Official Lego 9v Train Layouts

[@GeeWillikersMan]

Just dug out my trains this evening. I was one of those that bought the ultimate track plan. Paid 191usd in July 2006. I think this is maybe only the fifth time I’m setting the train up for a few days.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

When you bought the kit did you build the track ultimate track plan or did you just get it for the discount on all of the track and build your own? Also do you remember if it came with any literature or anything? Or was it just the boxes of track?

[@GeeWillikersMan]

@@BatteryPoweredBricks as a recall, I built the ultimate track plan once. Most of its life it has been packed away other than a few years under the Christmas tree. If I remember correctly, it was just the boxes of track. Each box had a two sided sheet, one side with the different track plans, and the other the instructions in different languages and the basics of what will and won’t work electrically as far as the turnouts go. Funny thing I don’t have the crossover track but I can pretty clearly remembering my 2006 self telling me I’ll buy it later lol. Now I’m kicking myself I didn’t buy it then.

[@DutchDeLorean]

Wow, that's the first time I've ever seen those layouts assembled. They look bigger in the catalog haha.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Some seem bigger in the catalog but when I was measuring the room for the ultimate layout I was just glad it fit 😅

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Lovely! I'm from the 4.5v blue era, and we had our own 'Legoland' in the attic with trains marking the edges of the town, we had about 4m x 3m available (yes our parents were generous). Everything battery powered but I could run three trains concurrently while running around setting switches - good times!

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I had a couple model trains as a kid, but I would have loved a setup like that. That's awesome!

[@DunksterBricks]

It's good to know if the Cylons ever invade, your railway will still be able to work with all those old fashioned cables.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

yep 😅

[@ChasT-h3b]

Your Custom Trains Look So Good!!!!!!!

[@RRSlugger]

This is the quality content we subscribe for! 👌 What a fantastic idea for a video topic!! I’ve always wondered what these rail setups would look like in real life - now, closure! 😊

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

After all these years... closure 😊

[@For891]

Hey Slugger, thanks for the recommendation for this great channel. Love this BPB content.

[@RRSlugger]

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[@BrickTrains]

That may be the first time that some of those layout designs have been used in very long time. I wonder as well how many people actually did purchased the kits.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I can imagine people purchasing the kits for the discount, but I really can't imagine many people building the example layouts 😀. They are pretty good!

[@paulbeykovsky7419]

Great job! So much fun. I am getting out my track and seeing which one i can build. The 9v trains was the fisrt thing I looked at when i got my new catalogue in the mail. Keep up the good work. A track cleaner car is next.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Awesome! A track cleaner car would be cool. The challenge is, it's not the top of the tracks that need cleaned, it's the inside edge

[@Entertaininglylame]

That looks like a lot of fun switching tracks and picking up carriages etc. I love the black and yellow train, that one and the older grey with the red white and blue stripes along the side were personal favs.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Yeah the metroliner is one of my white whale sets, one of these days! 😅

[@Reker1million]

Those layouts are pretty cool, I remember building them several years back with PF track and running 7898, 7398, and 3677 on them! The last one used all of my points. It was super cool to see your custom electric points in action, they operate very smoothly. It's interesting that although they got rid of the remote accessories with the 9V era, the 9V points also functioned kind of like signals in that they could isolate sections of track. Maybe in the future you could make signals wired to the point remotes so that there's an indicator for which sidings are live.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

ohh that's a great idea!

[@georginaskillin2637]

That 55 dollars joke was hilarious 😂

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Man I wish I could get that track pack for $55 today 😂

[@onecleverpig]

Wow awesome video!! That ultimate layout takes up some serious real estate! Also love the quick reminder lesson about circuits figuring out which switch tracks needed to be engaged to get the trains rolling.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Thanks! This was a fun one despite having a few challenges along the way 😅

[@For891]

This channel represents most of what I love about lego. Any lego that is mechanical or battery powered is right up my ally! Just subbed!

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

You'll fit in just fine here 😁 and there's a ton of cool stuff in the backlog (I may be ever so slightly biased) 😅

[@iceman_twitch]

9v is good. but battery better if u buy rechargable batteries with high mah numbers. Yes you need to change but still way better than wat you have with 9v. Becuz 9v has limitation how u can build the track. But 9v a bit better to save more space when u build the train.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I use all the systems together, it's more fun that way 😁

[@benkohlmann3473]

Any suggestions as to where you can get this stuff for cheep?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Move to Germany? I've placed a few large international orders from there due to the low price. You can check out my haul video playlist to see some of the deals I've scored and how I found them. It takes a LOT of looking!

[@ShipRail_Studios]

These videos are really entertaining! I’ve never actually seen these layouts in action before, so that was a very nice treat. I recently ordered all the 9V equipment(regulator, cables, etc) from Bricklink so now I’ll finally have a (mostly, I still have a few Powered Up trains) battery-free experience. Keep up the great work!

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Thanks! 9v Definitely saves on batteries 😁

[@2ndPlayr]

Very cool video. What cataloge is this?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

The catalogs are the Spring 1997 and Holiday 2001 US Shop at home catalogs. I've updated the description with links to the scans 👍

[@russrh]

I had a lego train set in the 80s that i swear was 9v, but the track had separate sleepers and rails

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

You must be thinking of the 12v system! I'm hoping to at least get one 12v set eventually but it is very expensive to import to the US (it was never released here)

[@pastajensen]

This was fun to watch. 🥳

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Thanks!

[@BricksWorks]

Scoopered by switch isolation :) Lego's switch isolation was both good ... and bad. Once you automate the track, it is sort of bad.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I could see it being an issue. Once I play around with automation I'll probably be using Powered Up anyway or light sensors to detect train position. I'll get there one day!

[@bami2]

Brilliant video! I really like using the momentary switches to only provide power to the switch motor for a tiny bit so they don't stall but there is no slipping element/clutch involved. Have you thought about putting tiles or flags with numbers on them and add them to the switches so you immediately know which lever operates which switch?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Thanks! This is fast becoming my favorite method for controlling switch tracks and could be expanded to control other things on a layout. I like the idea of flags, I did want to find a solution to better visualize what each switch controls. This would be a good solution since my layouts change just about every time

[@trainguy_33]

I'm still kicking myself for not getting 9v track when I saw it in a thrift store. it had the controller and everything, too

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

That is for sure a crazy find! Just behind David Koudys finding Lego monorail in a Value Village store 😮

[@kopakaskoolkompanion]

I've been trying to work out a layout to run 3 trains on it not unlike that "Ultimate" one you showed off! Given my track is RC though, I'd still like to have a remote setup for the switches. I do have one 9V control, would be interested to see how you've configured it so that I can at least run it for the switches alone!

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I should be doing a video on wired switch track control soon, I just finished up the hardest part of the video. The PF system also works just fine as a quick solution

[@bx5123]

Hi can you try to build an Rc drift car with Lego ?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

The closest I go to that would be the Buwizz mod of the Top Gear Rally Car. The problem I had was I couldn't find a good control solution so I haven't messed with RC stuff much since then. There are plenty of builders out there with more experience and knowledge with RC / drift cars

[@AK.__]

Great video, thank you much! Is it possible to do similar things (automated trains and switches) with the modern recent trains?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

There are tons of options out there, the sky is the limit! I've covered many things on this channel but I still have tons of stuff I haven't covered yet. I'm hoping to get around to trying out the Brickrail project and going further with the Brick Automation Project software for automating Powered Up trains at some point

[@AK.__]

@@BatteryPoweredBricks Thank you, will check.

[@BrickTsar]

The extra pieces always bugged me with the layouts

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

It was bizarre in both cases. An entire extra box of curves for the first one and an extra straight that could just be used in the siding in another 🤷‍♂️. I wonder how many people bought the 4511 set and a track kit and were mad they couldn't build it! C'mon Lego two straight tracks aren't going to hurt the bottom line that much! 😅

[@Unabomber2]

8:34 A caboose on a passenger train? ??

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Good point 😅

[@Unabomber2]

@@BatteryPoweredBricks LOL,

[@BrickTsar]

Whenever anyone says “hoopla” I think of SpongeBob fir some reason

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I probably will too now, I forgot about that 😂

[@pinioncorp]

FYI: Part out - take a boxed set and put the elements into your collection. Piece together - assemble a set from parts in your collection.

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

I'm not going to argue that your wrong but I see part out used in the context in all the circles I hang out in. As long as people know what you mean it's all good in my mind

[@pinioncorp]

So what do you call taking the parts from a set and putting them into your collection?

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

@@pinioncorp I would just say "I bought it for parts"

[@NIRDIAN1]

69th Like...! ;)

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Nice 😅

[@davenwills7605]

That one with the track cross over, I saw it for sale at a yard sale a few years back and the dude tried to sell it to me for 450 with no train controller or Lego bricks 🫤

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

That's crazy! Sounds like one of those "I know what I have" people 🙄

[@robkennedy3000]

I swesr this channel is going to be the reason for being poor 🥲😂

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Same! 😅 And everyone in my Discord is trying to get me on 12v trains as well 😂