we built a WORKING fleet of trains for a LEGO city!

For lovingly-crafted instructions and stickers for the trains in this video, check out eggybricks.com ➡️ - including a much-improved version of the Polar Express, and four other Class I liveries for the GE Evolution Tier 4 (CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, and Norfolk Southern)!
Today, we add FIVE brand new custom trains to the LEGO city! A metro, a freight loco, an intercity express, the Polar Express, and one mystery train...
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In this video:
- A city metro train, to get our citizens to and from work and the LEGO store...
- A freight locomotive (GE Evolution Tier 4), to carry food for all our friends...
- A super-fast intercity train (like the Shinkansen bullet train), to get us all the way across countries...
- The Polar Express (Pere Marquette 1225), of course, to get us to the North Pole. PLUS
- A San Francisco cable car!!
Thanks so much for coming along with us as we build our city!!
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PRINTING STICKERS:
(We've gotten lots of questions on how we print our stickers, so added some notes)
We use:
- an Epson EcoTank ET-2803 inkjet printer to print (has printheads capable of excellent detail like more-expensive printers, but is more affordable and easier to customize) - 29% off on Amazon right now amzn.to/3SRQKQi
- a Silhouette Cameo 4 to autocut (this is more important than having the exact right printer, in our experience) - 40% off on Amazon right now amzn.to/42ydGas
- white HTVRONT-brand printable vinyl paper, glossy (we've tried a bunch of different brands and finishes, and this is the one that works the best for us) - on Amazon for about 28 US cents per sheet amzn.to/3Su2IOE
- if we're printing clear stickers, we use Koala 95% clear sticker paper (the best version of clear we've found so far, but we haven't found a clear paper + print process we like yet) - on Amazon for about 46 US cents per sheet amzn.to/3HWLEMa but we don't wholeheartedly recommend it
- cold laminate for waterproofing or UV protection: either Oracal Oraguard 210 (preferred, but hard to source) or HTVRONT self-adhesive laminating sheets amzn.to/4bmBu54
For step-by-step details, we have a rambly explanation here: shop.eggybricks.com/pages/faq...
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:44 All the cities in the world
02:41 The Eggopolis metro
05:26 Freight
08:42 Faraway cities
10:42 The Polar Express, for some reason
13:34 The last mile
14:28 The road home

[@eggybricks]

For lovingly-crafted instructions and stickers for the trains in this video, check out: eggybricks.com ➡ (including a much-improved Polar Express!) Btw, we fixed the Polar Express and made a few more GE Evolutions - check them out in our newest video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJnHlpyalLtsgdUsi=12gkiWcWKlBlu6zm&t=167 🚅 We missed you all, thanks so much for watching!!

[@user-si6ut7mm3l]

i agreed

[@user-si6ut7mm3l]

plz be soon also is it possible to send you re lego creation to france bcs im french

[@user-cr6wr4fp5p]

The Shinkansen needs swivel chairs as the Japanese do not believe in travelling backwards.

[@tripwire3992]

Would you ever try to build a british class 43? I think you'd make our HST's look pretty in lego

[@eggybricks]

@@tripwire3992 Oooh very pretty train!! Great suggestion

[@Scrumgus]

love the "brick science city is flooded at the moment" referencing brick science's 30 day building a lego city series, along with the micro scaled daily bugle!

[@thepensivepenguin]

Timestamp? I couldn’t seem to find it

[@Scrumgus]

@@thepensivepenguin daily bugle at 2:14 and brick science plays directly after at 2:18

[@NewBrickerton]

They did such a good job making the micro cities

[@thepensivepenguin]

@@Scrumgus thanks a lot!

[@aneasteregg8171]

A city has fallen into the river in LEGO City!

[@NewBrickerton]

So honored to be featured, and I'm glad all the trains made it here! Your builds are truly beautiful, you all are setting a new standard for Lego KZbin in both video quality and custom build quality. 5 custom trains in one video is simply ridiculous. Loved the micro build also :)

[@eggybricks]

Thanks for inviting us to New Brickerton!! It was hard to choose just a few things for the micro build but we hope we did it justice. Thanks so much!

[@NewBrickerton]

@@eggybricks You absolutely killed it, I want to make my own😁

[@poisonbricks7485]

This is genuinely one of my favorite channels on the platform right now. One of the few creators who really take the LEGO brick to its limits without absolutely ridiculous amounts of studio space, or amounts of brick. Love the idea of every city being connected, too!

[@eggybricks]

Thank you so much for the encouragement! ❤️

[@such_a_dork]

"We could draw on our years of experience engineering vehicles in real life." Well, that explains a lot.

[@Idk-eq1ex]

Fun fact: The Shinkansen was so fast and loud coming out of tunnels that it was creating sonic booms and was becoming a real problem to people who lived near the tracks. The company who made it wanted to fix this so they put a team together to fix the problem. One of the engineers was a birdwatcher and noticed that the kingfisher bird had a specially shaped beak that allowed it to smoothly cut through water. He showed the rest of the team that and they remodeled the nose of the train, and the problem was gone. There were no more loud sounds whenever the train came out of tunnels.

[@SimonBauer7]

one other thing they did was to make holes in the top of the tunnel exit allowing the air thats being pushed in front of the train to vent out the top.

[@wai0937]

I’m amazed at how much you two continue evolving your quality despite already setting such a high standard. My mind was blown at the technique used at 6:17. You’re approaching god-tier status at Lego YouTubing.

[@eggybricks]

Thank you so much for the encouragement as always!! We have a lot of dark nights of the soul about this channel so really appreciate it. Thanks so much for watching!

[@Saifullah_4112]

​@@eggybricksNew Viewer here, Could I get to know more about you guys? I'm already subbed 😜

[@shinxnat]

I wish there were 100 eggy bricks videos so I could watch forever!!!

[@Penguinian]

YESSSSSS

[@JasperHuskyFox]

As a Canadian, I'd say your CN GE ET44AC looks wonderful! Love how you sculpted it with the limited width you had! Keep up the amazing work! :)

[@GodmanchesterGoblin]

I absolutely loved this. A few comments if I may... 1, Lego trains can get very expensive, very quickly, as I am sure you've realised. But they're completely worth it in my experience. 😊 2, Jacob's bogies look great, but for Lego trains with many curved tracks they rarely work well. Due to the tight curves, the rolling resistance of a single bogie with a longer wheelbase, maybe 4 or 5 studs between the axle blocks, will be significantly higher than that of two short wheelbase bogies where the axle blocks are adjacent or only one stud apart. (Try rolling the bogies down a straight slope with a long curve at the bottom.) 3, A secondary problem is that true Jacobs bogies have the pivot points for both carriages located at the centre of the bogie. With Lego implementations that is almost impossible to achieve and the pivot points end up being several studs apart. This is in part due to the tight track radii placing the carriages at significant angles, creating clearance issues on bends. The result is that carriages with Lego Jacobs bogies still tend to move laterally relative to each just as much as with conventional bogies when moving through S shaped bends, such as those created when using the turnouts. 4, For smoother running of bogies with metal axles, a tiny drop of silicone base lubricant on each bearing surface in the axle block can make a big difference. I have used lube sold for Rubiks Cubes (for speed-cubing) with good results. It's designed to be safe with plastics, compared to conventional mineral oils. Please don't take these points as criticism, though. Rather, I just want to share what I have learned, having already gone down this path. I always look forward to your future videos.

[@subliminal444]

The effort put into these videos is beyond what almost anyone else is doing in the Lego community and it really shows.

[@Abbyga1e]

Seeing a Canadian National train made me irrationally excited lol. Excellent job as always!

[@85inexact]

The door mechanism using the droid arms is simple and elegant, big fan of your work!

[@Octotaco]

This is crazy. It is such an impressive build. It deserves way more recognition.

[@rebricks]

The sliding middle axles... so genious.

[@NorthandSouthLineR.R.]

I really love that Polar Express model

[@beccajohnson-choma1762]

it’s trash

[@Legomaker1245]

@@beccajohnson-choma1762 didn’t ask plus it’s better than you

[@SmashLibrary]

What a triumph.

[@murdo4243]

That sliding 3 wheel bogey is pure genius.

[@canadiantrainperson]

This was a cool video. Being Canadian, the CN train is my favorite. Another thing is how that I was surprised that this video is so new! Usually this videos would be 4-8 years old being watched in a school classroom (I predict it will because its so good) Great job! :D

[@dikenlikalp]

I have to say it, probaby someone said before. There is a great formula in this channel for a Lego Masters team. Lego love + Lego technical ability + team work + organisation + storytelling! + willingness to go out of comfort zone. I don't know that kind of exposure is in your alley but it would definitely grow the channel. In that scenario your only weakness might be perfectionism, I dont know. I don't know. This channel became my favorite lego channel.

[@eggybricks]

Wow that's extremely nice of you to say - thanks so much!!

[@justine23ds62]

literally every train fans dream

[@hoobergaming2995]

I have no idea why trains are so interesting, but something about them makes me intrigued.

[@ZubairIO]

That sliding middle axle! 🎉 So cool!

[@supsnail]

It's my first time watching this channel and I have to say that this is so high quality!👏 You are both so skilled and creative. My favourite is probably your metro or the polar express.

[@bold-Motion]

The EMD FT would be a fun challenge with the iconic bulldog nose

[@KennethBouman]

The 3 wheel bogey assembly is particularly inspired - I would love to hear about how you came up with the design, and iterated toward that particular solution!

[@jmaster2855]

I first remember coming across it while seeing the build for the Orient Express that just came out, sure it's been around a while though in the moccing community.

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much!! We started with a straightforward Technic version (using train-wheels-with-axle-holes on a Technic axle going through two adjacent Technic plates-with-hole). This worked, but didn't have /enough/ friction - it would slip around whenever we moved the train around, which was annoying. (Plus using Technic in an obvious way is never our favorite solution, but that's a personal bias.) So we tried brick-building the slider, with door rails in bricks-with-groove. (We really like this part combination - we also tried it for sliding doors in the metro, and as a fun way to attach the side detailing on the Polar Express, but took both of those out in later iterations.) This had the lateral friction we wanted (and felt fun). Then just iterated on different ways to constrain the axle laterally, hold the assembly together, and attach to the train body. (Plus after that, to make sure we actually liked our solution, we tried a few other versions with weirder brick-built and system-plus-Technic assemblies. None worked well for the bogie, but we might use them for mechanism in some buildings later)

[@garyburke6156]

you rock. this is unlike any other lego youtube on the scene right now. I love this and I cannot wait to see more

[@kenwabb]

I love the idea of every LEGO city being connected. Reminds me of the imagination I had when I was 8 😂

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

Fantastic video as always, it was well worth the wait! Excited to see what you both come up with next!

[@eggybricks]

@BatteryPoweredBricks Thanks so much!! Means a lot coming from a real train expert :D

[@AlecDenholm]

I'm blown away by how how quality this is. You guys are wonderful!

[@SonicTails4664]

As a Canadian, I’m honoured to see you use Canadian National Railways.

[@einoarkajalka]

The tram and the polar express made impression for me. Would love to see a full train or tram system with that theme.

[@beccajohnson-choma1762]

wake up and smell the inperfections

[@BrickCoward77]

Incredible stuff from you two-again! You’re like no other LEGO KZbinrs I know. Terrific material.

[@eggybricks]

Thank you so much!

[@BrickCoward77]

@@eggybricks Also the only MOC builders on KZbin who don’t say “I’m really happy with how this turned out” every 2 minutes 😉 (aside from hachiroku24 of course)

[@justingolden21]

This is incredibly well produced. Can't imagine just the filming and editing time it took alone. Fun watch!

[@mads_in_zero]

Really adore the "engineering science communication" vibes of this one! What a delightful introduction to trains.

[@nuggetstacker4438]

The technic for therailings for the freight train was impressive. Very cool trains

[@mailstorminurbox]

This makes me cry tears of joy, but could you raise the roof of the cab of the Polar Express by a bit? and i will definitely be using that 3 axle bogey design

[@eggybricks]

Thanks! We did just rebuild the Polar Express and the cab is a tiny bit higher now!

[@khepri3266]

Mad respect for Lego train enjoyers

[@johnblack3204]

The two of you keep blowing me away with every video you make. The time and effort put into the builds, the video production, and the overall final product is truly amazing. I've never had the interest to do a Lego train, but I do now (my bank account is furious)! Fantastic stuff!!!!

[@eggybricks]

Thank you so much, it means a lot! Hope you enjoy trains!!

[@cheeseant2574]

I wish I could be as smart as you two. Y’all’s problem solving abilities are so casual which makes it all the more impressive

[@mrblack5145]

They're all incredibly cute and creative, especially since you've done them all freehand. And big props to the gearbox of the polar express, it's always a struggle to make something small look good while also being functional. A criminally underrated channel with two awesome people, I can't wait to see what's next!

[@traintimeboy]

Awesome video!

[@sinan_collects]

You two never disappoint! You have already set the GOLD standard for LEGO KZbin with your first few videos and you still continue to amaze us every time! 🚀

[@GJBricks]

Really like all of those builds, especially the polar express and seeing the engineering you put into making that work. Thanks for sharing.

[@theintuitivetaurus5454]

the way they snatched the first train was personal.

[@cariolaroelena6614]

i love how much effort was put into these builds! Keep up the awesome work :)

[@peteredwards2301]

I love the attention to detail and realism! Great work!

[@SimonBauer7]

6:36 you can also use a normal technic motor and some gears to have 3 axles but powered. middle wheel needs to be without flanges, using plate round 2x2 and the fitting tile round 2x2 with a hole in the center.

[@eggybricks]

@SimonBauer7 Thanks so much, this is a great point! We tried this briefly (using a modification of the design from Railbricks issue 6), but decided we didn't want to sacrifice any of the body shaping to fit a Technic motor + geartrain in the body. (We got really attached to our tapered radiator cab.) Maybe we should try again though!

[@ashermccready]

the fact you bothered to get the driver quartering right on the berkshire earned my subscribe

[@LegoBackyardBeerTrain]

Nice work!

[@FluffiestWalrus]

Amazing! The techniques for building the wheels in each use case was particularly impressive

[@Thesuree]

THANK YOU FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS!

[@Hyunny...]

The quality of these videos are always incredible. You can tell there's real passion behind it

[@corradoguglielmo1386]

Every video you publish is great, I wish they were longer but I love how they're concise and still packed with so much fun and interesting techniques! So glad you made trains, they look great!

[@TrainGodismoreactivehere]

what i love about this vid is a few references that railfans like me might notice. - Canadian National Decals on the Freight Train. - Polar Express - The JR 700, (the livery on it was possibly inspired by the Rail Star Livery) - San Francisco Tram also there's a slight error at 10:46 the locomotive seen in the sketch is actually an FEF Design by the Union Pacific. Not a Berkshire design. but beside that error the polar express model did come it pretty well, even though with the incorrect sketch.

[@Talex-td6xf]

That way to motorise the Steam train,, that is ingenuity, I have never seen anyone motorise a train like that, incredible!

[@laustpeternielsen-norman9569]

Just love the design of your trains❤

[@controllerpleb6568]

I eagerly await the Polar Express instructions. It's one of my favorite movies! I love your content by the way! You ladies really set the standard.

[@beccajohnson-choma1762]

Wake up

[@uploadschedule]

WOW! This video is honestly so high quality. Very, very well done!

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much!!

[@uguburo-minecraft2668]

This slider technique for the three wheel train thingy was unbelievably smart 😮

[@jmaster2855]

I am an avid LEGO fan all my life, and with that comes the inevitable of watching videos about it on KZbin. I don't even want to think about how much I've seen... and a lot of it is great. However this is- without a shadow of a doubt- one of the absolute best LEGO videos on the platform right now. The editing, shot composition and staging of your MOCs, and on top of that you two have an exceptional grasp of how to build with and talk about LEGO. Every one of your MOCs shown here is stellar, and I like that they feel like they could easily be officially produced or licensed LEGO sets. Genuinely impressive builds. Amazing work, this absolutely gets my imagination turning for my own builds I'd like to do regarding LEGO trains and railed vehicles. I wish you a million followers and more, this is top-tier work.

[@eggybricks]

Thank you so much for watching, and for such kind words - it means a lot!

[@jmaster2855]

@@eggybricks Easy to give compliments when your work is this good.

[@reubenclarke9879]

All these videos are a great inspiration for others to tell them to make what ever they want with Lego and your imagination is the only limit and I have only watched 3 videos and I love all of them

[@phathoang-zd9zc]

I like your brick trains. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 plus satisfying.

[@roknovak9991]

Incredible work! The fact that you designed multiple stunning train models from scratch is such an amazing feat of design and engineering! And the engineering techniques that went into making it all work on such tight radii is amazing. The only critique I would give, is that it would be even better, if you somehow managed to get the stickers to only cover a single piece, instead of multiple. Lego also used to include multi-piece stickers in old sets, but I believe they abandoned this approach in the 90s. That way the pieces can be disassembled without removing the stickers.

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much for the kind words!! Good point! We agonized over this, but in the end we couldn't accept the compromise of having the design broken up (if we used a bunch of smaller stickers piecewise) or using bigger pieces that weren't shaped ideally (to make the piece size match sticker size). (We were probably influenced by not loving the way the Gringotts Bank sticker in 76417 looked) It's a really good point, though, and someone else might make a different tradeoff! We know we're particular in our own way

[@alfredrising3247]

Incredible work. Not just one, but 5 great trains! Wish we could like this video more than once. Can't wait for your next update!

[@monsoona1078]

I couldn’t help but leave a comment with the pure dedication you put into your Lego projects

[@liriohardy7240]

i think you guys make the best lego content on youtube fr

[@yourfavourite790]

i love the second train they made. the freight

[@MaraMash]

This channel is a breath of fresh air in a sea of dime a dozen "content creators". The production quality is great, the content is interesting, and you guys dont put on some over the top silly persona just for clicks. Artistic integrity does still exist! Good job

[@Ilenapieta]

As an EMD fan myself I would want you guys to build an SD70ACe.

[@andrzejstefanik8228]

I love all of your films :) professionalism at the professor's level but spoken straight from the heart. I'm waiting for the next or maybe some shorts from Eggopolis (a wonderful concept of a city with many levels)

[@J83ON..]

I dunno of you’d see this but, it would be cool to see you guys try to power a lego boat. Like a speedboat.

[@johnschwalb]

This was awesome. for next time, its a steam engine. A train is what an engine pulls or pushes the engine is what pulls or pushes. Great video.

[@alexharvey7660]

This video has such high production quality, and I really love the train designs you came up with. Wishing you two the best

[@lastminutesavior]

You outdid yourselves. Spectacular video!

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much!!

[@HughEdwards-ul9tr]

You realise that Lego has an entire piece dedicated to make the bogey turn to go around curves this is a good solution if you are out of those parts but still Worth it to get those

[@pheartehgrimace]

I've been waiting for this one. Lego trains have taken over my city!!

[@mastterby]

This channel is so good. I ADORE your sentiment that all of our Lego cities are connected via trains!! Reminds me of the time I learned that the stars in D&D are other people’s games 🥲

[@sammaslow3410]

This video was so much fun to watch! Thank you!

[@Shockking21]

look forward to all of your videos. amazing as always. love that you two are nerdy and convey your knowledge and interests while also making aesthetically pleasing and funny videos. can always expect that you two will go above and beyond in terms of effort and production value. love the cute stop motion interludes on this video, for example.

[@inalvissarria5518]

I LOVE TRAINS

[@cyclonec9748]

So cool that you guys are in the bay too!

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Love the video and I'm glad you actually know what you're talking about and studying on the trains you're using. As a train fan I've seen some videos by Lego fans that clearly didn't know what they were talking about and that bugged the heck out of me. Keep up the good work

[@traci4327]

I'm so excited every time you release a new video. This one again was entertaining and gave unique insights and tips. Keep up the great work.

[@sayyidmd9963]

This is so well made, all of the sets and the video! Love it

[@chriscummings4206]

I can hear grumbling from Electro-Motive Diesel on your choice of building the GE Tier 4.😂

[@paulcollison7125]

It's always a treat to see an eggybricks video appear on my feed. Clever solutions, beautiful builds and some of the best production value on youtube. With your focus on quality over quantity you might not be the biggest LEGO channel, but you're definitely the best.

[@eggybricks]

Aw, thanks so much!!

[@jordantm16]

Absolutely love your videos. Your enthusiasm is really infectious and it makes all your videos a joy to watch!

[@TheJumiFilm]

This is a cool channel :) Love the small animations in between the clips

[@soniomagr5498]

Very nice layout. Even without the 3D-printed Trixbrix infrastructure.

[@Solbrick]

So well made! Beautiful trains and good video.

[@fredtedstedman]

Love your lego trains , I can understand ( as a modeller) how this can become totally absorbing ! ( and it will run outside .)

[@amazingstudios7889]

It would be cool if there were lego technic bricks small enough that you could code them to the motors, and have them make routine stops at train stations, activated by either timing, light sensors, sound, etc.

[@eggybricks]

Ooooh you might like our next video

[@amazingstudios7889]

@@eggybricksI’m definitely interested!

[@bananamath]

Such an amazing video! The detail of the train schedule corresponding to video chapters blew my mind

[@eggybricks]

Hee thanks for noticing!!

[@builtwithclicks]

Congratulations on a wonderful video and incredible builds. I am really impressed with your lego and graphic design skills. Looking forward to following your progress!

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much!!

[@Brickido]

Beautiful MOCs! Well done!

[@edmondse]

There are so many levels of complements your lego city and your videos deserve. As a real world town planner the approach to your world is chefs kiss perfection. As a transport nerd i get such joy from the train detailing. As an afol its inspiring building skills and techniques. As a viewer you put so much into the smallest details that the videos are so rich and interesting. You could have 10 videos of interesting but comparatively mediocre content out of this work and we would still be riveted. Thank you! 🎉

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much for watching and for seeing us!!

[@moomoome42]

The stop motion bumper clips are slick as heck!!! Great production value 👍🚂

[@Adam-zj6st]

the freight train looks incredible! great work guys

[@Mr.Pufferfish.]

These trains are the best Lego trains ever and they look sooo good. But how did you make the stickers? I really want to know since I am making custom mocs too.

[@eggybricks]

Thanks so much!! For stickers, do you mean the designs or the prints? If it's the printing part, we added some quick notes on how we do our sticker printing here, in case they're helpful: eggybricks.com/pages/faq (if you scroll down to the "How do I print stickers?" section, sorry that this page isn't formatted super well). It took us a while to find a printer/paper/color profile/laminate combination we liked so we're pretty happy with these choices!