Custom LEGO Amtrak EMD F40PH train locomotive MOC

[@JANGBRiCKS]

This is obviously not accurately proportioned, nor are LEGO minifigs themselves. This is the size I want for compatibility with other builds. Many things could have been done differently, but I did them all how I felt I wanted. Real thing: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Amtrak_406_F40PH_Phase_III_Paint_Scheme_%286121785963%29.jpg (it's actually a cabbage unit now -- I may consider using mine as such eventually)

[@Reading3412Studios]

JANGBRiCKS I have a suggestion for a Train it’s called the emd sd40-2 (it can be in any paint )of maybe the emd sd45 (also any paint scheme tho maybe prr because it’s all black )

[@Honeydwarf85]

How you try to make either the Amfleet, Horizon coaches, or even some Superliners. Whichever is easier for you!

[@ZANTHERA]

I'm fairly sure your connection on the front there with the lights is an illegal connection. From what I remember putting an open stud through a wheel pin is considered forcing a connection on parts that were not designed to be connected. To me it looks like you're using a 1 x 2 modified plate with wheel pin slotted through the open stud of the 1 x 2 rounded plate. I might be wrong, my knowledge of legal connections is a bit old since I'm more versed in older techniques. If LEGO themselves have used this connection please do share, it'll be interesting to see where they used it.

[@Juggernuts]

i hate that you have to defend your reasons for making your choices to build your things out of your lego. i appreciate all the work you do Jang, you deff keep on doing you

[@joanneenglish1831]

JANGBRiCKS I think it’s a good idea.

[@alameachan]

I'm more of a SD40-2 gal myself, but I can assure you that your F40PH ist absolutely recognizable. Great work!

[@icemorons5678]

Great job, Jang! Glad to see the F40PH getting some love.

[@nathancorcoran5347]

The Amtrak F40PH locomotive is one of my favorite locomotives. The first ones were built and deliver to Amtrak in 1976. And they were also built to replaced the Amtrak's SDP40F locomotives. After they had problems with derailments. Then the F40PH locomotives got replaced by the Dash 8 locomotives and the Genesis locomotives in 1991 and 2001. And today there are other passenger and freight companies that have these F40PH locomotives. There are also Amtrak F40's in Display in museums as well. A lot of F40's still exist.

[@MaxRawhide]

Loved the part with the camera on the front and pointing forward. Don't mind seeing more of that: the front view of a trainright through your city on all tracks. Made me think back to when I was a kid playing with my red Lego train. I sometimes dreamed I was the engineer and how it looked riding around. But then I didn't have any kind of city. Just rails and two trains.

[@ThecrackedBrick93]

MaxRawhide me too it’s a good view to get

[@crashthehedgehog919]

I really do think it would be an awesome idea if you made lego ideas projects, I think a lot of people would love and support what you could build

[@KewneRain]

I love your trains, Jang, I get so excited watching these. I used to be really big into Lego's trains but now I'm a huge fan of the M-Tron series. Anyway, what's your favourite train?

[@almightyarjen]

Very nice design! It looks very good with the vintage Metroliner coaches, love the footage of running around your city. Great job! Edit: I see you're getting close to 1M subs, that is one accomplishment man! :D

[@theconnecticutrailfan17]

The amtrak F40PH is missed and always will be remembered.

[@asphaltmemories4597]

Brings me back to when I was a kid in the 90's riding these things to lego land. They were always covered in soot from the diesel engines.

[@bdstowe]

As an Engineer that has ran F40’s in the past, I think you got the shape as well as can be done. Nice looking unit!

[@lightshineministries3549]

Best train MOC yet!

[@paulvillemocs]

I love the front! Amazing technique!

[@killzhero__4998]

Hey Jang! Great MOC, I really admire your work! I have a request: could you do a review on some more technic sets? You haven't done a lot of those recently and I want to see which one gives the best bang for the buck.thanks

[@davidwells6499]

Jang, that's a great build. Let's see it on lego ideas... Please.

[@adama4075]

I agree! he should place it on ideas!

[@TheBrickCraftsman]

Absolutely brilliant. I've always enjoyed your train mocs. And i do get what you mean by trying to replicate the real train in 6-wide 'scale'. I stuck with 8-wide because the trains I build are hefty and runs on narrow gauge in real life. Am actually in the process of designing another diesel that is 8-wide but running on 4-wide tracks. Looking forward to more train mocs jang!

[@AlexS0700]

love the front end of the engine, looks great, and the whole train travelling through the city looks fantastic

[@BlargVison]

fantastic job, near perfect translation into the Lego medium

[@jacksoncohen2666]

From the first 12 seconds I’ve watched of this, it looks very slick, love the design.

[@ids5621]

Cool as the train is, my fav part of the video was seeing the walls you put up in the residential area. They look great!

[@trainboy7]

Out of all the Lego F40PH loco's I've seen online. This one has to be the best by far.

[@jerrymalerry8452]

Thank you Jang!!! Just for being you and always making great videos.

[@DRUmBEaTTS]

Looks GREAT Jang! I recently finished my own F40 and three Superliners in phase three paint. That is my favorite locomotive and my favorite Amtrak era.

[@elliotandersen3439]

I really like how the stripes flow from one cart to the next and the first person perspectives

[@westernwashingtonrailprodu6339]

Looks amazing! But I do have one recommendation: the 4x6 double corner slope on the top of the hood at the very back could use a change to get it flat on the back. After that, it's perfect.

[@peterandben]

As a railfan (who by law HAS to love the F40 haha!), you did a great job on this!

[@adamphelan7671]

On trains, the face is everything so I'm glad this one looks so good.

[@MrBnsftrain]

Although I've seen amny phase iii F40s on video growing up, I never seen one in person until I saw 406 in 2014! NPCU (cab car rebuilt from an F40) 90368 was still in Phase iii until 2017 when it was repainted in Phase v like everything else! I have a Bachmann Spectrum HO scale model of Phase iii F40 304, and I bought used for $40!

[@tinman_customs8258]

Very cool MOC! - love the "ride through the city" view with the minicam - just a neat view of what you've built!

[@StSparky]

Is the complexity in the “minifigure” scale? I’m honestly envious of your trains. Sigh. I appreciate the videos you share with us.

[@ZGBrickfilms]

This is a very realistic looking train! Great build Jang!

[@defenderprime8046]

I imagine if you weren't a fan of Lego, you would be a fan of trains! You seem to know a lot about locomotives in general, it's looking good!

[@outsider238]

Very cool! Love the POV camera view. I think I read somewhere that Lego is retiring the speed (bullet) train this year.

[@TediI47]

Not a train expert at all, but it looks very good to me. The centred front lights solution is very elegant and the use of the newer pieces are well done.

[@Abbnfitchguy]

You are the next level above a Lego Master Builder.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Very wonderful job! These locomotives are a favorite of mine in terms of relatively modern power, they have a very unique look and lend themselves to Lego building well with their corners.

[@maulerXX]

Wow Jang, this is amazingly accurate, given the scale!

[@weazelnews1434]

This is your best work yet!

[@makskijewski4537]

this looks so cool

[@benbaker192]

That looks amazing.

[@KryptonLantern97]

This is so cool, great job man

[@candycrusher45]

Very cool when the camera was mounted in front of the engine.

[@boycerazor]

I feel like it's my birthday and I'm opening another present every time I click on one of your videos JANGBRiCKS! Great stuff

[@ghostengineer]

This is awesome Jang. Thanks for sharing. This former Amtrak locomotive engineer out of NYC likes what he sees

[@notgray88]

This is really sweet tbh. I loved train designs as a kid and I still do. Reminds me of the few times I went down to the tracks in the morning just to watch the big amtraks go flying past while waving at the driver.

[@jjaye805]

This looks absolutely fantastic

[@theREAL9er]

that looks incredible jang

[@zachsterosu]

Great job on the engine, it looks pretty much spot-on! The mirrors are a bit to large(wide) though imo. I love that EOT on the cab car!

[@Nursemedic97]

That is awesome! An AMD-103/P42 would be sweet...

[@brickmonkeyvideo2150]

Wow.. that is a great design

[@francescoferrarese5068]

Wow, it's so cool! This is a good realization!!!

[@trent11040]

9:29 It would be mostly realistic in the 80' and 90' to see this, so good job on the build, and keep on building!

[@michaelcasserly5861]

Looks great jang. I am always excited to see what you make. I love it!

[@cherylstallworth4627]

That is so... AWESOME!!!!!

[@insomnicat9295]

Looks really good...I like the sharpness in the front and cleanliness overall.

[@owenmeschter9888]

Very very nice Jang, you got some real talent for train building!

[@gaugebrady5416]

Nice engine that is really nice great work

[@Itiscodyg]

I like this build, can’t wait for more custom buildings and unboxing videos

[@two-face1041]

Instantly recognizable

[@vladimirchervenkov6949]

This looks incredible!

[@dash8_music]

This is amazing! Please do more like this!

[@MichaelB450]

F40PH's are still used to this day, but they are now NPCU (Non Powered Control Units). They pretty much took the engine out and they are rolling shells, but the engineer can still control the whole train with it. Where the diesel engine once was is now a baggage compartment.

[@SueBobChicVid]

Oh man! Those brick-built stripes.

[@guleri]

Really nice looking locomotive you have there, was cool to see it go around the track with its wagons attached.

[@madmax.bricks]

Finally new moc vid!

[@ROCKDOG5732]

That looks awesome. I recently started collecting Lego vehicles and figurings. Since I am also a model train buff I been wanting to add some lego trains to my train collection. Ofcourse the I get criticized about it from other model train folks. Asking why would I want lego trains they're not prototypical. I guess they don't understand that the Lego world is more or less a character of what we see in our world. Again great work. Awesome city too.

[@rdhnl]

Cool jangbricks I love it 👍🏻👍🏻😎

[@archlinuxrussian]

Awesome job! ^_^ the F40PH is one of the easier ones to replicate, as I can only imagine the P42DC would be a pain to try to make. Still, awesome job :) the series "Engines of Amtrak" has a decent backstory of it and some details about it, just to pique anyone's curiosity.

[@BotBrawler9699]

Nicely done! I've got some good memories of this train myself so it's nice to see your take on it.

[@long-hinshum5352]

Wow looks amazing!

[@transitionalman]

LOOKS GREAT!!!!

[@dannyastourian8054]

Cool Amtrak locomotive 😄

[@davidheier]

I know you don't like suggestions on your builds, but if you used a half width technic piece behind the headlights you could use the clear friends accessory holder with a peg in top as a lense

[@jawjuk]

David Heier Good thinking! From what I could see in the video, I think the current plate is mounted on a bar piece of some sort already, thus taking up the hole which the peg could have gone in...

[@l0k0lightning51]

Nice job Jang, like the detail

[@justthereed5593]

Great build!

[@alberttetley]

really enjoy seeing your City from the train

[@hudsonbruce898]

i love this cant wait to see it runn

[@jeffjeff3383]

Just wanted to say that your mixture of shots at the end we're really nicely done

[@Johnc0094]

Love it!!! Great job with it Jang

[@achintyakamath]

Wow This is an excellent model for a sticker less Lego Model A really great job 👍😊

[@WaffleDragon]

Looks awesome

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Nice model, and great lighting/presentation in all your videos.

[@JMelo-ub4ii]

your build is great

[@nickelplatenerd6989]

It's great! There is one on the Music City Star that goes from Lebanon to Nashville in Tennessee.

[@paulundsoweiter298]

New favorite build

[@anothergol]

2x2 wedge exists in LBG for quite some time now. And as a matter of fact, it's the blue that didn't exist until a few weeks ago.

[@team-destroyer3966]

That looks awesome!

[@samtenthije2419]

As long as it has the Dutch flag, I like it

[@GrootsChannel]

Sam Ten Thije jaaa Nederland

[@thebrickshack3295]

I love custom Lego trains and make alot of them and I really like this one! Good job Jang

[@tomtative]

It’s so amazing!

[@zacstar1]

Looks like a cool build! Nice work!

[@mr.brickporium9379]

Adding a custom 'Amtrak' sticker to the side would finish it off nicely!

[@pontifexcellence6648]

Looks rather nice!

[@bespinguard6745]

I recently took an Amtrak to New Orleans and it was great

[@fluffnose3392]

I took an Amtrak to New Orleans as well!!! Noice!! It was pulled by a genisis loco tho...I wish I could see one of these in person. :(

[@Garno92EFC]

very nicely done

[@logan_nosal458]

As great as always!

[@GarrettsTrains95]

Wow, I never thought you would actually make this, good job!

[@presidentmccheese8982]

Amtrak converted some f40s into NPCU aka Cabbage engines, and NPCU 406 still wears the phase iii paint scheme.

[@lordmagnos703]

Hey JANG, awesome MOC again! Being from Germany I don't know this too well, I only saw it in movies, but even I recognised it! But I had a thought in mind, an idea. You surely know the very recognisable yellow diesel engine and I wondered if you consider building a MOC of that one? Again, awesome job and thanks for sharing! 😊

[@technical-3339]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice 👍👍👍👍👍 F40PH is my favourite Amtrak locomotive.