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    When it's midnight, and the LEGO Trains are out...

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    • doodon2whls
      doodon2whls last edited by doodon2whls

      ...it must be Christmas time...

      This past weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Doodon2whls got motivated out of their COVID-Hangover-Funk and got their Christmas on !

      The house is tastefully decorated inside and out. Sunday, we procured, transported, erected, lit, and decorated a Christmas Tree.... Then, La Piece de la resistance; LEGO Trains !

      She pulls good for a 13 year old drive unit on 9V. 🙂

      I have a small LEGO train collection that I drag out each year to put under the tree. The Christmas train (10173) is always good for a laugh. And I have the Hobby Train (10183) which was - until Sunday night - configured as the main model: The Crocodile. Since I am anticipating Santa bringing me the newly released Crocodile (10277) for Christmas, I reconfigured the Hobby Train into a modified #5 MOC: A EuroTrain Locomotive.
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      I had enough LEGO remaining to build a passenger car and a freight container low-boy car as well. Fun Times ! I also realized that I have the dreaded crumbling 9v Track power wire which I was able to salvage for this season, but need to address sooner than later.

      Getting the House and Tree decorated this past weekend was a great boost to our morale and outlook...

      I sincerely hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or __________ this coming month.

      OK... Enough chitchat... I've got more track to lay !

      Just another joyous day at Lego City Train Station...
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      What's this? A Train heist ?
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      Oymygosh! Lookout Mr. Engineer Man! It's JAWS !
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      This guy sitting back in 2nd class looks a little unsavory. Possibly an accomplice !?
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      '96 R400

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      • CB
        CB @doodon2whls last edited by

        @doodon2whls Man, I never got lego trains, but I always wish I had. Looks awesome.

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        • doodon2whls
          doodon2whls @CB last edited by

          @cb said in When it's midnight, and the LEGO Trains are out...:

          @doodon2whls Man, I never got lego trains, but I always wish I had. Looks awesome.

          I was pulled into LEGO from a young age. I never had anything crazy in the way of a LEGO collection until I became an adult (ironically) and could afford nice things. The LEGO Trains are not cheap, but they are sturdy and a joy to build and run. A childhood friend of mine had a HUGE collection of trains (this is back in the 1980's). Whenever we'd visit, he and I would disappear for hours building track layouts and inventing new rollingstock. Ahhhhh, the memories.

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          • jminer
            jminer last edited by

            Lego trains have been on my wish list for a very long time. Never got them as a kid and couldn't ever justify shelling out for them as an adult but very much regret this.

            Color me very jealous of your awesome setup there!

            Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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            • Shop-Teacher
              Shop-Teacher @doodon2whls last edited by

              @doodon2whls This is awesome! I'm a Lego nut, but have never had one of the trains.

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              • Tripper
                Tripper last edited by

                Man I always wanted that train set as a kid! I just promised my kiddo that we could bust out my trains this weekend.

                E46 M3 | 1502 Hotrod | 11th Gen Civic Si

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                • facw
                  facw @doodon2whls last edited by facw

                  @doodon2whls My photography skills circa the late 1980s were somewhat lackluster, but I had this set as a kid:
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                  I still have a bunch of those track pieces clogging up a box of Lego parts in my closet, but I know at least a few were broken, and it seems likely some were lost, so I highly doubt I could make a full circle today. I have doubts about being able to build much a train (especially a powered one) as well, but I'm sure I could at least find enough train wheels for one car.

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                  • doodon2whls
                    doodon2whls @facw last edited by

                    @facw
                    Brings back memories! The 12V trains were great for their time, but the tracks were very labor intensive to build with individual rails, ties, and power contact strips...

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                    • facw
                      facw @doodon2whls last edited by

                      @doodon2whls No power contacts here IIRC. Pretty sure this guy was battery powered. Batteries in the red car? And then a big motor block in the engine?

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                      • doodon2whls
                        doodon2whls @facw last edited by doodon2whls

                        @facw There were battery pack drive units, but 8 AA's in the 80's was a wad of cash to spend to make the trains go round and round.

                        Let's face it: nothing about LEGO is necessarily cheap, but that's basically fixed cost for the sets. Dropping batteries into the loco's every couple of hours was a significant variable cost.

                        My friend's parents spring for the transformer power kit and contact rails.

                        Personally, the 9V electrified rails is my fave. I grew up on HO trains and slot cars, so having the rails powered seems 'right' to me. However, I wholeheatedly agree that the Bluetooth/remote controlled trains give you a ton more flexibility w.r.t. multi train operation, but I only have two locomotive right now... Soon to be a third which will be powered by battery and bluetooth controlled... 😁😁😁

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                        • facw
                          facw @doodon2whls last edited by

                          @doodon2whls Looked it up, this is set 7722, which was a 4.5V set with the battery car taking 3 C batteries. Apparently very little assembly required on that car as well:
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                          • doodon2whls
                            doodon2whls @facw last edited by

                            @facw

                            Holy crap ! Yeah, that is the battery car! My friend had this, but we never ran batteries in it AFAICR. But yeah- 3C batteries.. Damn, my memory sucks.

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