Category Archives: Trains

White Metroliner

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Mike Walsh

More old MOCs from my closet – this is a white rendition of the Metroliner.  I built this around 1998 when I first got into 9v trains.  At the time the Metroliner was selling for about $400 on the secondary … Continue reading →

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Space Train

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Mike Walsh

I never built much in the way of Space but one year I built a “Space Train” for the Moonbase layout at NCLUG’s LEGOPalooza.  Here are a few pictures of it.  It has been sitting in a tub in my … Continue reading →

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Working Train Turntable

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mike Walsh

A link to this YouTube video was posted in my comments – this is pretty cool.  There is also some pictures on Flickr here which includes a Round House.  The Round House reminds of one that appeared on the NCLTC … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of “Reassembling” a Set

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Mike Walsh

This past weekend I decided to “reassemble” my 4565 Freight and Crane Railway.  I am in the process of getting my LEGO together as I plan to “purge” quite a bit of it.  I have far more LEGO than I … Continue reading →

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New Train for 2013

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Mike Walsh

This past weekend LEGO unveiled the 10233 Horizon Express at the 2012 LEGO Fan Weekend in Denmark.  The train is modeled after the TGV, a famous European high speed train (which I once rode from Brussels to Paris). This is … Continue reading →

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