How can we get the parts list for the locomotive? Thanks for this crazy build!
@JGioia122 ай бұрын
I wanted this set so bad when i was kid. I got one of the engines, but no cars.
@Miguel-cl3zi3 ай бұрын
Mine has no manual how to build
@BricksWorks3 ай бұрын
There should be a manual in the box. Did you contact the seller ?
@Miguel-cl3zi3 ай бұрын
@@BricksWorks they won't answer
@Miguel-cl3zi3 ай бұрын
@@BricksWorks and even wierder mine has wheels. But it says Lego 61005
@BricksWorks3 ай бұрын
@@Miguel-cl3zi who did you buy that from ?
@moontrainz37903 ай бұрын
I thought the red windscreen was also used in Lego 3677 a Lego city cargo train
@BricksWorks3 ай бұрын
They are different. The Santa Fe loco has red with clear glass. 3677 has red with tinted glass and is often a little bit cheaper.
@davidwhiting17614 ай бұрын
Very nice! My only suggestion to get the right "look" would be to move the Super Chief's baggage car to the front of the train when combining the Super Chief and El Capitan. Also, whenever the 2 trains were combined they left out the observation car and had a standard sleeper as the last car, the Super Chief herald being placed on the outside of the last vestibule on the last car. Alternatively, you could also replace the observation car with a baggage car as that variation ran sometimes as well. The combined Super Chief-El Capitan originally ran during the off-season (probably during the late fall and winter months) when ridership for both trains would be lower and it made sense to combine them, the rest of the year (through the spring and summer) they ran as separate trains. By the end of passenger service on the Santa Fe and the start of Amtrak, though, the combination had been made permanent due to overall lower ridership because of the airlines and interstate road system. The train would operate in this combined configuration like this for several years under Amtrak until Amtrak refitted the whole train with new Superliner cars which are still in use today on the Southwest Chief. The name remained as the Super Chief-El Capitan under Amtrak until Santa Fe requested Amtrak change the name due to a decline in the quality of service which the Santa Fe thought unfitting of the Chief name, so in response Amtrak changed the name to the Southwest Limited. Once the train had been refitted with Superliners and the quality of service had sufficiently improved Amtrak was given permission to revive the Chief name and so renamed the train to the Southwest Chief as it is known today.
@ARobertBluefield4 ай бұрын
just a tip- im not a train person so this title and thumbnail were like a foreign language to me, the train is so small on the thumbnail its hard to tell its a train. im a lego person and i enjoy this video but you might get more engagement from not train folks if you mentioned that it was a train somewhere in the title. without that its gibberish.
@berlinSunRise6 ай бұрын
This belongs into a Lego museum! Wow
@cowerdnerddespacito95187 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful train, shame we probably won’t get anything like it again, at least not for a while.
@beccajohnson-choma17627 ай бұрын
what are the pieces?
@BricksWorks7 ай бұрын
The full parts list is included with the manual, that I have linked in the description.
@beccajohnson-choma17627 ай бұрын
I don’t know if I have the pieces.
@fpga-all-day7 ай бұрын
Do you have instructions for the B unit? I wasn't able to find them on Mathis' old site
@BricksWorks7 ай бұрын
www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=74306 is what we're left with, but plenty detailed to build it.
@BricksWorks7 ай бұрын
www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=74305 click into each image for the more detailed build pictures.
@fpga-all-day7 ай бұрын
@@BricksWorks thanks so much!
@troycongdon7 ай бұрын
12:36 a dorm car is for employees to sleep. As you pointed out, these train journeys are more than a day long. Employees cannot be expected to stay awake and functional the entire trip so dorm cars are provided for their rest periods. Some larger trains might have more than one dorm car depending on the number of employees needed to staff the train. On smaller trains employees do not need an entire car so the function could be combined with, in this case, the baggage car.
@BricksWorks7 ай бұрын
Thank you for that piece of information. Makes perfectly sense.
@snowshoe32749 ай бұрын
I remember badly wanting the Super Chief sets when I was a kid. Thanks for the effort of bringing this all together and showing it to us
@trainmaker198010 ай бұрын
17:02 my mind just blew away, when i saw this🤯 incredible!
@jordandeanda624410 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this with the community. Cant wait to see Bricktsar finish the B unit.
@ysmg901011 ай бұрын
Are those 3rd party magnets at 8:45?
@BricksWorks11 ай бұрын
They are indeed. They are from Bevins Bricks, about 4 times stronger than the Lego ones and you can pass power through them for lights. etc. Standard Lego magnets aren't strong enough for a consist as long, as I did build here.
@sonic2323311 ай бұрын
It's a good thing that I own one
@BricksWorks9 ай бұрын
Fact
@vosifle11 ай бұрын
Nice!
@clippitms11 ай бұрын
I really want the El Capitan coaches. You need to make the instructions public, or redo them.
@BricksWorks9 ай бұрын
I will try. But i won't do so, unless i get a positive yet. Sorry.
@clippitms9 ай бұрын
@@BricksWorks It’s alright, thanks for considering.
@AtkataffTheAlpha11 ай бұрын
This has answered some of the obscure coaches I've been looking for. Thx!
@donm225511 ай бұрын
I learned a lot with this video. Thanks for taking the time.
@legorailroader3481 Жыл бұрын
Firstly awesome video I love these designs. I agree with brickzar make a video about that James Mathis book. Thanks for sharing
@Jalgarbricks Жыл бұрын
Super cool and expensive 😮
@dilallio Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video and overview.
@MrJetwpn Жыл бұрын
Is there any way to get hold of that book by James , google didnt help me much??
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Maybe email him. I tried to DM him on Flickr, but wasn't succesful. There is a MIT email address floating around for him, I might try and dig that out again and mail him. He has not been active on Eurobricks since 2019, unfortunately. His website is still available on the way back machine.
@BrickTrains Жыл бұрын
Very impressive!
@BrickTsar Жыл бұрын
I wish I had got more stuff from James when he was active with Lego trains - nice to see these actually running and not just a render. Impressive
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
It took a lot of effort to get the whole consist running. Stronger magnets were the key and in the future wheel bearings. It's a shame, that James isn't active anymore. There's lots of interesting things on his brickshelf.
@BrickTsar Жыл бұрын
The limited edition ones were all originally shipped with a separate bag with the correct bars. Most resellers don’t realize this and some people that bought these and never opened them either forgot or didn’t pay attention to why a bag of parts was included in the box with the order
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
I sort of like the dark grey bars. They basically tell the story, that it's a real limited edition one.
@BatteryPoweredBricks Жыл бұрын
Awesome work! Amazing to see it all come together, I loved the history overview as well 👍
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
I had intended even to bring in some historic footage for a comparison, but I couldn't get a clarification on the copyright. Maybe another time.
@pastajensen Жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff, you did a lot of good work here. 😍
@pastajensen Жыл бұрын
I guess, the render kept your house more than warm enough, great build!
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
41 hours to render with a RTX3090 and the office was toasty, for sure.
@_-pepper-_ Жыл бұрын
Good job bruh!
@BatteryPoweredBricks Жыл бұрын
Nice review 👍
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I have a few more in the pipeline.
@dilallio Жыл бұрын
I would have loved this as a kid ❤️
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
It's even fun as an adult. But then there's also a kid (or 3) in the house.
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Did you also feel, that the video was way too short, when you got to the end ?
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Ensure, that you guys read the description. A full parts list and PDF instructions for the build are available to download.
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Sørg for at I checker beskrivelsen. Der findes en komplet liste af dele og PDF instruktioner.
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
Seht zu, das Ihr in die Beschreibung schaut. Die Teileliste und eine PDF Anleitung sind auch vorhanden.
@GearsAndBricks Жыл бұрын
Your content is well thought out. I like how comprehensive it is. We build up to 10 wide trains, so this arrangement may not work entirely well for us. I’ll have to see what I can do to modify this design and others elsewhere. Overall, I am impressed how well that switch works. Good job. 👍
@BricksWorks Жыл бұрын
You should be able to pull the switchbox further back from the track by using a longer technic bar, that is used for the switch puller. The only issue is to keep it pressed down into the switch track mechanism.