10361: A thought experiment

I’d like to preface by saying that as built, I like 10361 as designed by Lego. Its design is a throwback to designs that ended with the 2010 Hogwarts Express, and that’s the entire catalyst for this project. I tried reaching my inner 12-year-old, to see what he saw the locomotive as, how he would have drawn it, and used that as a launching point. The next step was taking into the computer to adjust it, this time Stud.io instead of the LEGO Digital Designer. The next step is breaking down the...