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The BVmot is a nice train. All of your trains look very realistic. Great collection!

Thank you. First focus was getting the scale right and have a tram that can drive on any LEGO layout. But I'm planning to built a 6-axis version. I think I will work on the gap and your solutions looks promising.

Thank you for this feedback! It was a temporary layout in the living room. My wife visited a friend for the weekend and the kids and I removed almost all the furniture and carpet... approx. 90cm (35 + 8 + 16 + 8 + 35 studs, with 4 gaps each approx. 2 1/2 studs => 112 studs = 896mm)

Hello, More than two years ago I built one of the trams of Karlsruhe with LEGO. It's the 8-axis "GT8-70D/N" (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT8-70D/N ). Now I found time to take pictures. It's a "one-direction" tram, so only the right side has doors(just black window frames, nothing to open here): It's modular and can be converted into a 6-axis "GT6-70D/N": It's built 7 wide and first and last bogie use the small train wheels. The battery box is located above the first bogie, so the tram won't derail easily. The first small module has a PF train motor: But even with these small wheels it operates well on curves and switches: Hope you like it! Steffen

Wonderful!

Wonderful engine. Great work on the shape!

Great! Beautiful model!

Wonderful MOC! Great job fitting all the PF stuff into it.

Wonderful model

Wow, wonderful train!

interesting prototype and great MOC

Great layout, with nice details.

Incredible, wonderful!

Great MOCs - as always!

Wonderful train! Great job on the slopes and you did match the coloured stripes very well!

interesting engine and great MOC!

Wonderful! Nice train with beautiful details!

Thank you all for this great feedback! Unfortunately I do not have pictures of the mechanism. Everything is still packed in boxes, no chance to take more pictures. The only details I have are at the end of the youtube movie

In May I showed you my version of the trains that run in the garden of Karlsruhe's palace. This was a static display. In the meantime I motorized the trains and added the automatic train control with SBricks and raspberry PI (this can be seen in the movie, when one trains stops and after a few seconds the other train starts) I also put more care into the overall layout and the children got a playground (motorized with PF). As I did not know which size I could handle I chose the minimal layout to run the two trains. For this reason the curves are almost too tight for the long and heavy trains. The feedback was very positive, so I will continue with this - next time with some more straight track elements between the curves... The layout was displayed at the LEGO Fanwelt in Cologne, the moving carousel and swing can be seen in detail at the end of the short movie: (flickr) (flickr) (flickr) (flickr) (flickr) (flickr)

Another great MOC! I like your work, and here again everything is close to the prototype. Wonderful engine.

Wow, great tram! Clean design and nice details, like the lamps vor the doors.

Great model, interesting prototype (I'm learning a lot about real trains across the world just by reading this forum...)

Great engine, interesting to see how two different builders overcome the different challenges of this model.

Another fantastic train MOC! I really like your beautiful work.

This again is incredible. Hard to tell it's LEGO. Wonderful! Looking forward to see more!