Talk:Lego Trains

List/timeline of LEGO train sets
A see also to a lkist of LEGO train sets would be good. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A03F:5C2B:D000:5927:3E10:EB2B:920C (talk) 15:59, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

LDCC
I wanted to add details about LDCC a (Digital Command Control variant to automate model train operation) by use of LEGO Mindstorms. I'm not sure in what chapter to put it. It is a fanbased thing so it might fit in the community section, though it looks out of place when put there. Suggestions anyone? Felsir 11:13, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

April Fools Joke
Trivia: Reinhard Beneke made a fake catalog in 2001 as a april fools joke it caused quite a lot of speculation in the community since it was so well done. The main reason to include would be that since the introduction of the 9V system a lot of features featured in the joke are on top of the community's wish-list (automated points etc.) Would this be worth to include or not? Felsir 11:13, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Image from NTS
I've added an image that I took at the NTS this year. I've got several other photos from the layout if anyone wants to see them. slambo 19:09, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

I have a bunch as well, from that show and others, since I've been active with LEGO, and LEGO trains for some time now. Troll througy my brickshelf account: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=lar and if you see any you like I'd be happy to GFDL/CC them to Commons. In fact, the image Slambo uploaded has 2 of my train models in it!  + + Lar: t/c 12:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Monorail
What about the old space monorail set, from the late 80's-early 90's? Is it compatible? 85.226.122.227 02:48, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Monorails are an entirely separate system from trains. SpaceCaptain 03:29, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

4.5V era compatible with ALL
The 4.5V era, due to its simplicity, is forward-compatible with all LEGO and non-LEGO tracks of the same gauge. This bears mentioning. 163.41.138.2 04:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * From what I remember the 4.5 motor had a 2 pin socket on the top to receive the (very-thin) 2 core wire from the battery box and an additional pair of the same on the 4x2 "ledges" that protruded from the front and rear - the secret to the latter was that you could attach a special 2x4 block on the bottom of the ledge which contained a bottom mounted push switch that would interrupt the connection from the additional socket to the motor when it was pressed so that the latter would stop at a signal placed at the join between two sections of rail. There were also some 2x1 blocks that had a notch at the bottom on the longer sides to allow the battery wire to be passed from a hand-held (or the massive 3x "C"-cell plus reversing switch could be clipped onto the the rest of the lego construct for "hands-free" use) battery-box into an enclosure that would otherwise completely surround the motor. SlySven (talk) 18:51, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

12V conductor rails on 9V and RC track sections
I removed the text about using 12V conductor rails on 9V and RC track sections.
 * As the fundamental geometry of straight and curved pieces has never changed, it is also possible to lay 12V conductor rails between the running rails of 9V and RC track sections - although again problems will be encountered at points and crossovers.

This only works for straight sections. For curves this won't work because the studs on top of the sleepers of the 9V or RC track interfere with the underside structure of the 12V conductorrails. This counts both for the blue and gray 12V conductor rails. 194.151.12.141 (talk) 12:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

L-Gage...so..what is the gage (measurement)?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.56.163.244 (talk) 17:11, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 21:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Discontinued?
Currently, LEGO Trains are in limbo. Only three kits are available. Two in city and one in expert. The city ones are on their way out. So should we move it to discontinued? Green Shy Guy 54 (talk) 15:52, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Too early. I'd say it's still running, although on a lower presence than during its heyday. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 12:25, 29 March 2021 (UTC)