DaveBey Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Lately, I've noticed TOFC spine cars (maily with FedEx trailers) bringing up the rear of BNSF intermodal trains going through town and so I thought I'd try to model something similar in LEGO. Unfortunately, I seem to be drawing a blank in LEGO Digital Designer. I'm basing my design off a shortened trailer from 3221: LEGO City Truck / 7848: Toys "R" Us City Truck. As you can see, I just shortened it by one six-stud section. TTX even has some great digrams on their web site under Railcars For Sale. TOFC (pdf) TOFC/COFC (pdf) For the spine car itself, the shared bogie from 10170: TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car is my go-to design when sharing bogies. I can't help but use 6087: Bottom 2x5x2 1/3 to lower the middle section as a true "flat" car design seems to put the trailer too high. Any input for a TOFC design? Cheers from Claremore, Oklahoma USA! Dave Quote
UrbanErwin Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) on this video by Shuppiluliumas is one EDIT: found another one of Cale Leiphart Edited February 19, 2013 by UrbanErwin Quote
Dan-147 Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 I'm suprised nobody suggested you check out the old LGauge site: http://lgauge.com/ It hasn't been updated recently but it has no less than 5 designs for intermodal equipement, 4 with complete instructions. Maybe it's just a sign of how old I'm getting that I know this site... Dan-147 Quote
FlyerNut Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks, I never heard of that site before. Giving me some great ideas. Quote
PsyKater Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Funny, I am just building my very own. Thanks for the links, I have to check them for inspirations. Quote
DaveBey Posted February 19, 2013 Author Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks for the links! I'd forgotten about L Gauge... A combination of the Front Runner and Spine Car seems to be what I'm after. The PennLUG cars look nice but I they model in 8-wide and I'm trying to stay with 6-wide. Those are some nice looking trains though! Here are a couple of screenshoots of what I've done... Rough, I know! Hopefully the screenshots clarify what I meant earlier by lowering the middle section. Cheers from Claremore, Oklahoma USA! Dave Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Very nice idea ...very well realized! Quote
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