Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13, modeled using LEGO

All CategoriesCategories
- General discussion
- Getting started
- Dream and design
- Benchwork and roadbed
- Track and electrical/DCC
- Scenery and structures
- Locos and rolling stock
- Operation and maintenance
- Prototype railroading
- Journals/Blogs
- MRH
- MRH magazine help
- MRH product support
- MRH forum help
- TMTV
- TMTV general discussion
- TMTV support
- TMTV video segments
- Special
- Magazine feedback
- Advertiser promotion
- Hobby event notices
- Members only
- Moderators Only
- MRH Staging

Topics

New member 5 posts Emperor of the North New member 5 posts

Emperor of the North

Hello friends and modelers.

This is my first post on MRH. My name is Glenn Holland, I'm a young mechanical engineer in the rail industry, and my modeling efforts are done with Lego bricks. I've been building and seriously modeling trains for about 12 years now.

Here is my newest model: I chose the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 Consolidation #13.

I began designing the model in February this year and brought it to completion this past weekend, right at five months of build time. It runs smoothly using a combination of Lego's home-grown motor system and a custom battery. I have also added a sound card from Dallee Electronics.

The model is about 97% pure Lego. The remaining 3% is comprised of custom third party pieces, the non-Lego battery, the sound system, and the connecting rods, which I designed myself and printed on Shapeways.

Link to more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41032663@N08/albums/72157709020830252

Link to a more detailed article: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/06/10/buffalo-creek-gauley-2-8-0-13-by-glenn-holland/

Link to a video showing the details and running:

I'm happy to field any questions.

Glenn Holland

Reply 0

Tim Latham Regular poster 489 posts

Tim Latham

I like it!

Legos sure have come a long way since I was a kid! Great job Glenn!

Tim Latham

Mississippi Central R.R. "The Natchez Route"

HO Scale 1905 to 1935

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/timlatham

Reply 0

Lancaster Central RR Frequent poster 574 posts

Lancaster Central RR

Looks great considering it’s LEGO

The sides of the tender have a more realistic look than the smooth and flat one piece of scale models. Real tenders are many pieces of steel riveted or welded into a single unit that is close to a flat surface but have slight dents and rises in them.

Lancaster Central Railroad &

Philadelphia & Baltimore Central RR &

Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Transportation Co.

Shawn H. , modeling 1980 in Lancaster county, PA - alternative history of local railroads.

Reply 0

DHfan73 Regular poster 230 posts

DHfan73

Very Nice, I used to be into

Very Nice, I used to be into this, but I was never as good as you.

Harrison

Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.

Modeling the D&H in 1978.

Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"

Reply 0

Larry Leavens New member 11 posts

Larry Leavens

Wow!

Wow, that was my first thought when I saw the pictures and video. Very well done. A superb looking model.

Reply 0

GNNPNUT Frequent poster 501 posts

GNNPNUT

That is just wicked cool................

Great job sir!

Regards,

Jerry

GNNPNUT's blog

Reply 0

Alco_nut Regular poster 401 posts

Alco_nut

Wow!!!

That's is fantastic model from legos.

Bob

Jersey Northern RR

http://jerseynorthern.webs.com

https://youtube.com/channel/UCyAziSSu5A6d8ojWBiG1xGQ

Reply 0

MannsCreekRR Super User 157 posts

MannsCreekRR

cool!!!!!

that is excellent looking!

Jeff Kraker

Read My Blog

Reply 0

Nevin W. Wilson NevinW Regular poster 331 posts

Nevin W. Wilson NevinW

BC & G engine

the neat thing is that it really looks like a BC & G engine. Nailed it! Very well done.

Modeling the Maryland Midland Railroad circa 2006

Read My Blog

Reply 0

Emperor of the North New member 5 posts

Emperor of the North

Thanks everyone!

Wow, thanks to everyone for the comments and compliments!

Tim L.- You'd be surprised how many times I hear something like that at conventions!

Lancaster Central 17- You're the first person to notice that detail. When I was modeling the engine I actually did study the patterns on the tender walls and tried to replicate that as best I could in my model.

DHfan73- Thanks! It's just years of practice.

NevinW- One of the hardest things about modeling with Lego is capturing the "essence" of a locomotive, I feel it's seldom done properly. I'm pleased to hear you think I did it this time!

Reply 0

Matt Forcum Regular poster 411 posts

Matt Forcum

LEGO FTW!

Beautiful work sir! I was deep into LEGO Model Trains back in the day. (2007) Even had my own LEGO Model Railroad in my basement. I gave that up after dropping about 300 bucks on green bricks to build a mountain and train tunnel... Turned to HO scale model railroading at that point.

Anyway, I love the work you've done here and thanks for sharing it with the rest of us!

(Here is a shot of my SW 1500 MOC that still sits on my desk to this day!)