Brick Model Railroader | Cale Leiphart | Activity https://brickmodelrailroader.com/members/caleleiphart/activity/ Activity feed for Cale Leiphart. Fri, 08 May 2026 09:56:50 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 fa189d8935c960d37ebaa6e19260a59b Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=223238 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:05:35 -0400 Brickworld Chicago 2023 Charity Auction Train Brickworld is soon upon us and I’v been working on a little project for the charity auction this year to settle a promise I made in 2019. And […]

]]> 1 572e5ce6ffe90f86e6dd84f2063d636a Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222439 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:01:08 -0400 BMR’s model of the St Louis Refrigerator Car Co. 36ft Beer Car is commemorating the L-Gauge Modular Standard LEGO® train layout that will be on display at the NMRA 2022 National Train Show Premium Instructions. […]

]]> 0 56ff628a412cea92ce0073db77e9b084 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222393 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:00:00 -0400 Spoiler alert, this is a review of a non LEGO® product.

Today we’re reviewing baseplates produced by Brickyard Building Blocks. These are what many might consider a clone brand, but their baseplates are a […]

]]> 0 af26c4469684f89bfb688188c0976d57 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222367 Tue, 31 May 2022 16:15:27 -0400 It’s hard to believe, but Brick Model Railroader is 5 Years old this year. Launched on December 30th, 2016 as a LEGO train news and informations website, BMR has grown to include a YouTube channel, a line of […]

]]> 1 ec8f87f19a3eaeae5756977400f0adc4 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222356 Thu, 26 May 2022 12:46:59 -0400 On February 5th and 6th, 2022 several LEGO® train builders gathered in Timonium, Maryland for the Great Scale Model Train Show to put together and display a L-Gauge Modular Standard (LGMS) train layout. The […]

]]> 0 7e103d7e469de5388a65cdf0ae9aa228 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222165 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:00:00 -0500 We’re back with the final installment of our look at the cars from the Secret Santa Rail Car Exchange I participated with in 2020. If you are just joining us, take a look at part one, two, and three of this s […]

]]> 0 755fe6d1c41a6ca7972b7ceb9f78637c Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222137 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:06:00 -0500 We’re back with part of our look at the cars from the Secret Santa Rail Car Exchange I participated with in 2020. If you are just joining us, take a look at part one and two of this series to catch up on the w […]

]]> 0 c5b8e5c72b71af4c0b6ddea9bb04fb1f Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222120 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:00:00 -0500 We’re back to look at a few more of the cars from the Secret Santa Rail Car Exchange I participated with in 2020. If you are just joining us, take a look at part one of this series to catch up on the what, how, […]

]]> 0 9992d1d87f3a27c0b40dc50790c61c1f Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222093 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Last year I was invited to join a group of friends from the LEGO train community in a Secret Santa Gift Exchange. If you’ve never participated in one, a Secret Santa is a Christmas tradition in which members of […]

]]> 0 625405885187788ccbeaeef2c8046ab8 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222069 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 21:03:45 -0500 Hello everyone. It’s that Holiday time of year again. The air is turning colder, strings of lights are going up, and Christmas music is playing somewhere in the distance. Trains and the Holidays were made for e […]

]]> 0 dc27999aaffe728dd600498cb26e3304 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=222062 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:32:56 -0500 Submissions for OcTRAINber 2021 are now closed. Thank you to all who have built a model, there has been some amazing work shared.

In the next few days we will be compiling all the entries and setting up for […]

]]> 0 218aa4811445230ae0dd0a8a35df8c9a Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221994 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:58:23 -0400 Hello train builders. October is here and you may have noticed that we’ve been a bit quiet on our annual OcTRAINber build challenge event this year. Life as, it sometime does, has kept us busy with things other […]

]]> 0 f67f6081ed2b20168bd47a5cc12a5360 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221931 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:36:22 -0400 Hello everyone. The world has spent the last year in lockdowns and isolation while we’ve been fighting a global pandemic. All our favorite LEGO® Fan Events have either been postponed or moved online. And while […]

]]> 0 abd28b1bbde32aac4729cb84231746b6 Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2021/04/30/announcing-the-emd-sd40-2-premium-instructions/#comment-26571 Sat, 22 May 2021 04:46:25 -0400 Yes. Instructions are included to power the locomotives. They use 2 Power Functions L-Motors, 1 PF Extension Wire, 1 PF I.R. Receiver, and 1 PF Battery Box.

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post Model Design by Chris Stone It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. Today we are releasing our Premium Instructions for the EMD SD40-2 Diesel Locomotive. […] ]]> 811c53655a14aced127700da6f97e183 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221804 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0400 Model Design by Chris Stone

It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. Today we are releasing our Premium Instructions for the EMD SD40-2 Diesel Locomotive. Available now in the Brick Model […]

]]> 3 ce57c658007fa041c9c5180505676bef Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2021/01/01/2020-in-review-bmr-turns-four-years-old/#comment-26568 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:50:27 -0400 Yes, we will be offering four different road names at first. Norfolk Southern, CONRAIL, BNSF, and Burlington Northern, each will have two different paint schemes available. We hope to release other road names in the future.

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post Happy New Year to our followers and supporters. The Brick Model Railroader team hopes you had a wonderful holiday season. Today we celebrate our fourth birthday. 2020 was […] ]]> 4d50385a681d2f3c5a54252173106049 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221716 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0500 It’s finally time to reveal the winners of the 2021 Brick Train Awards. Today we’ll be taking a look at the Americas winners, but before that, to see all the winners from around the globe, head over to the BTA […]

]]> 0 442d59cc21a2c2f3a742be33f7d602a5 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221703 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Hello readers. Today we have two quick little items on some current contests going on in the LEGO® train community.

Brick Train Awards

If you haven’t been following, the Brick Train Awards is back for […]

]]> 0 e2f4daafbee2b82f5e6d35ab61873145 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221549 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Article by Sal Ciofani

I have been using Kadee O-Scale knuckle couplers for almost ten years.  Because they are designed for traditional model trains, in order to connect them to LEGO trains, I had to l […]

]]> 0 863e197888260b149a83c99024464a00 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221523 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 16:59:23 -0500 Happy New Year to our followers and supporters. The Brick Model Railroader team hopes you had a wonderful holiday season.

Today we celebrate our fourth birthday. 2020 was filled with many new experiences, […]

]]> 2 ef9e98bb05cf7db54f16111d4c6bf4c7 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221490 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:00:00 -0500 It’s that time of year again. The air is turning colder, strings of lights are going up, and Christmas music is playing somewhere in the distance. Trains and the Holidays were made for each other. We here at B […]

]]> 0 db1cb192a0568c765479901ae35cd778 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221464 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:25:33 -0400 Feeling a little down that there are no in person LEGO® Fan Events this year? Do you miss doing train stuff with fellow hobbyists? Us too. But while we wait for the world to return to a more normal state where […]

]]> 0 af6e7abc1406d2fde7321aaf192321ef Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221359 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:00:00 -0400 Brick Model Railroader is proud to bring you our latest product. Our Brick Train Compatible Knuckle Coupler. BMR, in partnership with BrickForge, has been work- ing on a replacement for the old LEGO® 9v era mag […]

]]> 0 4840e0799f1fbc16a4a4c37a5e3d6aee Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2020/06/27/announcing-knuckle-couplers-for-lego-trains/#comment-26558 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:24:48 -0400 Yes, we should have them available for sale very soon.

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post We have a very special announcement for you today. BMR, in partnership with Brickforge, has been working on a replacement for the old LEGO 9v era magnetic train couplers. Today we […] ]]> 123dcf85e2b9ef0321849bab1c498da7 Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2020/06/27/announcing-knuckle-couplers-for-lego-trains/#comment-26555 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:24:57 -0400 Hi Ben

Our couplers will be very easy to install, no tools, or glue necessary and will come fully assembled. Our draft gear boxes are designed to work with existing Kadee couplers, the 743 and 747, and adapt them to LEGO® train use. Just like a genuine LEGO part, these have studs and will snap into place.

We will be releasing the new…[Read more]

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post We have a very special announcement for you today. BMR, in partnership with Brickforge, has been working on a replacement for the old LEGO 9v era magnetic train couplers. Today we […] ]]> 66cf94016b4b8272c4fc0a2ba522daa5 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221257 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:00:00 -0400 By Sal Ciofani

So you’ve decided to step beyond just laying LEGO track on baseplates, so you have added ballast and reddish brown or black ties to really make your track come to life.  You might even say it […]

]]> 0 3a9ddb7ac40e1205c542cd40054982c8 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221230 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:00:00 -0400 Article by Conrad Schlenker

In the past, we have seen great and highly informative articles from Hod Carrier and Matt Csenge on simple but good-looking details anyone can build to add detail to their track. […]

]]> 0 0bbc2da5553af0f48272d82e112e8f3b Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=214392 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:01:51 -0400 The Brick Train Awards 2020 has officially come to a close and now it’s time to announce the winners. This was the first year of the awards, and it was an awesome success. We had some spectacular entries from L […]

]]> 0 b27b54785f0e20178b56fcb2c67e6e22 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=202112 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:06:18 -0400 We have a very special announcement for you today. BMR, in partnership with Brickforge, has been working on a replacement for the old LEGO 9v era magnetic train couplers. Today we are ready to officially reveal […]

]]> 9 74cf73c9ab34685b1fdc288ed96187eb Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=201545 Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0400 If you’ve got some free time this Saturday, June 27, then there are some cool LEGO® train activities happening online for you to enjoy.

Monty’s Trains Layout Tour during NMRAx

Monty Smith of […]

]]> 0 12dfca9225b019d530deee56dcae161e Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=197120 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:00:00 -0400 Today is the big day. Brick Model Railroader is launching our new and improved online store. And we have three band new Premium Instructions for sale along with an array of new decals for each.

Our old store […]

]]> 1 6ad0a39f4f5ee2227538f25023d0b807 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=195000 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:21:43 -0400 The Brick Train Awards are a community-led event for the LEGO train fan community, by the LEGO train community. The awards were created by LNUR, a LEGO train club in the UK, and Brick Model Railroader based in […]

]]> 0 475f233ed49a68a49891331f55f63a8c Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=188402 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:00:00 -0400 This week at Brick Model Railroader we are taking a pause from our usual LEGO train blog. BMR endeavors to cover LEGO trains from around the world, but as many of you know, most of us who contribute are from the […]

]]> 1 978114c03482c3b6ec959a3e51e57ee5 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=175374 Fri, 15 May 2020 16:00:10 -0400 Hello again, LEGO train fans and Brick Model Railroader supporters! We’ve got some great new articles in the works for you, but today we wanted to update you on a few things going on here at Brick Model […]

]]> 3 6155cc716eb74d4ac0a599b17365f90d Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=135014 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:26:03 -0400 For March of 2020, LEGO® has released gift with purchase set, the  40370 Steam Engine. The set is available until the end of the month at LEGO.com and through LEGO brand retail stores for via qualifying pu […]

]]> 1 43fb41992e5d6fa6766af4f4eddb64d7 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=124091 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:11:03 -0500 Announcing an L-Gauge Modular Standard layout for BrickFair Virginia in Chantilly, Virginia 2020. BrickFair Viginia is one of the premier LEGO® fan events in North America, bringing together hundred of LEGO […]

]]> 2 4f383d3715cebe95e80af603682fe69d Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=112868 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:00:15 -0500 Recently I had the pleasure of participating in LEGO train displays at two train shows here in the Northeast United States. The first was the annual Amherst Railway Society’s Railroad Hobby Show with the New […]

]]> 0 8bfe5452c8bc79a61b62f251f7fa990f Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=79794 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:40:57 -0500 2019 CANTIGNY PARK CHRISTMAS TRAIN SHOW

On December 14th and 15th, Brick Model Railroader members Cale Leiphart and Glenn Holland were once again invited by the Northern Illinois LEGO® Train Club to attend […]

]]> 0 2578794ff14f041ce138a230d7c7f5a4 Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/11/27/bmr-black-friday-sale-2019/#comment-18136 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:39:43 -0500 Thank you so much. This brought a smile to our face.

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post It’s that time of year again. The air is turning colder, strings of lights are going up, and Christmas music is playing somewhere in the distance. We here at Brick Model Railroader […] ]]> a4862e36e412f0ad28b53b6a099bc482 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=64800 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:00:54 -0500 It’s that time of year again. The air is turning colder, strings of lights are going up, and Christmas music is playing somewhere in the distance. We here at Brick Model Railroader are getting into the Holiday […]

]]> 2 555e0b36782ca99c9ec5cc68edea1dfb Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/09/24/event-report-an-evening-with-a-legend-of-steam-ross-rowland-and-an-update-on-our-t-1-kit-launch-date/#comment-10907 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:33:11 -0400 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]

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 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 A […] ]]> 53fda13861ac93a25116167e58c6f2e0 Cale Leiphart posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/09/24/event-report-an-evening-with-a-legend-of-steam-ross-rowland-and-an-update-on-our-t-1-kit-launch-date/#comment-10906 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:18:47 -0400 Excellent!

In reply to - Cale Leiphart wrote a new post 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 A […] ]]> ed8fa2ebca01c6eb4082d2ea4941a0ea Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=23257 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:00:27 -0400 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 […]

]]> 6 a8eda646971b63613e45fd7bc4b43fc9 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=14499 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:53 -0400 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 […]

]]> 0 16a209ee7ac29037df56e9c2781b48b4 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6895 Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:37:37 -0400 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, […]

]]> 0 f1089eff031f4083d10d2a54f5d33cbd Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6484 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:00:21 -0400 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 […]

]]> 11 86d7b0bf4151cb7e4eeeb2605b34a0ac Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6107 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:00:08 -0400 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. […]

]]> 0 57192b7639d46e42e5ffb3a034131fdd Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5829 Wed, 22 May 2019 14:00:57 -0400 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 […]

]]> 0 565eb7a740fb37023093c35763a85ec8 Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5419 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:27:42 -0500 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 […]

]]> 1 8b794cdd55304f03d9d51f6b41250ecc Cale Leiphart wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5301 Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:00:00 -0500 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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