Builder: Mr_Kleinstein
Region: Europe & Middle East
Category entered:
Year entered: 2022
Brand of building bricks used:
LEGO
Since 2026, the Brick Train Awards have accepted models created with other LEGO®-compatible construction brick systems.
About 1835 “Der Adler” Passenger Train by Mr_Kleinstein
The first commercially successful railway line in Germany was inaugurated on Dec. 12, 1835. The line connecting Nuremberg to Fürth was operated by the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft of Nuremberg. Two locomotives of the Patentee Class (No. 118 and 148) had been acquired from Robert Stephenson in Newcastle. The first was named "Adler", the second one "Pfeil".
The coaches were built by several local companies, to the standard of horse-drawn carriages. Not all traffic on the line was to be handled by new-fangled steam locomotives, horses seemed to be a more reliable option at first.
The coaches shown with the model are of two types: The closed coach ist the oldest surviving railroad vehicle in Germany, second class coach No. 8 of the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft from 1835. The open coach is the third class type, constructed from three postal carriages.
The engines were scrapped in the mid-1850ies, after having completed more than 32.000 runs with 2 1/2 milion passengers.
A working replica of the "Adler" train exists at the German Railway Museum in Nuremberg, It is operated occasionally.
My Lego model runs on gauge 1 tracks, e.g. LGB, and is powered by a Lego PF M-motor in the tender, and a BuWizz bluetooth unit in the 2nd class coach.