Builder: Christoph Ellermann
Region: Europe & Middle East
Category entered:
Year entered: 2023
Brand of building bricks used:
LEGO
Since 2026, the Brick Train Awards have accepted models created with other LEGO®-compatible construction brick systems.
About Plettenberger Kleinbahn Transporter Wagon Train by Christoph Ellermann
The „Plettenberger Kleinbahn“ was a narrow-gauge railway located in Plettenberg/Germany. Several tram locomotives transported standard gauge wagons with transporter wagon on a track with a length of 13 km.
Lok 3 (build 1927) was one of the tram locomotives. Ommi51 wagons on transporter wagons were used to deliver coal to the local coal dealer in Plettenberg. I build one of these coal trains.
Lok 3 is powered by PF battery box and PF IR-reciever connected to an old 9V-Mindstorms-motor. The rods are build with Technic flex-elements. Some of these very fragile parts are replaced by custom copper parts.
3D-printed wheels are used on Lok 3 and the normal gauge wagons.
Videos with Lok 3 and train at Bruchhausen-Vilsen:
https://flic.kr/p/2oxj3RN
https://flic.kr/p/2oxgXWE
Lok 3 vs. model:
https://flic.kr/p/2oxjFkm
https://flic.kr/p/2oxkxvr