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The platform is meant to be for cargo loading, and the seats are to be transported to the construction site.... I just didn't realy want to implicate any passenger transport, as I wanted it to be a passenger train set turned into a cargo train set ^^

7710 Push-Along Passenger Steam Train (Medium category) A better take on the B model, than Lego LoL

This is my entry to the alt-build contest. I always thought the B model of 7710 was absolutely hideous... and always wanted to make a better one! And would you know it! This contest came up to nudge me! I turned the small passenger train into a simple cargo delivery. With a big tank locomotive for heavy hauls, with a coal box in the back and an opening in the cab to suggest a firebox. An open wagon for transporting goods. And a covered work van for shielding fragile good from elements as well as transporting workers, it has a simple interior. I imagine that in-universe they are delivering materials for a new track-side building construction, like station or a signalbox. To maximize parts usage I also designed a small loading platform with more cargo on a pallet, and some lumber. With the remaining few parts I put together a tiny pedestrian railroad crossing In the end I was left with 10 parts. I didn't want to forcefully cram them just anywhere, as I think it would take away from the final look... Cheers! Filip

Good evening everyone! After a long break, I am back to give more 12V content to the world ^^ In other news, I've been slacking off with the passenger trains... But now my train station is almost done, which will allow me to take some nice pictures of them! And probably gonna make a whole another post about the station itself. But now! I would like to show something... a bit different! First of my locomotives, that come from over the ocean! From the great US of A! Clasified locomotives: EP12 Intercity ST34 Wiener Dog SU49 Colorado Bug ST16 Holger SR33 Fixer EN50 Stinky PU103 Kettle PP106 Pepe SU50 Gagarin EM49 4.5V ET48 The Box SD90 CargoRailway Visiting from America Big Boi Murica Atom Streamline --- This is gonna be a long one! So hold on everybody! X-13, the marvel of engineering! The rail transport of the tomorrow-land! The (almost) impossible locomotive able to run day and night all year long without ever needing to refuel! The NUCLEAR engine! Inspired by the a short documentary about a concept locomotive from the 50's, called the X-12 (https://files.catbox.moe/s8ev3z.jpeg). I decided to take my own interpretation of the idea, and design a fully detailed loco, powered by a nuclear reactor. It has two motors, making it one of my most powerfull locos (as it should be). And is a whopping 72 studs long! the "X-13" is both a parody of the originals name, a reference to the fact the whole locomotive has an impressive 13 axles... and the fact that I find it funny, that a nuclear loco would be signed by a number 13, considered to be very unlucky LoL. Whole locomotive consist of the fist half, containing the crew cabin, the reactor, and the generator room. While the second half is a huge cooling tower, needed to cool a nuclear reactor. Let's start with the second part, as it is objectively more boring.. It's just a box, with an array of coolers on the side, and 6 fans on the top, to push air thru. There is an access hatch at the back, but there is not much of an interior, as there really shouldn't be... air needs to move freely after all. There are also hoses running to the cooling tower. They are attached only from the first cars side, and can freely move in the second car, that way the train can take corners freely. But let's focus on the first car now! Here you can see the whole insides, with walls partially disassembled for easy viewing. In the front, there is the crew cab. The locomotive must be operated by two minifigs. A driver, and a reactor controller. The Drivers seat is atop a small ladder, overlooking the rails from above. There are levers for throttle, breaks, and a few other gauges. You will also find those red SCRAM buttons scattered around, for emergency reactor shutoff. The reactor controller seats below, in the nose of the locomotive. He has the full monitoring setup, for reactors status, temperature, water cycling, and all the other. With all the gauges and controls, providing a safe operation (probably). There is also this small valve and gauges panel at the back of the cab. Behind the cab, and shielded all around with thick metal walls, sits the reactor itself! Supported from both sides and taking all the vertical space avilable. It might just look like a cylinder of gray metal... but it holds the UNLIMITED power! I also wanted to include fore details, even those that won't be visible almost at all. So if you would take the shielding off, there is the core! With nuclear fuel rods, as well as the control rods sticking form below.... (yeah they really should be sticking form above to drop gravitationally in case of an emergency... but who cares really?! What can possibly go wrong?! Also I wanted to take a nice picture of it... But for some reason the photo always comes out weirdly fuzzy and unclear... And I don't know what to do about it... Lastly, there is the generator room. Hot steam comes from above, into the turbine, spinning the shaft which powers the big generator in the back, providing electrical power to traction motors. The steam then leaves via the lower pipe to the cooling car. You can also see the emergency pressure valve on the bottom. The whole thing should really have at least two separate water circuits, one contained inside the reactor, heating up a heat exchanger, to warm the second circuit, to power the turbine... But I didn't have that much space, so I just didn't bother... And that is probably all I have to say about this quite unusual engine. I hope You enjoyed! And of cores as always, there is the LDD file of the whole thing: https://files.catbox.moe/qer5ll.lxf Have a nice evening, and see You later!

Good evening once again! Since space is still not in my convinience, the Intercity train will be delayed (how ironic, since IC trains in Poland constantly run late kek) So instead I'll be posting my other small locos for now, leaving the big ones for later --- Clasified locomotives: EP12 Intercity ST34 Wiener Dog SU49 Colorado Bug ST16 Holger SR33 Fixer EN50 Stinky PU103 Kettle PP106 Pepe SU50 Gagarin EM49 4.5V ET48 The Box SD90 CargoRailway Visiting from America Big Boi Murica Atom Streamline --- Today I'm bringing to the table first of my steamers! the rather small PU103, cutely nicknamed a "Kettle" It is a small steam locomotive meant to haul light cargo or short distance passenger trains. Built in 1926 in Germany, later brought over here in 1946, as part of war reparations, functional till present day. It doesn't really resemble any real-life model. It is... rather oddly shaped. It was meant to be an experiment: adding a small tender to a locomotive, that would originally be a tank locomotive, to extend its travel distance and make it more independent on longer lines. Therefore it is the only existing locomotive of its type. It is build atop the rarer red 12V motor, one of two I have (wait for PP106 for the other one). Tho this motor is damaged, as one wheel definitely sticks down a bit, making it wobbly when it runs (was VERY cheap for a red motor tho). In the design I decided to make it similar to 12V lego steamers. Using slope bricks as the boiler more squared and vintage looking. But I did use some modern parts too, for more detail! Made the smokestack form a technic part, as I wanted it to be quite narrow and tall. I also used flex tubes, inspired by the loco from set 7727. At the back there are small doors, to access the tenders storage. And talking about the tender, here it is. It is quite tiny, but still has two compartments. One to store fuel (the locomotive runs on wood at the moment, as I wanted to use something different, than black coal in a black tender), and the other compartment further back is a water tank. Both can be accesed for refilling from the top. Interesting fact about this build: the whole wheels assembly is offset by half a stud, so they are in the middle of the tenders length. One last thing I would like to share is the cab detail, as I think I managed to make it exceptionally detailed for its size (makes it a bit fragile to handle tho). There are two gauges, made of clock 1x1 round tiles, there are some valves, a throttle lever, and even a water level indicator! The firebox is opened, showing a flaming fire inside. The one piece of wood on the floor would be put into minifigs hand for display. So that's the Kettle. It is one of my favorite locos I built, it's so adorable! Hopefully will one day find a space to display it properly... As for now, grab a small scene of water refilling i photographed a few months ago: And of cores LDD file is right here: https://files.catbox.moe/yij4ag.lxf Good night yall! --- Yeah I am trying ^^ have those little backstories for almost all of them written down. I like thing to make sense in-universe

Nice to see You here Holger ^^ A yes! I remember You told me about it on discord! I definitely like the front of the red one more tho ^^

Ok so another quick one today, due to it being late! First things first, I decided to gather all my locomotives and list them, just to know which ones I have already covered (also put the nicknames here for fun, and for yall to wonder why certain odd names, until I reveal photos :P) Clasified locomotives: EP12 Intercity ST34 Wiener Dog SU49 Colorado Bug ST16 Holger SR33 Fixer EN50 Stinky PU103 Kettle PP106 Pepe SU50 Gagarin EM49 4.5V ET48 The Box SD90 CargoRailway Visiting from America Big Boi Murica Atom Streamline And todays post is about the ST16, nicknamed "Holger" Inspiration for this one comes from a small diesel locomotive made by @HoMa, shown in the River Port video: This one caught my eye and I really liked it! So I took inspiration and made my own, slightly modified version. That's is why it is called "Holger", it's a tribute to the original designer, who I adore and respect highly! I later got to talk to Holger, and got a view on the front. Turns out I got it quite similar too! But lets focus on my model now. It is a light-duty diesel cargo locomotive, used for short distance hauls and shunting. Built in 1954 in Great Britain, somehow ended up over here in unknown sircumpstances around 1990. the model is built on a motor with a broken pin, it was a perfect use for it. The design is quite simple, a tall engine bay with a cab at one end, windows providing visibility around the engine bay. I used some of the 4510 elements (8 long with rail) for some extra details. Also the front grill is a bit complicated in its design. And of cores there are the window shutters used as the engine vents... behind which there are engine details! I love giving my trains engine details! :D I really think those printed 24246pb001 elements (which are not very common to find unfortunately), are quite perfect for cylinder cover detail in a combustion engine. (I was salso going to use then in my ST34, but finding 24 of them in a reasonable price was unreal). The whole engine is placed on a jumper, to make it fit better into the window frame. In contrast to the ET48, this one actually has a properly removable roof for better interior access! LoL The cab is quite cramed, only being a 4x4 and the usable front wall space being limited by the windows. But I still managed to fit in everything I wanted. Altho the printed buttons slope take a lot of detail-heavy-lifting here, there still is a place for throttle and break levers, a speedometer and the all important red dead man's switch indicator. I unfortunately didn't take any scene-type photo this time.... so sorry about that... But here is the model: https://files.catbox.moe/mtsxl6.lxf Have a nice day/night yall!

If You think 2 yellow doors is a lot.... You are in for a surprise when I finally get around to photographing and posting my Santa Fe Super Chief clone, all in dark blue and yellow livery :P Here, grab a sneak peek

Yeeee.... im concidering this, but that's IF i get a room to make a permanent layout

Yeah that was my goal. Have much more detail but keep the 12V 80s vibe. A yeah, now I remember, this was originally the part I wanted to use. But I didn't like that it didn't allow me to place headlights on the outer edges, and putting them in the middle made them look too close to each other, so I went to look for alternatives.

Ok I said I was gonna post the InterCity train next, but have neither the energy nor the space to display it currently... So here is the ET48 instead, nicknamed "The Box" g This one is a bit unusual, an electric light-duty cargo locomotive. I took the inspiration from set 7720, the B model shows this kinda boxy electric locomotive. I am quite certain it's meant to resemble some kind of old german/swiss electric locomotive from 1910s/1920s I found it really cute so decided to build something similar, but make the front a tiny bit less square. I found the windshield part 17454 to go perfectly with what I wanted, and originally it was designed as yellow and red. But I learnt that this part doesn't exist in many colors, red not being one of them... But it was made in brown! Which was a color I would never have thought to even concider, but in the end made the whole thing look much more interesting! I don't think I have ever seen anyone using the connecting rods with just 2 axles, and it does look odd. But at the time I didn't have the 3rd wheels, and when I finally got them, I decided against using them here. It looks much more original the way it is. I especially like the mesh vents on the sides, making the design look older. Also the roof being more square than the body. Here You can also see the pantograph design I am using as standard in all my electric locos. Its a bit fragile to align and look neatly, but it's the closest I could get to how the diamond, symmetrical pantographs look in real life. I used cut pieces of flex tube as a way to connect those 11090 parts, 3L bars, and binoculars at the top. I also use some of those red 6 long barrier part as some electrical wires and roof details on my locos. Also had to rise the base on which the pantograph is places, so it matches the height of my other locos. The front , interestingly, is built sideways, and there is no connection from the lower part to the windshield piece. Due to the unusual building techniques, the whole body is mostly held to the chassis with 4 studs on the bottom, and 4 studs via the engine block, so when you try to take the roof off, this is the most likely result: LoL The cab controls are mirrored on both ends, and are very simple because of space and attatchment points limitations. here You can also see how the front is attatched via a 2x2 bracket. The electric gut are just random parts to make it look interesting. But I did actually manage to fit a weight block into this engine for better traction! So anyway, that's it about "The Box"! Just one more pic of it hauling away some Octan fuel cars. And for those interested, there is the LDD file: https://files.catbox.moe/10yjj5.lxf

Yeah the artwork I'm quite proud of One time i took this picture when the IC loco was standing in front of a green storage box. And it realy reminded me of some kind of art-deco era, sorta a bit abstract, advertisement poster... So I made this in MS Paint the same evening

Thanks yall for kind, warm welcomes and all the kind words about my models! Realy nice to be here and hopefully gonna stay and post more and more of my stuff! I try to keep a bit of this 80s 12V esthetics in my trains. I have also never been a fan of everything being tiled off, I like seeing studs, it's lego after all! I try to keep a balance of having lots of detail, but also still looking like a lego model that it is. I think the best loco interior is my Inter City train (on my avatar). Probably gonna be the next one I post. This one is fully packed with details, both locomotive and train cars. Yeah the bellows are my design, I made a few years ago. Gonna go into more details about them too, in my Inter City post.

Well I wasn't going to do more today, but decided this won't take too much time so why not... --- My SD90 rapid train. 4559 Cargo Railway was always peak lego train for me! It perfectly captures the times when the Lego company was focuding on imagination and everything was wild and SO unrealistic but who cares when it's fun?! This train has a special place in my heart. When I was about 5 or 6 years old around 2006, my aunt from UK gave me a pirated CD with the Lego Loco game... and I would play that for HOURS on our family computer! 4559 would appear in the intro to this game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-ULpwCWDo), and I wuld always wonder what it was! Fast forward a few years and around 2013 i found an online auction, it was the locomotive and the first car of 4559, but no mottor, instead it had a mockup of one built with bricks and regular wheels. I bought if for around 20€ back then. I was so happy! I found my dream train form years ago! When I went full 12V and decided to sell all my plastic tracks and PF motors, I decided to convert my beloved train as well. Using the original instructions and a 12V motor in place where the 9V should go, I created the (possibly first ever) 12V conversion of 4559. I also used 2x3 plates attatched to the 3rd wheel slot in the motor, for extra detail. Also converted the end bogie to use 12V wheels. And so time went by, and about 3 or 4 months ago I found someone selling this set in parts, every car and truck in seperate listings... I never before even concidered owning the rest of the set. In Lego Loco it was just the locomotive and one car, thats was the train for me and... it kinda even seemed odd to me... But I did buy the second car for about 45€ But when I put it together I REALY didn't like the bap between the two cars. Between the locomotive and a train car there is just 1 stud gap, but here it was 3! I tried to reduce it to 1 but using connection different than magnets, but the two cars would collide on corners, because of how long they are. That left me with only two options: either make it 2 stud gap, or think of something else... So I decided to use the same solution of connection as the locomotive has... and after tweaking the design a bit further, and using tho bogies connected via 2x2 rotating plate to a central car... There it was! Only 1 stud gaps all the way thruout the whole train! So there it is, my modified 4559, the perfect solution to my liking! And so fere is the file for it! https://files.catbox.moe/zuhzda.lxf Thanks for reading!

I also just added the LDD file if anyone is interestd. but be aware that they might include new custom parts and decals, which might not work on Your computer

Hey Eurobricks! My name's Filip and this is my first post here. I got into the 12V system about 3 years ago, and since managed to build quite a few locos and train cars. I am not a set collector, I don't own any official trains... But I do at this point own 17 black 12V motors, and 2 red ones... and I use all of them in my moc trains, so there are quite a few of them! I'll also be posting my LDD files of all the stuff, but be aware that they might include new parts added by the amazing guys form https://www.customlddupdates.com/ , or custom parts and decals made by me. So I would like to shar what I've acomplished so far. I am from Poland, so my locomotives are set in early 90s "Poland", and are inspired by polish, or european locomotives. But there also are some american. None of them are meant to be models of real life locomotives, but there are a few which have been inspired by them, and I'm gonna point out when needed. Locomotives are also numbered according to the polish national numbering system, but with numbers not used by any IRL loco --- Starting with my dual diesel cargo locomotive, the ST34 built in 1977. It's a two-unit, permanently coupled locomotive, ispired by real-life ones like ET40 or ET42 (altho those are electric, the only diesel dual I know is the german D311). (Fun fact: Russia banned production of locomotives above certain power in eastern countries, to force them to buy more powerful ones from russia. Thats why duals were created, twice the power, but its still two locomotives so the ban doesn't apply.) Each unit is an exact copy of the other, originaly only one had a motor, but I since got another one for actual double power. The design features a boxy body, main doors lead to a small entrance room, with further door seperating the engine room, and quite a spaceious cab. There are also 4 inspection doors on each side, allowing better access to the engine They two units are permanently coupled via 5 long technic liftarm, and feature a gangway connection between them, I leave it to imagination, that a minifig can walk beside the engine, to pass all the way thru to the second cab, as there isn't enough space in a 6-wide body to fit an actual corridor. Each unit is powered by a V12 heavy duty diesel combustion engine. It also integrates the 2x6x2 weighted bricks, for better traction on rails, and are conviniently located righ above the 12V motor. The cab itself is has a central seat, there is a throttle wheel and a break lever. The red thing below the dashboard is a radio (mean to resemble the model Radmor 3006, which is used in many locomotives to this day), originaly it was meant to be printed part 3004pb009 instead, but it turned out it's more rare than I thought so I had to improvise... I also wanted to include this radio in every locomotive, but with smaller one it was hard to fit anywhere so I gave up. I also use the same style of speedometer in every of my locomotives, which is meant to resemble a Hasler (speedometers used widely in polish locomotives). The red light is a dead man's switch indicator, this is also a standard thing in all my lego locomotives. https://files.catbox.moe/byb6vc.mp4 I eventually want all my trains to have headlights... but this is realy hard. I had to run thin wires between bricks, and made a few cuts or holes in sides of bricks here and there... I used warm-white 3mm LEDs. The lights shine white or red, depending on the driving direction. I might in the future do a post about those and how they work exactly, it's a complicated thing... So anyway... there is the ST34 doing its job: pulling a heavy cargo train to be loaded with coal and natural gas! I hope You liked my post! I always thought there was not enought 12V mocs on the internets, so it's my time to add something! Hopefully in the future I can post more of my trains, currently I have 16 locomotives and countless train cars so be patient! Thanks once again! Filip LDD file: https://files.catbox.moe/xk64cc.lxf