{"id":655,"date":"2017-01-15T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2017-01-15T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T15:08:42","slug":"glenn-holland-the-rebuilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/15\/glenn-holland-the-rebuilder\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Holland: The Rebuilder"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past week, I watched an episode of James May: The Reassembler<\/em>. In the opening episode of season two, May walks through the reassembly of his first ever toy train set, a Hornby Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sound, which he received one year as a Christmas gift. Quite ironically, a week before, I had begun exactly the same endeavor, rebuilding my first ever LEGO train set.<\/p>\n

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The 9-volt era had several diamond sets: the Metroliner and Santa Fe Super Chief among them. There were also several oddball sets, with no real prototype counterpart. Set 4561 Railway Express, which I received on Christmas morning around the year 2001, was one such set. But this didn\u2019t stop me from enjoying the set. I built it with the aid of my father and we watched it run around the simple oval track for hours, loading and unloading the wagons countless times. Then, after I got bored of the set, I tore it apart and begun making my first rudimentary train MOCs.<\/p>\n

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That brings us to the present, or at least a few weeks ago: 4561 sat in pieces, strewn about my layout, built into many other creations. I dug out my file box of instruction booklets and found the ones for 4561, and set to work.<\/p>\n

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Most of the locomotive was intact, thankfully.<\/p>\n

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The wagons proved to be more of a challenge.<\/p>\n

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Many of the larger bricks had been incorporated into various train MOCs and even some buildings, and a handful were just plain gone. No matter, there\u2019s nothing a Bricklink order or two can\u2019t fix.<\/p>\n

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Over the next few days I finally finished rebuilding the Railway Express, save for about 3 parts. Even better, it still worked beautifully.<\/p>\n

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I regard the 4561 as one of the greatest gifts I\u2019ve ever received, because it launched my hobby as a whole. Sure, the latest and greatest MOCs are cool. There\u2019s nothing wrong with taking the hobby as far as you can. But, for me, the \u201cfirst set\u201d will always be a winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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