Builder: Cort Christopher
Region: Americas
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 The Mercury by Cort Christopher
This locomotive is the famous Mercury. A New York Central K-5b Pacific 4-6-2 which was streamlined in 1926 with Henry Dreyfuss' "streamline moderne" shroud. Two K-5b's were chosen to receive this streamlining: #4915 and #4917, this model is of #4915. For many years this locomotive pulled The New York Central's most luxurious experience on rails along the shores of Lake Erie. The model is 8-wide, built to 1:48 scale and is designed to fit all standard Lego track geometry. I have also created complete instructions for this build, a couple pages can be found in the flickr album link below.
Additional pictures can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/christopher_locomotive_works/albums/72157718638280413
Thank you for the consideration,
Cort