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This page covers the parts that Lego offers (or offered in the past) for trains. I'm sure there are plenty more, but this is what I have found so far. If anyone has anything to add, please shoot me an email, contact info below.
Much of their retired offerings can be found on EBay, on some of the Lego oriented websites, on some of the Lego oriented groups on Facebook, or in thrift stores.
For instance, I found one of these in a local thrift store called Savers (on Seniors day - so I got it for 30% off :-) for $30 - and it was filled with parts! And then I gave it away to a friend's 8 year old daughter for her birthday after filling it to the brim.
Websites and other additional information sources of interest:
https://www.lego.com/en-us
https://www.brickeconomy.com/
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-parts Hundreds of parts, good pricing, but shipping is a killer, very small quantities :-(
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page Lots of parts, confusing ordering pages, lots of train parts, but again, confusing website
Lego Train Parts
From Lego's website, this is what they currently offer in the way of train making parts as of February 2023....
Available Lego Track parts are in the Track section.
-- Train Parts
-- Power and Electronics
While not all of these items may have a direct application with Trains, they may be useful for doings things like powering a windmill, a conveyor belt, a gantry crane, or whatever else you may come up with! :-) Shown in numerical order, including retired products that you can still find.
Disclaimers:
I love trains, and I love signals. I am not an expert. My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page. This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.
Please Note: Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them. For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.
If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct. Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)
My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning. Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented. Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost! I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches. ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them. If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads. Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.
Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted. Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it!
By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.
Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given! Please be NICE!!! Contact info is here
Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly inaccurate, wrong, or not true.
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