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For this MOC of London and North Eastern Railway 4472, I have taken Harry Potter set 76423 - Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station - and heavily modified the steam engine portion of the set by a lot. I stretched the model out a bit into a 4-6-2, specifically Flying Scotsman, AKA the first steam locomotive scientifically proven to reach 100 MPH. The loco MOC is in it's pre-British Railways ownership LNER 'apple green' look (with a single chimney and no smoke deflectors) as used from it's construction in 1923 to it's repainting in war time all-black in 1943, or, more accurately from 1935 to 1943, as it doesn't have the long-distance corridor tender it used before being bumped from premier service by the new A4 class in the mid-1930's. This dating of the loco also means loco is in it's original A1 form, not the latter rebuilt A3 form that was finished in early January 1947. rear of the engine Flying Scotsman is the last survivor of the A1 / A3 type in the world... unless we count Gordon from the Thomas and Friends TV show / The Railway Series books, who is canonically the brother of Flying Scotsman. (Technically, Gordon is a A0, a fictional 'hush hush' prototype of the A1 class that Flying Scotsman is, that had several problems that weren't rectified on him but on the latter production-series engines, but Sir Topham Hatt managed to fix these issues upon buying Gordon.) The three set 10194 style coaches are all identical. The brake coach, which was inspired by this Rebrickable MOC. Here's the inside of the passenger cars with the roof segments removed. There are three copies of the coach on the right. The brake coach is shown on the left. Sadly, the coaches are inaccessible right now. So no new group shot with coaches and engine. also, the previous engine design donated a lot of parts to this new redesign... but you can still find the original pictures of it in the spoiler below! Thoughts? EDIT 8/1/26: Real world pictures added of revised engine and first post totally restructured! -
For this MOC (my second attempt at this subject!) I have taken 2023 Harry Potter set 76423 - Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station - and modified the steam engine portion of the set quite a bit. I stretched the model out a bit into a 4-6-2, specifically Gordon from the Thomas and Friends TV show / The Railway Series books. In fact, I changed so much of 76423, that there isn't much of the original engine left! The four passenger cars are in the style of 2009 set 10194 - Emerald Night, but are four studs shorter and in the colors of the 2026 CITY set 60511 - Vintage Train. Each car has a removable roof and inside seating. The car closest to the camera is a brake coach inspired by this Rebrickable MOC. Gordon in both books and TV show is based on the London and North Eastern Railway A1 steam locomotive class. The last real world survivor of the A1 / A3 type in the real world is Flying Scotsman (LNER loco Nr. 4472) which is Gordon's brother in both written and visual media. The rear of the loco. The tender is my own design, and uses a sliding center wheel to keep it from binding. These are three identical express coaches. All the doors of this train open, and the middle roof sections come off for access to the inside details. Here is the brake coach, where passenger's baggage is stored and the guard has a bit of space to rest and keep an eye on the train's progress. The three coaches have identical insides, and the brake coach is mostly the same, up to the halfway point where the luggage area and guard's seat are. Thoughts?
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This UK style train station is inspired by 2023 Harry Potter set 76423 - Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station. I added a back to the building, changed up the color scheme from red to green, added a removable roof and second floor. (The reason I added second floor to the model is a nod to Goathland station - AKA the first station to be used as Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter films.) The station's location name of St. Cleve is fictional - there is no place with that name anywhere in the UK, although I can't take credit for it: I got the name from the cover art of the 1972 Jethro Tull album, 'Thick as a Brick'. The platform side of St. Cleve railway station, which features: twin benches, two lampposts, a couple trashcans, and a few fire buckets. There is also a clock and arrival / departure board mounted to the wall. The street facing side of the station with phone box and statue of a local historical figure. The Stationmaster's office is on the second floor, and features a desk with swivel chair, coffee maker, and fireplace. The ground floor features a bathroom on the left, ticket counter in the center, and on the right is a luggage holding area with each part having features such as toilet and sink in the bathroom, counter and cash register in the lobby, and various crates in the luggage area. A clock and fireplace are also on this level. This classic K6 type telephone box is placed right outside the station. It is inspired by the one in 2022 set 76403 - The Ministry of Magic... but unlike the one in that Harry Potter set, the inside of mine can't fit a minifigure. All the separate sections of this MOC, together with minifigures of the station master and ticket agent. Thoughts?
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I am happy to present my MOD (actually two MODs) to Lego set 76423, Hogwarts Express with Hogsmead Station. As you likely know, last month Lego released their 91st version of the Hogwarts Express. I think this one is the nicest standard gauge version Lego has released so far. Yeah, that is not saying much, but I think the engine is very well proportioned at 6 wide. That means it feels even smaller scale than the city trains, but if you ignore the fact that it is tiny next to a minifig, it has good proportions and I like how they hid the flanges on the drivers. I've now made two MODs to the locomotive that retain the general appearance but enhance it in various ways. The first MOD is simply cosmetic, adding side rods to the locomotive. I really wanted to also add connecting rods but the locomotive is just so tight at 6 wide that anything to add connecting rods has too much of a trade-off. Either going over 8 wide on such a short engine or adding a few studs between the driver wheels and the cylinders. The latter is definitely doable, but it would be a much larger reworking than what I was aiming for. The second MOD is more ambitious... ... I know, doesn't look much different in pictures, but that's because pictures don't move. A Circuit Cubes motor fits nicely in among the drive wheels And the Bluetooth controller/battery fits within the space of the existing tender The power cube easily pops out for access to the power switch and charging port The spacing works with the stock Circuit Cube wire I did make one purely mechanical mod to the tender, removing the center axle to facilitate rounding R40 curves while retaining the wheel holder to maintain appearances. Access to full instructions for both MODs can be found here for free Enjoy!
