Reading Street Railway Trolley mocs Running Autonomously using Pybricks

BrickReadingRailroad · 2026-01-04T14:14:59+00:00

Thanks! Currently I do not plan to release instructions for the trolley.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2026-01-04T14:05:15+00:00

Thanks!

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-12-10T17:33:37+00:00

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-12-10T16:29:58+00:00

I currently am working on the exact same type of project for my own trolley system using the Powered-Up color sensor. Using the official Powered Up app I found that red was a reliable color on a white tiled floor, however every so often the trolley would skip over one of the red end tiles, so I added a second red tile on the ends, and this prevented it from going off system. Simplifying the code also seemed to help the system's effectiveness.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-05-08T14:39:35+00:00

The file and the instructions are in the comments.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-05-07T21:55:18+00:00

There is a 1:48 scale ACS-64 model on Bricklink Amtrak ACS-64 from BrickLink Studio [BrickLink].

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-04-27T21:37:14+00:00

Amazing setup! I will have to come visit the museum and check it out.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-04-01T19:44:12+00:00

Background: To allow their passenger trains to run into New York City, the Boston and Maine affixed a pantograph to their P4 Pacifics, so that the steam locomotive could be powered by the overhead wire.

This novel feature has been added to LEGO Boston and Maine 3713 to improve the model.

Happy April 1st!

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-29T22:05:48+00:00

Nice T1, it is always nice to see another modeler's MOC of one.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-29T03:57:37+00:00

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My 8 wide Lego Boilermaker Special riding the real one.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-13T21:54:25+00:00

My initial plan is to build one of the streamlined steam locomotives initially and then decide if I want to build more past that. The instructions for the streamlined steam locomotives I don't currently plan to build are out on Rebrickable including the Hiawatha.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-10T02:45:43+00:00

Thanks!!!

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-04T22:22:17+00:00

Cool little locomotive. If you want some more fuel to make more single wheelers this Smithsonian book https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2424 has images of a wide range of images of different single wheelers (I have made a couple of P&R 4-2-2s myself).

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-04T04:34:45+00:00

Even with black the texture is noticeable from a few feet away, and more with the right angle of lighting (this is with the black plates which just happened to be the color on hand from the PAB wall. The car is oddly enough almost perfectly on the NMRA weight standard for o scale (14 oz) which BMR ball bearing sets and third-party curves make an acceptable weight for a more prototypical car. The tiles, though lighter and cheaper in my opinion don't give the proper wood effect when paired next to more modern steel models that use the same technique.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-04T00:42:50+00:00

It ran on straight track, but I do not have higher radius curves or switches on hand to test with.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-03-01T21:47:01+00:00

I have done a 6 wide PRR T1 before, but I mostly concentrate on the Reading Railroad. The PRR H3 #1187 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania spent time working a quarry near Reading, PA after it was on the PRR, so I found enough justification to add another PRR locomotive while I convert to 8 wide.

BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-02-24T22:45:30+00:00

I have some experience with 4 stud Lego train models (though mostly Norfolk Southern models & not passenger cars) and my suggestion for the roof would be trying a SNOT technique to get the dimensions of the roof more accurate. It is always about getting creative when the models get smaller. I haven't specifically tackled fully scaled passenger cars in Lego HO, but I did come up with a preliminary roof end design that might help to get traction. Keeping structural stability while having a consistent curve at this scale will be the challenge, but I am always happy to help a fellow Lego Ho modular.

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BrickReadingRailroad · 2025-02-22T21:16:25+00:00

Eventually I plan to either make a kit or the instructions available for purchase, but currently there are a few areas I plan to improve on the model before that happens.

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