I was waiting until the release of RailBricks #5 to post this. So now that it’s out I present.
Pennsylvania RR #7688
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Pennsylvania RR #7688 was built by Lima Locomotive Works in September 1915.
She was one of 445 H10s class 2-8-0 Consolidations built for the Pennsy and
one of 45 to eventually receive automatic stokers. She is equipped with a
80P81a class tender.
She is now preserved at the Railroad Museum of
Pennsylvania in Stasburg Pennsylvania and is the only surviving Lima built
PRR steam Locomotive.
My model of #7688 has a unique twist. It ditches the standard 9v train motors
and uses a power functions based drive system inspired by
Swoofty. If
you want to know all the gory details about it works you can find my article
on it in RailBricks #5.
Building this engine has given me hope for the future of LEGO Trains. #7688
was built with the PF elements currently available (which aren’t really
geared for trains but are very versatile non the less) and has proven quite
successful. Hopefully when the actual PF Train line is released things will
only get better.
Excellent variation of using PFS. We’re really beginning to see the potential of
this system. When I spotted the two motors in your instructions I was
immediately sold. Great work making it all look pretty.
(...) Thanks I agree. There is some great potential in the new Power Functions system. I'm looking forward to the seeing the new train specific elements. Cale (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
I was waiting until the release of (URL) #5> to post this. So now that it's out I present. Pennsylvania RR #7688 (2 URLs) Pennsylvania RR #7688 was built by Lima Locomotive Works in September 1915. She was one of 445 H10s class 2-8-0 Consolidations (...) (16 years ago, 14-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
