LEGO Trains: Florida East Coast

In support of Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida and the Florida East Coast Railway Society I present the FEC 153 ALCO Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotive in LEGO!
The My Own Creation was completed early September 2019 using 700+ parts. The design process involved the use of LEGO Digital Designer and stud.io for render and instructions. Bricklink allowed for the purchase of needed elements inaccessible elsewhere.
As the theme of a "Labor Day Hurricane" was relevant, it was imperative this engine would be done to remember an important constituent of Florida's history.This was THE engine that tried to get Keys folks out of a brutal Category 5 Hurricane. This engine sits in the Gold Coast Railroad Museum as a piece registered in the National Register of Historic Places. Now while the 153 handled the rescue train for the Keys in the 1935 Hurricane, one must not forget Hurricane Dorian's impact on the Bahamas and we continue to #PrayForBahamas.
In order to share Florida's rich history and the rich history of bygone Miami railroading, the LEGO FEC #153 MOC will be brought to numerous places. I will call the educational tour #153GrandTour and take this locomotive to GFLUG layouts, LEGO related venues, and railroad related venues across the state and my confines for the foreseeable future.
GCRM / gcrmrailroad
www.gcrm.org
Music from filmmusic.io
"Sincerely" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons...)

[@MaddoxsTrains]

The model is amazing. I subbed

[@davidhollowaymusic]

She looks very similar to L&N's 152, they are the same type of locomotive

[@tylergreen4843]

153 is a true Floridian engine! Barely surviving hurricanes and still coming out on top!

[@nathancorcoran5347]

It’s a beautiful Lego model of Florida East Coast Railroad 153.

[@karenmiller-q3s]

This was my great-grandfather's engine. His name was Herbert Spencer Rogers. He drove the train for many years, including being the engineer when Calvin Coolidge came to Miammi.

[@mechatrain150]

how much did it cost to have this loco built?

[@ramrjamr97]

could you do something on how to build this? i live 10 minutes away from the Southeastern Railway Museum where 153's sister S&A 750 lives, and small mods would need to be doe to this model to do exactly what you're doing here, but in GA. Credit would 100% be given if you'd be willing to share.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Sure, I could look into scheduling a video on doing this, maybe on this channel or LEGO channel IDK lol.

[@ramrjamr97]

@@TolgaEastCoast oh thank you! i bet someone else might use that to make 148, but what do i know... I'm just working on a drawing of all of the surviving FEC Pacifics, pretty proud of it so far

[@mariosonicaviationrailroad6703]

It’a a shame that the GoldCoast Railroad Museum doesn’t have plans to give 153 to a non-profit group. Since the locomotive is relatively damaged by Hurricane Andrew, restoration is very unlikely, since US Sugar will be spending the next few months restoring one of her sister engines, 148.