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The following is my mind 4 minutes ago:
All of these are absolutely amazing!
What is the blue one? That looks very interesting.

It sounds like you've successfully modified your Service Railway Express Radio Control Train Set to improve its performance. It's great to hear that the bogies now spin freely and the wagons no longer rock from side to side. It's also impressive that you were able to salvage the loco red headlight ...

Actually I take that back, after seeing yours.
I guess the truth is, I just haven't seen many simplex models... I must be American

I took a slow motion video of it and trimmed to 16 seconds, then counted 80 rotations in groups of 8. Since the slow mo video is 4x slower that gives us 80 rotations every 4 seconds or 20 rotations per second, which equates to 1200 rpm. Of course, it would be faster with a more powerful vacuum.

you have my approval

It's already pretty goofy so I say palm trees


Edit: Oh I suppose I'm 2 years late.

Phil.P wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:15 pm Oh my!
Those container flats...


Phil.P

Agreed!

I'd guess about 800-1000 rpm, I made a transmission for it and it was unable to turn it so very little power, but there are some pretty powerful ones out there. However it runs nicely and I could use a longer stroke for more torque. I'll have to take a slow-mo video and count the revs myself as I do...

I thought the stereotypical locomotive was still a steam engine...
No need to change the US sign of course

Here's a LEGO vacuum engine I built, "vacuum" referring to a readily available power source, a vacuum cleaner - it has nothing to do with a flamelicker. (Look up Lego Vacuum Engine on YouTube, they get pretty impressive, I'm talking v16s and stuff.) Anyway, this one here is a double acting...

I think I see the problem, it appears to be stuck to the ceiling.

spaeker wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:08 pm

I did make my own system added a moving flexible joint ( just one). Worked fine but this cannot be the real world solution ?
google earth doesnt come anywhere near close enough to see.
ciao spaeker

Spaeker I believe what you're talking about is called a stub switch/ stub points

Looks like you're going to have a nice little railway there Drew, is the dude on page 4 3d printed too?

Nicest simplex model I've seen. Now how about a live diesel simplex that would be cool.