Last month the annual BrickTrainAwards where held for the third time. A competition that is organized by the LNUR and LLMTC with participants from all over the globe. With around 700 entries this year it’s time to look back to the competition! Categories: This years competition had a whopping 15 categories where participants were able … Continue reading BrickTrainAwards 2023 winners announced!→| Brick Model Railroader
The Brick Train Awards are back in 2023 this September. Now in its fourth year, this annual virtual event is for LEGO train fans worldwide! The awards began in 2020 to promote what the LEGO train fan community has been building, from locos and wagons to scenery. With the collaboration between multiple LEGO train fan communities, … Continue reading The Brick Train Awards are back for LEGO train fans worldwide! →| Brick Model Railroader
Brickworld is soon upon us and I’v been working on a little project for the charity auction this year to settle a promise I made in 2019. And to explain, we’ll need to back up a little bit to 2015. The Esther Walner Memorial Charity Fundraiser Each year Brickworld attendees rally together to participate in … Continue reading Brickworld Chicago 2023 Charity Auction Train→| Brick Model Railroader
NLGM means Noppenbahner L-Gauge Meeting and is organized by you guessed it, the Noppenbahner. It’s hosted in the town of Wörrstadt, Germany, where the Lego event is now almost a yearly tradition. And that brings something unique into the event, something I haven’t experienced before. The Noppenbahner are a group of German Lego train builders … Continue reading NLGM Wörrstadt – what happens when a small town decides to have a big Lego train show→| Brick Model Railroader
After two months of dedicated building, OcTRAINber 2022 saw a somewhat smaller but very high quality set of entries. This year’s challenge was quite a big one, and it’s safe to say that everyone who participated rose to the occasion quite well. Today, I’m quite proud to announce the winners of this year’s OcTRAINber: Rebuilds & Retrofits challenge. Last weekend, Cale Leiphart, Matt Csenge, and myself were joined in judging by a staple competitor and many-time OcTRAINber winner: Alex...| Brick Model Railroader
With only a week and a half left in OcTRAINber it’s time to make that final push to finish the entries before the deadline. Already the sweet sights of many WIP entries have been coming out to be seen. It’s always so amazing to see the creative and amazing things that people choose to build … Continue reading OcTRAINber: Polishing the Presentations→| Brick Model Railroader
Hello again, everybody! October isn’t quite here yet, but it’s just about time to get rolling for this year’s OcTRAINber. We’re going to be making a couple tweaks to the format this year that I’ll explain later in the post, but for now let’s get into the rundown on this year’s theme: “Rebuilds & Retrofits“. … Continue reading OcTRAINber 2022 — Rebuilds & Retrofits→| Brick Model Railroader
This year, for the fourth time in a row, the LEN-Eisenbahner from Leipzig (Germany) organized one of the biggest l-gauge meetings in Europe. Where builders from all around the world come together to form one of the biggest community layouts that the community has ever seen. But what makes this event so special? And what … Continue reading BAUSPIELBAHN-TREFFEN (BSBT) the place to be for L-gauge railway fans in Europe.→| Brick Model Railroader
BMR's model of the St Louis Refrigerator Car Co. 36ft Beer Car is commemorating the L-Gauge Modular Standard LEGO® train layout that will be on display at the NMRA 2022 National Train Show Premium Instructions. If you have not reserved one, then read on and see what the car is about and be sure to reserve yours before the 11:59pm EST July 4th 2022 order deadline. And if you have already reserved a car, then skip ahead and take a look at a special bonus scheme for the car that we are only off...| Brick Model Railroader
2023 marks the five-year anniversary of the LLMTC. We decided to celebrate this anniversary by organizing a huge event for all of our members and all the friends we made in those five years. This article will give you a in depth look at the event, and how the LLMTC came together. What’s the LLMTC? The Lowlands L-Gauge Model Train Club is a small group of LEGO train enthusiasts, dedicated to modelling railways in 1:45 scale, or as close to it as (in)humanly possible. While trains are our mai...| Brick Model Railroader
