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Re: 8 Wide Steam Trains
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:53:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Simpson wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I hope this post goes through.
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> Anyway, I only have one LEGO train set: Lego 4534-1 Express Deluxe that my wife
> got me for Christmas a few years back.
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> I have been ogling all the trains that you all have built throughout the years.
> I would like to try my hand at making a steam engine, and cars, like the ones in
> my set, but 8 wide.
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> I've been trying to find a web site that gives step-by-step instructions on how
> to buld 8 wide trains but haven't found what I'm looking for. Is there a site
> out there you all would recommend?
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> Also, out of curiosity, the engine that came with my set is listed as #4186868
> but I have also found it listed as 10205-1 Large Train Engine with Tender,
> Black. Is there a reason there would be two seperate numbers for the exact same
> thing?
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> Thanks for the help!
> Larry
Howdy Larry!
The RAILBRICKS website (www.railbricks.com) has many sets of instructions,
though I'm afraid they mostly (if not all) 6 wide designs. However, it wouldn't
be too terribly difficult to augment them to be 8 wide. RAILBRICKS Magazine
issue #5 has a great set of instructions on how to build an 8 wide Power
Functions steam engine tender, and issue #6 has a great set of instructions for
building the chassis of a power functions steam engine. Both of them, if I'm
not mistaken, are by Cale Leiphart (though you wouldn't use them both on the
same MOC, since between the two the wheels would most likely turn at different
speeds).
I've been putting together, off an on, sets of instructions for my steam engine
MOCs, most of which are 8-wide, but I've not made them public because I'm
mulling over putting them up for sale to make a little extra money.
They're not instructions, but if it helps you I've been chronicling the building
progress of my more recent steam engines, like my #5544 (8-wide), #1602
(10-wide), and the two updated versions of #300 and #500 (both 8-wide). You
might be able to reverse engineer something or gain some insight there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/savatheaggie/collections/72157600864043419/
I hope that helps.
--Tony
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| (...) Hello Anthony - LOL - I've just started reading the RAILBRICKS back issues, I've just started issue 3. Thanks for the info you sent me and I'll start looking through it later tonight. For right now, what I'd really like to build is something (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello everyone! I hope this post goes through. Anyway, I only have one LEGO train set: Lego 4534-1 Express Deluxe that my wife got me for Christmas a few years back. I have been ogling all the trains that you all have built throughout the years. I (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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