This post is a follow up to Josh’s. When Tony Sava posted engine #201 I spotted “I will be taking photos of all of the TSRR LEGO locomotives together” in the description and decided to wait for said photo. Josh jumped in ahead of me so I’m making a new post for the big pic.
Anthony Sava has become a man known for his locomotives and the reputation is well-deserved. He has been working on a project to build all five of the Texas State Railroad locomotives and this is the final one. It has been quite the project and I have enjoyed it. I’m not a train guy but Continue reading →
Peter Norman (swoofty) has been draining BrickLink of dark turquoise parts to make this Brazillian oddity. It’s a very nice locomotive in a hard to work with colours but what I found most fun was the presentation of it shipping on flatbeds. Very fun.
The good folks at RAILBRICKS have just released the 9th issue of their excellent free e-zine. This issue focuses on trams but, as usual, there’s plenty of articles for LEGO train fans and LEGO builders in general including Catenary design PFS Lights Building relief structures (facades) The low-res PDF can be found here (RAILBRICKS are Continue reading →
Peter Norman (Swoofty) is usually more of a LEGO diesel man. But sometimes he’s a LEGO steam man and this is one of those times. It’s an ugly prototype made well.
Carl Greatrix (bricktrix) has a habit of building the impossible. But this A4 Pacific has to be his most extreme example. Some of the drivers, stickers and pipes are custom but the rest of the build is 100% LEGO
Gambort usually posts the trains here, but I had to steal this one from him. Dave Stannard recently rebuilt one of his earlier trains and the result was this. I have to say that this locomotive is gorgeous. It almost makes me want to go build a train.
I’ll bet this creation by Neverroads isn’t something you see everyday. Here’s the setup.
Esben Kolind is one of the few LEGO builders who can combine excellent working features and nice looking designs. A browse through his Youtube account is sure to please those of a technical bent and those who like pretty train models. His latest intercity train expands on his old ideas to feature three simultaneous working Continue reading →
I don’t think I’ve ever looked so forward to a specific LEGO project finally coming to fruition. So seeing the words “as complete as it is going to get” appear on Jonathan Lopes’ MOCpage tonight was some pretty spectacular news. This is actually Jonathan’s second iteration of his urban landscape and he’s really taken lessons Continue reading →
This psychedelic Clickipiller train by Megan Rothrock (megzter1) is both a cute creative concept, and a bit disturbing. I especially like the googly eyes and odd angle of the mouth. I think I would generally be more into trains if they were covered in Clikits.
Following the release earlier this year of 10155 Maersk Container Ship, LEGO has just released the nicely complementary 10219 Maersk Train. As we announced back in February, the set comes with 1,234 pieces and costs 120 USD.
… and it goes to Carl Greatrix (bricktrix). This would have been a lovely old fashioned cattle wagon (OFCW) without the stickers on the front. But they transform it into a near perfect OFCW. See also the brilliant use of texture.
The latest LEGO Exclusive kit is the 10219 Maersk Train arriving in April 2011 [UPDATE: It's now available]. Click here for the complete set of pictures. Below is the official press release from LEGO: 10219 Maersk Train Ages 14+. 1,234 pieces. US $119.99 CA $159.99 DE 119.99 € UK 91.99 £ The highly-realistic Maersk diesel-electric Continue reading →
For his LEGO models Pierre A. Fieschi dispenses with minifigs and builds small. But you’d never know it looking at the thumbnails for his models. In the last two weeks he’s posted 6 models and I recommend checking all of them out (and anything further back). This, dear readers, is how you build small. EDIT: Continue reading →