Building A LEGO Steam Locomotive: A Short Documentary

One of the last films I made during my time as a film and theatre student. I wanted to do make a documentary style video, so I opted to produce one where I design and build a model of a steam locomotive, as nearly all of the LEGO trains in my collection are either LEGO sets or based on other people's models. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I have enjoyed making it.

[@battle604]

That model looks amazing. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@LetsBuildCreative]

Very awesome video! Btw you can control the speed of your engine with the powered up app. And I would love to see some of your other engines, they look really good

[@ASPEST2017]

I wanna see more of your other PRR Mocs because this was awesome

[@railroadgoose]

good vid

[@willknipe9491]

Here’s the thing about blind drive wheels they are always in the center of the locomotive regardless of how many drive wheel is there are

[@lmgbros7723]

Thanks for the info! I have them arranged in the pattern they are because, in my experience, that’s the way that works best for traversing turns and corners.

[@user-rs3jn1sg9z]

Awesome moc! Im not a big fan of American locomotives, but I cant deny this thing looks great. Good job!

[@mattsmocs3281]

Lovely H3! She is a good engine irl and you captured her well in lego. Definitely a coal load can help hide that battery box. Love the bucket handle and fez bell it is a classic. Only thing i can say other wise, don't let my former pennsy friend hear you say dog house, Those are Monkey boxes on the pennsy!

[@lmgbros7723]

Thank you! I tried to make my LEGO model of 1187 as close to the real thing as I could. I'm already thinking of several modifications I can make to the locomotive, including a tender rework. I've never heard of dog houses being referred to as "Monkey Boxes" on the Pennsy, so that's new info for me! But I have heard of Pennsy crewman referring to equipment with non-standard names before, such as how they referred to switcher engines as "shifters".

[@NORTH_WESTERN]

Nice classical design

[@legogonegaming]

If you want to have better control over your loco using powered up try pi bricks it’s made by Lego train enthusiasts and battery powered bricks has a great tutorial on how to use it. It will give you smooth and controlled acceleration.

[@lmgbros7723]

Thanks for letting me know about PyBricks. I'll give Battery Powered Bricks' video a watch!

[@trainmaster1959]

Class😊😊😊

[@aydengaming553]

Yo i went to that exact museum a few weeks ago

[@lmgbros7723]

It's a great place to go! I hear they will be adding a roundhouse for the bigger steam locomotives there in the future.

[@FredBear-tp7fj]

That’s cool but where are the pistons

[@btggamer4074]

This is very high quality content! You 100% deserve more subs. Ps: where did you get that design for the freight cars? Or did you design them yourself?

[@lmgbros7723]

Thank you! Those freight cars were designed by Tony Sava. I bought instructions for them from a website called Bonahoom Builds, but that website is now defunct. Tony Sava now sells his instructions on a website called Brick Train Depot. You can find them there!

[@user-uv3yt5zt3m]

Oh dear james you don’t look good what happened ? James : everything

[@theredcaboose6702]

Damn I didn't know 15,000 tons of coal could fit in that tender.😂😂😂😂 He's hauling around an entire freight train work of coal in his tender, it must have a pocket dimension in there or somethin

[@lmgbros7723]

Damn, I just realized I misspoke there. I meant to say pounds, not tons.

[@theredcaboose6702]

@@lmgbros7723 it caught me off guard at first had to do a double take to make sure i heard it right🤣

[@skiiipawbs]

I have the 1187 in mth oscale