Selander

That looks awesome - and it prooved to work !! Another piece in place in your big jigsaw puzzle ;-)

Sweet..!! The only spring brick I consider feasible is a 2605c01. Check it on BL.

Another amazing loco !!!

May I suggest the "camel hump" ;-)

My solution is an onboard decoupler, see below topic. http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=78802 If you want to separate standard lego train magnets, keep in mind that a relatively high force is needed, so a trackside solution need to be fairly robust and have a sufficient stroke to separate waggons enough. If you would design another kind of coupling, e g like having some sort of "hook-into-hole-princip", I imagine it could be easier to have a trackside solution and "simply" lift the hook mechanically to separate the coupling. In any case, with a trackside solution you are obliged to always do the decoupling at a certain spot in your layout. The advantage with an onboard decoupler is that you can use it anywhere you prefer in your layout. As always there are pros and cons.....

Absolutly amazing functionality, Esben.

Great to see a Finnish diesel !! I've got a Finnish VR class SR1 in red-white livery in my Flickr account.

As Duq pointed out you can study pictures in my Flickr account. The mechanic parts are more or less identical to my Swedish V5 shunters. Also I have some pictures of motorization concepts for PF L-motor, incl use of BBB medium wheels like in this DB class V60.

+1. Couldn't agree more.

No not really - the train shed is a WIP and I just put it there to create a nice background for the photographing. If you browse my Flickr photos you will however find some photos of a train station and platform area which is in the foreground.

Thanks for all kind comments. I made a small change to longer (1x4) white tiles with headlights - is it better ?

Another creation in my new 8wide series of locomotives, this time a German shunter DB class V60 (BR 363). It is in 8wide and equipped with large PF-motor, battery box and IR-receiver in rear. Technically it is quite similar to my recently presented Swedish V5 shunters, except this has got BBB medium wheels. Custom connecting rods are on my wish list (Zephyr, send me some samples ) Comments welcome as usual. EDIT: i changed to longer white tiles 1x4 - is it better ? (I hope so...) And the prototype (real locomotive) :

Yepp, sorry I missed your comment. Your design is estetically more appealing than M_longers !

Looks really interesting, if I am not mistaken some guys in a Polish lug built a 6wide truck with similar overall dimensions and features like yours some time ago. Edit: Here is a link: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=400306

Looks really great as usual with your designs ;-) Very realistic feel.

Have you seen the video from underneath at flickr? I also use a PF medium motor right above the actuator. Motor has a gearing driving a second gear that you can spot in the video.(2x same gear) The drivers cab is filled with a PP3 battery and the rear contains the IR receiver. Normally the actuator is out at full stroke, it stops there automatically. When you want to start decoupling simply start the motor and retract the actuator full stroke inwards or until you see that magnets are enough separated. I think a stroke of approx 4 studs is needed. The big actuator I use gives a sufficient stroke to do the job.

Thanks all for your kind comments. Dark blue windscreen is brandnew from set 60007, ref 6567c03 on Bricklink. @all asking for instructions: Sorry it's generally not possible due to consuming an enormous amount of time.

Thanks guys. I uploaded a video of the loco lying up-side-down just to show the functionality. I'll try later to make a better video ... Click the Flickr link to my account there to see it. Cheers / Selander

This V5 shunter has been called Swedish state railways "most angular shunter locomotive". SJ bought 40pcs of it from german Henschel in the 1970:s. The original colorscheme is orange + darkblue, so the brandnew darkblue train windows from set 60007 came very handy. I built totally 3pcs - two in orange/darkblue and one in the actually used blue/red/black colorscheme. The blue locomotive and one of the orange are technically identical, with a vertical PF L-motor + battery box and IR-receiver to compose a fully autonome loco. All are 8wide and they feature a 3-axle design (similar to the prototype) where the mid axle is floating in a technic element (a new innovative usage to my point-of-view ), and train magnets are attached upside-down in rotatable beams to allow it to follow rolling stock in curves and points. The 2nd orange V5 may look optically similar but this is a "slave" locomotive without propulsion. It means it have to work in pair with the other orange V5. Instead of propulsion it features a linear actuator attached to the magnet which is driven by a PF M-motor + PP3 battery and IR-receiver. This allows easy remote control decoupling of rolling stock !! See picture below from underneath, also I'll try to upload a short video showing decoupling on my Flickr account. Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.

It looks fantastic. I know from own trials the front is hard to replicate but you have done a great job - very similar to the prototype.

Normally the designs I suggested are intented for MOC locomotives, and cannot be integrated in TLG designs, such as Maersk train. I am currently building a Swedish rail yard shunter, and found that a L-motor with a 20T gearing (see the most upper proposal above) gives a good balance between strenght and (low) speed for a shunter.

@roamingstudio: You'll find the interiour shots I took, in the Swebrick link I provided in an earlier post in this thread. Secondly, as far as I understand you want proposals for switchers? One of my personal favorites is Deutche bahn BR 365 (V60), can be built in a red color scheme which is great since ther are tons of lego train elements in red. (including a PF battery box) I've made some attempts which can be found in my fickr link below. Also SBB EE 3/3 in Reddish brown is a nice source of inspiration for a small shunter.

Really nice vehicle, excellent and realistic design with good attention to detail. Top notch.

Fantastic creation with a very nordic feel.

Stunning engineering.