I used to have the Maersk train and then broke it and never rebuilt it. Disappointed in myself. Now it'd take me forever to collect all of the pieces from MOCs and bins of parts and rebuild it.

@xxxxxtrxxx13

4 жыл бұрын

Same with BNSF for me, now, after lots of years and lots of money, I finally bought all the pieces, probably one day I'll rebuild the MAERSK too...

@Trickycarrot102

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@HuwJones

3 жыл бұрын

I just did this over the last couple of days! Luckily I still had all the pieces in a couple of very large boxes....took me 2+ days to sort and filter everything by size, shape or color and then I downloaded the instructions (PDF's) from the Lego website. Lots of fun!

@Tristan_whitely

3 жыл бұрын

I used to have the marsk train and then I think it broke in moving or something

@jamesgroccia644

3 жыл бұрын

My Emerald Night went that way somewhat. The boiler, tender, and coach are all still in their box-built forms, but I took out the wheels and some of the smoke deflector parts to build my Iron Titan moc. Lego, please bring back the good trains. Or better yet, make a separate theme of sets based solely around trains (one name for it could be "LEGO Railways") and let the fans design them. My pitch: Iron Titan G-8017 (PRR #6101) 6-4-4-6 duplex steam locomotive Based on PRR class S-1 #6100 locomotive

0:07 Blue Rail Era 2:49 Introduction of 12v Blue Rail 4:25 12v Blue Rail Era 6:50 Gray Rail Era 7:14 12v Gray Rail Era 14:02 Monorail System 15:56 14:25 9v Era 20:33 World City 9v Era 22:39 Power Functions black controller era 25:33 Power Functions System Era 32:33 Powered Up Era Likes?

@dozilwolf_196

2 жыл бұрын

@Emmanuel Boi 😎👌

@sharyanncervas5180

2 жыл бұрын

Right here 45 likes

@happysmileyface

2 жыл бұрын

hi

@raihanalifsanjaya4577

2 жыл бұрын

Well, i like the 2020 design, but how the very good crocodile train with the powered up don't have a track?

@dozilwolf_196

2 жыл бұрын

@@raihanalifsanjaya4577 The crocodile doesn't come with Powered Up, it's ready for it, but you have to buy it and install it yourself. And it doesn't come with track because it's supposed to be a display train, not a train that you run on tracks. Sure, it can run on tracks, but it was not the principal purpose.

A train without a motor but with 3 wagons was $8!!! Thats incredible... I wish they dit that now days😂😭

@Its_Me_Romano

4 жыл бұрын

Keep inflation in mind

@tomislavklisanin3139

3 жыл бұрын

Im my country they cost 1k you should be happy

@Bosco_the_Historian

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomislavklisanin3139 perhaps different currency exchange...?

@tomislavklisanin3139

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bosco_the_Historian saddly yes thats why i hate Balkans

@lampter6944

3 жыл бұрын

Lego feels like a ripoff more than anything nowadays. I'm slowly considering buying some company's replica

Great video. This nostalgia is real today. All of us who had these trains in the 80's/90's...pieces lost, instructions gone, boxes trashed. Look at prices for complete sets online. Crazy prices! I just added Powered Up to my 7722 train. Way better than the 4.5v.

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff. Cool a 7722 train with Powered Up!

@darylkanofski9327

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same set, a few pieces missing but still goes

I have the crocdile from 2020, but i also really want the emerald night which is honestly the best lego train set ever

@mambl4491

3 жыл бұрын

True

The good old times when LEGO made awesome sets.........

@brickgame2053

3 жыл бұрын

True

@Mikey-ov8nr

3 жыл бұрын

they still do-

@jamesgroccia644

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mikey-ov8nr No they don't. The most recent Hogwarts Express set looks like a red football on wheels. It's more station than train

@karavalentine920

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgroccia644 how did you get "football" out of that?

@jamesgroccia644

3 жыл бұрын

@@karavalentine920 The boiler is shaped like a football

Great Video, Interesting to see all the Lego Trains & how they evolved over time

Lego needs to make more steam powered Locomotives. The last great one was the emerald night and it was so beautiful

@OwenAnimatingandGaming

2 жыл бұрын

They attempted the hogwarts express 15 times and finally succeeded in 2018 with everything but the lack of a driver.

@Mike__B

2 жыл бұрын

Correction the Emerald Night was the ONLY great one they ever made, the rest have been largely garbage. Some honorable mentions go to the Christmas village train locos, and the Disney one but that was like a $350 set for crying out loud! But I agree Lego definitely needs to make a "Trainz" series though, maybe similar to the Speed Champions in that they'd release 6 or so sets a year, I'm thinking keep it simple though, a steam engine + tender as the "big" set $99 or so price tag, then some cars/caboose as the less expensive sets. Maybe throw in a diesel or electric train here in there as long as it's somewhat UNIQUE and I don't mean different color pallets of what is largely the same train... i.e. what they've done with passenger and cargo trains as of late. Heck wouldn't even need them motorized, just make them big enough that if you want to do it you can do it without fundamentally changing too much.

@johneasterday6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike__B any opinion on the Croc Loco? I had the Night as a kid, and am thinking of buying one sealed for $800 it’s just my favorite Lego kit of all time. I have the Maersk Train which I bought for $550 sealed. Say what you want but I love the trains and they’ve only made a total of 4 creator expert trains since the Night. That being said, I thought the horizon express was one of the ugliest trains made by Lego. I didn’t like the orange, and it just looked bad, almost like a Lego city train IMO. However, once I saw the Croc, I was so excited. I know it’s a hybrid but we still get some steam elements within the set. I bought three of them because I love it, and we all know what the prices go once these trains retire!

@Mike__B

2 жыл бұрын

@@johneasterday6112 Literally just finished building the croc yesterday with my kid as a Xmas present "for him". There's some good and some bad, but here are my initial thoughts. tl;dr at the very end if you want to skip all my comments. It definitely has a weird look to it, as you mentioned some steam elements are in there with the rods connected to the wheels, the wheels themselves are big spoke style of steam engines, looking at the real deal it definitely looks a lot like it, however the fact there are huge gaps between the three pieces is not what it really is the real train is a solid construction, I totally get it though there's no way the super tight turns of lego track could allow it to go if it was a single solid structure and can't exactly put those big steam wheels on a swivel base seems that the fix would have been really easy to hide the gaps a bit better. I do like that the interior is built such that it easily comes out, and you can pop in a motor if you want to make it go under it's own power, compared to the Hogwarts Express which requires some major redesigning. I didn't have any of those motors handy so couldn't see how well it runs with them. I did try pulling it with the high speed rail loco, and it does ok on straight parts but gets bogged down on curves. Could be because of the wide wheel separation of the middle section with the relatively tight turn radius of lego track mixed with the gearing inside which does add a non-insignificant amount of friction to the movement, which could be powered through I'm sure with a motor inside. There is a really nice alternative build of a steam engine + tender, but I can't justify $18 for instructions myself. And don't know enough (any) Lego friends such that we could split the difference on it and share. Finally, I love the fact there's exactly one sticker, just for the display plaque info, although there's not a ton of other elements that come with stuff on them, but I was happy for not needing to apply stickers. Lastly wasn't a fan of the instructions, the thing is mostly a dark brown and the book is a black background made it very difficult to read at times in the light of my living room. So overall, I think it's a great set for what it is. It scratches that itch of a train that isn't a boring smooth cylindrical profile train that seems to be the go-to for Lego. The price at $100 is absolutely perfect for what you get, not having it motorized out of the gate means you're not paying a bloated price for motors you may already have (or can get elsewhere for cheaper) which is really nice considering the pieces Lego suggests are parts they already retired! If I had it as a display piece I'd probably mod it a bit to make it one solid unit, but kiddo has to play with it. so it is what it is.

@Mike__B

2 жыл бұрын

@@johneasterday6112 Literally just finished building the croc yesterday with my kid as a Xmas present "for him". There's some good and some bad, but here are my initial thoughts. tl;dr at the very end if you want to skip all my comments. It definitely has a weird look to it, as you mentioned some steam elements are in there with the rods connected to the wheels, the wheels themselves are big spoke style of steam engines, looking at the real deal it definitely looks a lot like it, however the fact there are huge gaps between the three pieces is not what it really is the real train is a solid construction, I totally get it though there's no way the super tight turns of lego track could allow it to go if it was a single solid structure and can't exactly put those big steam wheels on a swivel base seems that the fix would have been really easy to hide the gaps a bit better. I do like that the interior is built such that it easily comes out, and you can pop in a motor if you want to make it go under it's own power, compared to the Hogwarts Express which requires some major redesigning. I didn't have any of those motors handy so couldn't see how well it runs with them. I did try pulling it with the high speed rail loco, and it does ok on straight parts but gets bogged down on curves. Could be because of the wide wheel separation of the middle section with the relatively tight turn radius of lego track mixed with the gearing inside which does add a non-insignificant amount of friction to the movement, which could be powered through I'm sure with a motor inside. There is a really nice alternative build of a steam engine + tender, but I can't justify $18 for instructions myself. And don't know enough (any) Lego friends such that we could split the difference on it and share. Finally, I love the fact there's exactly one sticker, just for the display plaque info, although there's not a ton of other elements that come with stuff on them, but I was happy for not needing to apply stickers. Lastly wasn't a fan of the instructions, the thing is mostly a dark brown and the book is a black background made it very difficult to read at times in the light of my living room. So overall, I think it's a great set for what it is. It scratches that itch of a train that isn't a boring smooth cylindrical profile train that seems to be the go-to for Lego. The price at $100 is absolutely perfect for what you get, not having it motorized out of the gate means you're not paying a bloated price for motors you may already have (or can get elsewhere for cheaper) which is really nice considering the pieces Lego suggests are parts they already retired! If I had it as a display piece I'd probably mod it a bit to make it one solid unit, but kiddo has to play with it. so it is what it is.

You know what locomotive we need? The Flying Scotsman

@bepyn4ik

Жыл бұрын

And you know we got it back it in 2010 right?

This gave me some nostalgia when i was 5-9 years of age. I remember having the Metroliner and that Red cargo train, along with the Yellow one from 1994. I was 8 years of age back in 94. I still fondly remember playing with these Lego train sets up until around 1997, I lent it to a friend of mine whom also enjoyed playing with it. He fave it back to the same year,then I never played with them again while growing up. I ended up handing the, down to my nephew since then. I am now 36 years old. Thank you for this video, brings back fond memories of my childhood 👏

LEGO 4563 (15:11) train set, those childhood dreams... Good times. Still have it, I should build it with my niece

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

That would be cool!

Very nice video about 40 years LEGO-trains.....I love it !

Thank you for this amazing video, was very interesting! 😀

14:01 that Monorail still gets me excited. Had to do odd jobs for a year, plus a christmas and 2 birthdays combined to get it..

@mariuszmiroslaw2290

Жыл бұрын

15:20 Mayor: good morning Mr? Business: Business, Mr. Business. This new Shuttle to the airport is an interesting solution. But you know, in my opinion, it has soo many disadvantages nad flaws... 😈

In the early 90's my mommy was just little that she got the 2150 Train Station in 1996 at age 12, At the time in 2011 one of the figures she had was in the drawer of the TV stand that she switched out accessories of the figure that I had to give to her to put in her storage unit, But until 1999, she got the Railway Express without transformer and speed regulator (4560), Much of the build she stored in her storage unit also before I was born, but when I got into trains, my first one at 25:34 was in Easter 2014, paid $130 on Amazon to buy it and the extra track. Loved it so much but I got it stored. I got like almost every train in 2018 year, I got the Cargo Train (60198) still in its box.

Oh hell, here come the Argos catalogue flashbacks...

My Grandma has a lot of those old trains and they still work

@ThisGuyCarlo

2 жыл бұрын

What’s the oldest train she has?

I like the 7810 Push-Along Steam Engine and the Crocodile Locomotive best.

Thank you for sharing this!

The 10194 is so GOOD and 10277 is fantastic too! Im gonna have 10277 🤩

Great video and loving all the trains. But that song was perhaps not the best choice to have on repeat for 37 minutes. Next time, send me a message and I'll send you a collection of songs you can use for free to get some variation. ;)

@squidiskool

3 жыл бұрын

I like your songs and I hated the music in this video so I muted it, I agree

@jonathanbenn4840

2 жыл бұрын

I do not agree i love that song

I loved the Sets of the 80's I need to get some of them in the future

SET NUMBER 66405 is FANTASTIC !!!!

@StartBricking

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

Awesome video, thank you! @ 1:52, the correct set number should be 726

Thanks heaps!!! Very very very helpful & useful. Cheers Mate!

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and happy holidays. Greetings from the Netherlands

geography enthusiast here, just to say that on some of the old boxes you will notice an arrangement of 5 colours that looks very similar to the flag of the Republic of China (only the red and yellow should be swapped) so yeah, just wanted to point that out

@chehalisvalleyrailproducti8913

Жыл бұрын

In the old days, the sets were still made in Denmark I believe. Maybe the colors and arrangement was a coincidence then. Maybe not such a coincidence now though since Legos are probably made in China.

Looking at the sets from 1978 and 1980 and just admiring how many parts are still in use today, it is astonishing.

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree! Cool sets this period

Yooo i remember having the santa fe train when i was young. Sadly i was far from responsible enough to keep it in one piece and eventually it got completely lost in the misc bin which got sold a ways back before we moved.

Lego trains are the best🚂

The 80s sets looks really cool and pretty delicate

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do!

@nesertema4583

2 жыл бұрын

imho the 80s were the golden era of lego railway system. it was more of model railway, the 12v system was sophisticated. you could build powered signals, switches, lights, etc. all controlled from one point. (the huge transformer 🙂) the following systems went more in direction “just a toy”. not a fan of having to change batteries every couple of hours in the todays system

Well done for making this video

I still have set 4559 in storage. Got that as a present when I was very young. Still one of my favorite designs. So many others though that I wish Lego would bring back.

I love lego trains

I don’t care what everyone else says, the yellow passenger train is the greatest LEGO train of all time.

@michelvandenheuvel3678

4 жыл бұрын

LoL..... great taste you have!

@rascallygoose4926

4 жыл бұрын

Draagedeh I personally think the Maersk or Horizon Express is the best

@lemig-3179

4 жыл бұрын

Even Though i don’t like it you do and don’t let anyone change your opinion

@4.99dollarchickenstripbask7

4 жыл бұрын

7:21?

7745 is the set I started with, although I understand now, after watching this video, that my cousin must have started with the sets from '66, because I had a lot of those pieces. The one thing missing from the video is the big blue transformer, which I should still have somewhere. That thing was built like a brick, indestructible.

@TempoDrift1480

2 жыл бұрын

It was in there. Had the red tab switch?

@Tarzan747

2 жыл бұрын

I started with 7745, too. Great times. I remember rubber tires on the railway engine. And a dining car, right?

@jrcat2258

2 жыл бұрын

@@TempoDrift1480 I had to look up the number: it's 740-2 from 1969, it's not in the video.

Most iconic passengers trains are 7740 and airport shuttle 6399. Regarding cargo trains they are all looking good.

In a matter of roughly 16 years, lego trains started to look more sophisticated and some semblance of actual trains in the 80s

7722 was my starting set. I would look at the back cover of the instructions, which had a picture of all the other sets out around that time.

To be honest Emerald Night is the closest thing we’ll get to the Flying Scotsman made of Lego.

@TheGs4_4449

11 ай бұрын

It basically *WAS* the flying Scotsman, but with a different name. Wish I could have gotten it when there was the chance.

I had 79111 growing up. Eventually, I modified it to be a replica of a Baldwin Loco Works Class P-10 Pacific Type used by the Union Pacific railroad.

I had the 7722 steam cargo outfit. Im 40 this year and still have a lot of the pieces left.

Lego really loves trains

Nice, i have 2 passager trains and no cargo trains. I realy wish i bought atleast one cargo train instead of the other trains

Can't wait for the new 2022 city trains

27:45 was my first lego set and is my favorite and i have it still have it i got it for Christmas when i was 3 (2012)and then i lost all of the peices and broke it so 5 years later (2017) i got it again for Christmas and i made sure to me orise the instructions and put it in a safe and i play with it here and there but then in 2019 i got another one for my birth day but it was different because it was not monster hunter it was hidden side and the hidden side set was amazing but still could not be better then OG 2008 monster hunter ghost train.😁👻🚂

Many of these sets of the early era is worth more than a car today. :D

Some of those older loco’s look really abstract.

32:28 this is the first Lego set i ever bought, i bought it in 2020

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

Great set!

i cant believe that the current train tracks an wheels were introduce in 1991

The music is awesome 😎

I like and remember in your other video I said I subscribed

20:39 i had that freight train set when i was young

7720 … Many memories…😢😊

The oldest one I own is set no.112, but the one in this video is missing. Otherwise, it's a great overview.

I need that Santa Fe set it’s so amazing

I wish Lego made sets like the Santa Fe super chief and that one bnsf set they made nowadays

at 22:46, I remember when I got that for Christmas of that year. I should try to find all the pieces and rebuild it XD

20:34 Got this one when I was a kiddo. Shame it only came with Circular track only. Looked up price of it and now there going for £130-300 insane

@5GIlYsq2fmZYv8pIAnR2b6jiu

3 жыл бұрын

I happened to receive a giant collection of train sets and this was one of them (it had a lot of cars can’t remember) and was fortunate enough to be able to set up these trains and run them.(I was around 9 years old in around 2012 so this experience was absolutely phenomenal) the collector had given us these trains to donate and I helped put little sets together for the kids :)

Set number 66493 is olso FANTASIC SET !!!!

28:58 my first set my patents bought it when i was sick and i couldn't build it second time my dad bought it again and i built it

Geniales Video! Weiter so!!

I have the lego passenger train and I must say it is amazing

My favourite train is the inter-city passenger train set from 1980

It’s crazy seeing how many awesome steam sets there used to be compared to now

@Honey_Crumbs

2 жыл бұрын

That being mostly due to the fact steam was still very prevalent over in Europe, wasn't until the late 60s that steam disappeared completely, so they got a good run while it lasted

I think you made a mistake with set 133. Set 133 was a 'push along' and could be converted to work with 4.5V motor. It was not compatible with 12V as shown in the video.

emerald night is still the most beutiful train i ever seen from lego

The Maersk train is the one I want the most. Now I wish I didn't watch this video. They are triple and quadruple the orginal price!!! $400+ for that train. I want to cry 😢

@StartBricking

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry..... :-S

The cool set of 1980 7:17

I had set 4512, back in 2003. great times. 37:31

I want to see the diesel (1970) push along passenger steam train (1980) heavy diesel locomotive(1983) and a few more revamped

I have the railway express from 17:35

I really like the set 10133

Every white hight speed train was exactly the same

OMG, I had set 7735 as a kid, no wonder I feel compulsed to put nothing but Shell fuel in my car as an adult decades later. Such evil! /s

❤ for airport shuttle

There were so many steam engines in the past

22:44 I've got this set it rocks!

classic og music

I like the music

I love lego train 🧡

Wow, so my 2014 white train is 7 years old now!, I still have it now

Horizon Express is an awesome set

Wow I have almost everything from about 17:33 to 20:30 that have been sitting in a closet for over 15 years. Are they worth anything now if I try to sell them?

7710 is my favorite old lego train after that comes 6990 an then 10233

I've always wanted a lego train

1980s trains are the best in my ooinion

Emerald night was my first train. Got it for 50 dollars used with box

I was born in the mid 2000s and my dad was born in the late 70s

I had the Metroliner when I was younger.

Jij ben de beste video's maken

I own a set number 122 and 124. Found them for like 2$ few years ago

"When You Where Extremely Lucky💀"

1970, Heelas department store, Reading. Not seen granddad for two years and he tells us to choose a toy. I choose set no. 122. Happy times.

4th

I miss the 9 volt engines :( even my won train set

I wish in one day I will get metroliner

I have a hunch the Metroliner is based off of Amtrak.

I have Lego set 112 here in original box, basicly 113 (0:37) with less tracks and no wagons. Was the first electric Lego-train to come out and it still works!

I agree

I remember those 4.5 motors