I’d like to invite you to the NMRA NTS mail list. We’ve migrated to this new mail list service due to troubles with the original ILTCO list. Jeramy Spurgeon was kind enough to host this email...
Having trouble finding Monorail tracks? Not a problem for Brickshelf user Hidaka. Not only has he designed his own monorail track but also a custom train and - best of all - mechanized points (switches)....
While at MagCloud today, I went ahead and published the RAILBRICKS Custom Kit instructions and made them available for purchase. Grab them here. Remember, from now until March 21st, these printed instructions...
Issue #6 is now available to purchase in printed format. Pricing will be $21.00 USD, but from now until March 21st, MagCloud is running a 25% off sale on ALL magazines. If you've been holding out on purchasing...
One of the things that I, and many others, love about our hobby is the sharing of ideas that takes place amongst builders. One such example that I came across the other day is the LEGO Train Ideas pool...
Usually the RAILBRICKS staff have advice for our readers on LEGO trains. This time, it's the other way around. I could use some advice on how to make my latest project work as well as possible! I'm...
On the 27-28th of February, the annual FreeLUG meeting (more than 60 attendees) took place at Veneux-les-sablons, France. Among other activities, we had a contest - or should I say two contests.The first...
Flickr user Jayhurst is dealing with a case of the uglies.....His entry into the Flickr Ugly Train contest blends train with beast. From the description at Flickr: It is a Camelback Atlantic 4-4-2,...
LUGPOL member Robson recently posted a nice little Electric Shunter, an E69. The wheel cowlings are a particularly interesting solution, using the armor pieces from the Knights Kingdom action figures.
Sava Railways has unlocked the company vault, and four of the Sava Railways steam engine blueprints can now be purchased at SRW Locomotive Works. These blueprints are of an American 4-4-0, a Hudson...
I accidentally stumbled onto a link for rail museums recently and then started looking around where I had landed. I was somewhere on http://www.railserve.com. The category menu had a pretty good selection...
Flickr user -Cooper- has built an excellent solution to those that can't fit all of the power functions equipment into a locomotive. His solution is a self contained box car that includes all of the needed...
Brickish member William Howard has submitted five new freight car instructions to the Build Instructions repository. Check out the Freight Instructions Category to grab them all.
Like Anthony and his inner math geek, I find that I, too, have an inner geek that still gets excited at times.While I was growing up in the dark ages before the Internet, most of my information came from...
I must be in a diesel mood today... scary thought. Anyway, Thomas Selander has built a LEGO version of a Swedish State Railways version of a T44 diesel electric freight locomotive. I love the subtle...
