Brickaroo

This is absolutely fantastic. Off to Bricklink to buy some of those pick-ups. :-D Great work!

Just out of curiosity horizon, have you hooked the power connection on the transformer to the 12V plugs or the 13V plugs? The plugs on the left in that image are the 12V plugs, the plugs on the right (they're sealed with a plastic part in the photo) are the 13V. If you've connected to the 13V you might have some problems, can fry the motor.

Managed to picked up a sealed 7865 12V motor (original foam pack too) for $80 AUD inc postage in an eBay auction. Talk about a fluke.

Bingo. I picked the trains I wanted and used photoshop to put them all together in an image that fit within the restrictions.

I'm currently on a Eurotrip and I was in Copenhagen yesterday after driving from Göteborg, what a beautiful drive it was too! Anyway, I visited the Lego store and picked a Maersk set up. I can't wait to get back to Melbourne and build it.

This is getting better and better by the day.

I can't wait to see the rest of this Sok.

How about throwing in a few resting points in there for trains not running? One or two switches with a dead end.

Personally I think making any changes to the 7740 goes against the natural order of the universe.

I feel like I got a bargain here.... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230652952554&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I got red pins in all the wheels in a MISB 7735 that I bought last year. Not sure if that was intended or not.

hehe, I was going to say that my signature is a dead giveaway.

Hi Alan, you'll need to get yourself a 12V power supply/transformer like this one available via Bricklink: http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=5563 You can also find them on eBay. I'm not sure if they were ever sold in the US for you to get one on the correct voltage. If not you'll need to get something that will step down Euro voltages to US voltages. I'm just lucky that Australia uses the same voltage as Europe! The lights are usually connected via the connector holes on the left of the transformer like in this example in the set instructions: http://www.peeron.com/scans/7867-1/4 I hope that helps.

Nice work, I always think the 7725 is too small. I tend to throw the 7820 Mail Car into it as the 3rd carriage and run a cable from end to end for the lights. Looks great when it's long regardless of which way it's done.

Contacts should generally be cleaned with something alcoholic. (I use nail-polish removers, metho would work too). They're what Lego recomment in most of their instructiions for both 9V and 12V electric tracks.