The new LEGO Passenger Train set is now available from Shop at Home for customers in the US, priced at $129.99 USD and with 669 elements. This set makes use of the Power Functions transmitter and receiver....
Peter Norman, or swoofty over on Flickr, has announced a new contest for the Flickr LEGO Train MOCs group. The rules are pretty simple - build a purely electric locomotive. You've got until July 31st...
Fana’Briques is both a LUG (LEGO User Group) and an annual event held since 2006 in Rosheim, France. The event is special in that way it is purposely open to foreign people. Rosheim is not far from the...
full gallery I think I’ve built my masterpiece, I doubt I’ll ever be able to top this one. Just over a year ago, after the Emerald Night came out I decided to build a better Pacific. My chosen...
Just a reminder to everyone who will be in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area in July, that the 2010 National Train Show is coming up in just over a month. This year is the National Model Railroad Association's...
I thought that Carl Geartrix's working TPO car was cool, and just yesterday I wrote about Mike Pianta's hopper with working suspension. Today, I was pleased to see Eurobricks user Esben Kolind's Commuter...
Mike Pianta (Scruffulous on Flickr) presents his wonderful Victorian Railways GJF Bogie Grain Hopper. In addition to the eye-popping color and well-executed decals, this piece of rolling stock also...
Everyone here at RB has been so busy preparing for shows of one kind or another that a few big bits squeeked out. I'm sure you've already got your copy of the Toy Story train (some great parts in there)....
I know I've been a little quiet in the train community lately. It's not because I've lost interest in trains. Quite to the contrary. I was working on getting my club's train layout ready for a new LEGO...
Thorsten Benter has recently submitted a very well done set of instructions of Reinhard Ben Beneke's BR23 (with Ben's permission). As noted in the previous blog post, you are free to download and print...
As noted by Tim Gould over at The Brothers Brick, some enterprising individuals are using freely available build instructions to turn a profit. While we work to develop a policy on the instructions hosted...
Sava Railways has unlocked the company vault yet again, and the blueprints for the iconic Tequila Sunrise passenger train can now be purchased at SRW Locomotive Works. These blueprints are of a Hudson...
Here's great RC/PF trick (or 9v isolation) by BS Yoto, spotted by Didier (it took a little while for me to translate his French). You can used it for grade crossings and/or explanding your track to...
Tim Gould has created a nice, cheap alternative to add extra cars to your Emerald Night. He has even created a nice set of instructions for us! Thanks Tim.
Carl Greatrix (Bricktrix) has posted a really great Transfer Post Office (TPO) car over on Eurobricks. Not only is the car a great looking model, it also features a working pick-up system for the mail...
