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Cale Leiphart commented on the post, Event Report, AN EVENING WITH A LEGEND OF STEAM: ROSS ROWLAND, And an Update On Our T-1 Kit Launch Date 5 years, 3 months ago
We’re glad you are excited.
As for the Chessie, and AFT variants, we studied both closely for possible production. Both paint schemes used dark blue extensively. Dark blue is a somewhat limited color in LEGO still, and to reproduce either scheme would be both costly and possibly require several modifications to the original model design to…[Read more]
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Cale Leiphart commented on the post, Event Report, AN EVENING WITH A LEGEND OF STEAM: ROSS ROWLAND, And an Update On Our T-1 Kit Launch Date 5 years, 3 months ago
Excellent!
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago
On Saturday, September 21st, 2019, American Steam Railroad Preservation Association, Inc hosted an event, An Evening with a Legend of Steam: Ross Rowland, to benefit the ASR’s “Fire Up 2100” campaign for the r […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago
On Saturday, September 21st, 2019, American Steam Railroad Preservation Association, Inc will be hosting an event, An Evening with a Legend of Steam: Ross Rowland, to benefit the ASR’s “Fire Up 2100” campaign for […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago
Enrico Lussi has officially joined Brick Model Railroader as a contributor. We’re happy to have him on our team!
Saturday, June 29th was the third annual Lego Trains Day at BrickKing. This year UrbanErwin, […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 4 months ago
Earlier this year we announced the first official locomotive kit from Brick Model Railroader, the Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive. Since then we have be a bit quiet about this project, only releasing a few […]
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Can you tell us more about how the model operates?
Can the T-1 navigate the sharp r40 curves & switches?
Is it to early to ask about motorization?
Definitely don’t want to spoil everything, but am just wondering what I’d need to prepare myself for this exquisite model.
Thanks again for all of your hard work & dedication to the craft!!!~Nick Jackson~
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Nick,
The T-1 operates via PF remote and a PFx brick. Instructions to configure the PFx properly will be included.
The T-1 can just barely navigate R56. We recommend R72 or greater.
It uses 2 PF L motors.
Hope this helps!
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When will pre-ordering be availabe?
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We would like to open pre-orders in the next several weeks.
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Sorry, one more question. How fast can the locomotive run? Hopefully faster than the pf train motor
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The PF train motor operates at very high speeds. Our T-1 will run plenty fast enough while hauling a long and heavy train. You can look at the announcement article we made earlier this year for the video of the locomotive in operation. It handled the train you see with ease.
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I’m new to brick models, can you tell me about the price we are looking at fo the model. Thanks
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Hi Garry, we haven’t given out a price yet since we have a few outstanding items we are waiting to hear back on regarding pricing.
Pricing and ordering information will be detailed in the pre-order announcement coming this Friday. Thank you.
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Has the model been released for pre sale order?
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Hi Leah, we released the kit for pre-order in October and we have since closed pre-orders after extending the period by a few days. We are currently working to ship this kit and bring others to fruition.
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As my update? It’s been over 2 years now. Thank you
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago
Brickworld 2019 has come and gone. It’s time to reflect on all the excitement, pain, wonder, frustration, and joy that characterized my trip this year to one of North America’s premier LEGO fan events. […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 7 months ago
Each year at Brickworld in Chicago, attendees gather together to participate in what has become an fun, exciting, and unforgettable events held during the convention. The Esther Walner Memorial Charity […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago
When Brick Model Railroader began in the late December of 2016, we had no idea where it would go. We certainly didn’t have plans to be selling instructions for models, and be working towards selling full kits as […]
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Great milestone guys! And congratulations to Kevin.
I’m glad to be a small part of your dream.
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago
We know you’ve been waiting for our next Premium Instruction kit. Well, the wait is over, and to make up for the delay, we have not one, but two new Premium Instructions for you: the Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 11 months ago
Last fall I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Lionel Strang and the crew of the A Modelers Life podcast. Today that podcast was officially published and is available to download.
If you’re not familiar […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 5 years, 11 months ago
Hello again followers, fans and supporters, and happy new year!
Here’s our first post of 2019! We hope that everyone had a joyous Holiday season and an awesome New Year’s. We’d like to reflect on our 2018 […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years ago
On December 8th and 9th, Brick Model Railroader members Cale Leiphart and Glenn Holland attended the 17th annual Cantigny Park Christmas Train Show in Wheaton Illinois as special guests of Brickmania and the […]
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Cale Leiphart commented on the post, Jersey Girl 6 years ago
Sorry, I don’t have instructions available for this locomotive.
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
We’ve been busy behind the scenes here at Brick Model Railroader. We have several new items coming to our store.
BMR T-ShirtsNow you can show you are a Brick Model Railroader fan in style with your very […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
Last week we brought you our review of the new Cargo Train set no. 60198. This week we have our review on the second of the new Powered Up train sets, the Passenger Train set no. 60197.
The new Passenger […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 4 months ago
Every year, the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) holds an annual convention in order to provide a place for the membership to meet to continue their association with the hobby in a common forum. The […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
Brickworld 2018 is now in the books, and things are starting to return to normal again here at BMR. Once again I made the trip to Chicago to attend, representing both my club, PennLUG, and Brick Model Railroader. […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last several months, you’ve probably seen the new LEGO® train sets coming out in August. We here at Brick Model Railroader have been quiet on the subject so far. The […]
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Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 6 years, 7 months ago
Hello all. This is just a short message about shipping of our Northeastern Caboose Premium Instruction Preorders. As you may have read in our article from last week, we had hoped to have kits shipping out this […]
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Marking my calendar!
Excellent!
Sweet! Still a bit disappointed about an AFT or Chessie Steam Special variation, but this is still incredibly awesome!
We’re glad you are excited.
As for the Chessie, and AFT variants, we studied both closely for possible production. Both paint schemes used dark blue extensively. Dark blue is a somewhat limited color in LEGO still, and to reproduce either scheme would be both costly and possibly require several modifications to the original model design to make up for parts not available. We decided it was best for us to focus on the Freight and Rambles schemes for now. However we have not completely thrown out the idea of doing an AFT or Chessie some time in the future if we can make it work.
What will the price range be?
We’re in the final stages of pricing the kit. That will be posted on October 4th when everything goes up for pre-order.