Asper
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I built another narrow gauge train - prototype is the "Borkumer Kleinbahn" connecting the harbour and the town on the island Borkum in the North Sea. It's driven with a Power Functions M-motor: This kind of drive was designed by 1000Steine users Lok24 and Flogo. I also made instructions on rebrickable . It runs pretty well on a custom built layout - using the old LEGO tracks:
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Very cute. Well done!
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Wow, great solution for the drive - and wonderful trains.
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[MOC] Chilean "Gondola Carril T-1024" in 1:22.5 scale
Asper replied to Paperinik77pk's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Interesting prototype and great MOC! -
Wonderful!
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Wonderful! The olive green is my favorite.
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Wonderful engines!
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Wonderful! Great model! It's the first time I've seen 5wide tracks.
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Tank you!
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Interesting prototype and great Moc! What parts did you use for the chimney/stack (what's the proper English word?) ?
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Thank you! And yes this is the start of a (semi-)permanent layout in the garden. Currently a very limited circle to test what happens to the tracks and switches outside. Maybe end of summer would be a good time to report about the first experiences.
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Thank you! Yes, I plan to add rolling stock. Log is one of the "natural" options - the V52 was used on the "Odenwald Express" (some say Odenwald means "Odin's Woods") so there were plenty of trees to be transported. (Another important freight were lampshades(!) - there were three factories around the station Limbach... )
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Thank you! The straight tracks are LEGO. The curves (R72 and R88) and the switch (R104) are from TrixBrix. Most people can't tell the difference from a distance.
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Wonderful station.
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Using the LEGO standard gauge I built the same diesel engine as shown in a previous post with a different scale. It's the V-52 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn - running in the 1960s between Mosbach and Mudau. LEGO standard gauge is almost 40mm (5studs). The real train ran on 1000m, so I chose a scale of 1/25 - one stud is 20cm, 5 studs is 1m. The engine is 12wide and approx 50 studs long. It's powered by 2 XL Power Functions motors and remote controlled by a BuWizz. It's designed for standard LEGO gauge, but can only handle R72 (and greater) curves. To run smoothly additional weight is needed (metal spare parts from shelves) - it weighs 1.7kg. (It was my entry for the Brick Train Awards - "Best Other Locomotive" in Europe)
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This is so good! Wonderful - thank you for sharing!
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Wonderful train! So many clever details!
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Wonderful!
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Yes, that's really cool! And all 4 steamers still exist! One can bee seen as monument in Mudau and one of them is still active pulling historic trains (see German website of the "Alb-Baehnle"). While I was searching for more narrow gauge prototypes I started collecting information about the "Albtalbahn" near Karlsruhe, where I live today. This was also narrow gauge and then changed to standard gauge to be integrated into Karlsruhe's public transport system. And then I found out that they got the one of the diesels (modified for standard gauge) and one of the steamers was used changing gauges. The diesel then also was sold to Italy, so I guess both diesels are still active in Italy! For both diesels I found "curriculum vitaes" (German but with images): https://www.loks-aus-kiel.de/index.php?nav=1401521&lang=1&id=19161&action=portrait and https://www.loks-aus-kiel.de/index.php?nav=1406157&id=19162&action=portrait I'm not sure if this develops into a new hobby, but learning about the (surprisingly long!) history of single engines is sometimes real fun!
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Wonderful, great MOC with many details. Thank you for sharing!
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Maik has posted an image from their narrow gauge layout - text is in German, but the image is impressive. And they documented their standard with R40 curves and switches made from 100% LEGO parts: http://www.mabidati.de/MaBiDaTi narrow-gauge.pdf
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Thank you! Do you mean this Duplo part? I built a complete train with these parts, see my flickr album "Duplo Cargo Train".
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Yes, that's how I built the curves. Using the rails from trixbrix:
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After having seen the great design for a LEGO narrow gauge by Maik and David I wanted to build my own narrow gauge LEGO train. Prototype should be the train connecting Mosbach and Mudau from 1905-1973 . I'm too young, so I have never seen the real trains but I know the route from numerous biking trips in my childhood. Today there is a bicycle track on the former railway. Then I got a book about the "Odenwald-Express" and I finally started building it in LEGO. The main actors are two engines - diesel engine class V52 and steam engine class 99 720: There is also a passenger train ... ... and a freight train: With working rollbocks for "standard" gauge wagons: Both trains are driven by standard LEGO train motors - using the brilliant design of Maik and David Schenker: There are more pictures in the flickr album.
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Wonderful! Great MOC!