Blue Goose" and was the ONLY streamlined locomotive to run on Santa Fe rails. 3463 would soldier on until 1953 when it pulled its last train The Antelope. In 1956, it was put on display outside what is called the Stormont Vail Event Center in Topeka, Kansas, and has remained since. There was an attempt to get this locomotive restored by the CSR in 2012, however, legal issues plagued this for 5 years and after that, the favor was to go to the CSR in 2018. But even then, there were more turn of events that still render the locomotive dormant. To me, the poor girl's restoration was doomed from the start and personally, I would like to see her back in operation someday. This model demonstrates the Hudson in 1/35th scale, it is roughly 11-12 studs wide, approximately 17 studs tall and 113 studs long. This thing is LOADED with details, even an (almost) perfect valve gear system. 6 L-motors are the current power source in place, 2 in the locomotive to keep the drive wheels in order and 4 in the tender, this may be upgraded later but I doubt it. This train HAS been assembled before, however, it was HEAVILY flawed. Faulty drive design with the side rods and gear ratio, too small drive wheels of the incorrect design (I ordered #13 boxpok drivers a while back) which as far as design goes to the wheels, drivetrain, and cosmetics has been resolved. You can check out my wheel by searching for Baldwin Disk Driver. That very same driver will also be going on this locomotive in the future. I even went ahead and designed some special parts that will be incorporated into the locomotive as well. This locomotive is a design that dates back to October of 2021 and by spring of 2023, I plan to have it completed by then unless something comes up. Who knows, I may enter it into the Brick Train Awards if the timing is right and I may have a consist running by the summer of 2023 as well, but I cannot say for certain because the locomotive and tender will come first. For the most part it is complete, but still could probably use a few tweaks before being finalized. With that out of the way, here is the photo gallery of my engine. Here is the valve gear on the LEFT side of the locomotive Here is the valve gear on the RIGHT side of the locomotive I did my best to capture the cab. Unfortunately, I could only find ONE picture and the picture in question is the one with the locomotive in its current condition, that being derelict. Here, we have a water glass on the left, In-Cab signals in the middle, Steam pressure gauge is located below the signals, Speedometer is to the right of the firebox followed immediately after the throttle. The brakes are located below followed by the power reverse on the cab floor. Oil "stoker" is located under the water glass along with gauges.

Thanks for the tips. Sorry I did not respond a while back. Anyway, I have been meaning to ask you something. If they were available, would you use Baldwin disk drivers to make your engine more prototypical? I know the actual engine in Albuquerque, NM was made in 1944 with Baldwin disk drivers and I was wondering if they were available would you use them?

You would be correct on the measurement on scale, however the locomotive in question as far as the actual prototype goes has 84 inch drivers, which is not too far off Thanks. The best has yet to come

It will be for a locomotive coming next year. Estimated to be right around Springtime

So I got a little something interesting that I believe is a real first in this community and because the holiday was coming up I wanted to make it something really special, I give you a BALDWIN DISK DRIVER. This type of driver was designed and made by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and was used on railroads that ordered locomotives from Baldwin. This wheel was designed and made by me on AutoCAD 2022 and with the help of a humble XYZ Da Vinci 3d printer. It is 62.4 mm in diameter compared to the #13 43.2mm diameter. This took over 20 different attempts to create. It is still imperfect from the color of the wheel for I do not know any steam locomotive from Baldwin that used red colored wheels and the fact that it is not the plastic that is used on BrickTrainDepots wheels. Nevertheless, it still accepts standard axles and connector pieces in the exact same fashion as all of the other steam train drive wheels. Here is the wheel with the connector peg and axle in their respective places. For comparison, here is the disk driver(62.4mm) beside BTD's #13(43.2mm) Boxpok Driver

You may be correct, however, I have also taken a few things into consideration as well. 1: My trains were design with running with BALLASTED tracks so as to give it the prototypical look 2: They were also designed to complement Brickmania's equipment because the minifigures look to be the right size imho 3: The width of the minifigure is wider than it is taller, so I mostly took that into consideration for

Thanks. And like I said before, I have a plan to make it affordable for almost everyone. At least this beast will be running on conventional Lego Track unlike the Hogwarts meant for display

For the Allegheny it has 6 XL motors. 2 in the boiler with the help of a universal gear to power both sets of drivers and 4 XL motors to power the tender bogies. In order to give that much power, a 12v AA battery system will be used. As for pricing, it is my intent to sell them at a price almost anyone can afford. The idea is to not just be display models, but can actually move. I will spare you the plan for now for spoilers, but it is in the plan to start selling these as kits by next year. There will be more where the Allegheny came from.

Here is another picture of the locomotive "negotiating" an R104 curve.

Here is a 1/35th scale version of the C&O Allegheny, with the help of Dummy on the walkway in front of the smoke box you can get a good idea of 1/35th scale Here you can get a good idea of length of the beast

What would you start off with, USATC S160 similar to what Brickmania had at one time or a 4-6-4 Hudson used on the Santa Fe?

Maybe, but to me, 1/48th scale for Lego is too small for the minifigure. Maybe, but with what I have in mind, the Minifigures would fit right at home with the equipment I have created

Hey everyone, I know I have not commented let alone posted anything new in quite sometime after the Z-6 V2. But I was wondering what you all would say about 1/35th scale trains kits for sale, from locomotives, to cars and the like. Let me know what you all have to say on the matter

Did you build this to a certain scale or did you just decided to just build it? It looks like to me that you built it slightly larger than 1/48th scale

Probably because no one wants to buy them either because they not only look inadequate but also they don't put in enough effort to make something decent

I have seen a German BR 50 class on the Lego ideas page. It may be a good candidate if it gets its 10,000 supporters

Where did you find the link to those drivers, if not the other wheels such as the #10?

How did you do the Lead bogie on the locomotive to where not only is it functional, but it can tolerate r40 curves?

I know this is a bit out of context, but how wide is the Reading T1 you and Cale built a while back? Boiler, cab, and tender? I am trying to build a steam locomotive and I would like a few ideas. Also, how do you build lead trucks on your steam locomotives to where they have no conflict with the cylinders?

Are you saying that I need to change the background a little? If so, how should I do it and what color should I try Do you want me to put it in a place where you can see the trailing truck clearly then?

How is this?

I did try using photos with a lighter background, what settings would recommend with a build like mine? Only asking so that I can have some ideas

It said "Please submit better digital images"

Hey guys, I have a question, how do I get a good picture from Bricklink Studio to be approved on the Lego Ideas website? I am not having a lot of luck in the process, if someone has some good suggestions please let me know