Train Sets of the Grey Era (1980 - 1990)
Sets sorted by number
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7710:
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Push along steam engine with two passenger cars (set 7710)
from the beginning of the grey era in 1980.
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7715:
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Last push along train by Lego®. 7715
was released in 1985 and has some very special features: the red
cylinders at the front of the engine are as rare as the red buffers of
the cars. These cars are quite similar to 7818 but the have 2x1x3 windows
in black inside the "tunnel" between the cars.
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7720:
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First battery driven train of the grey era: set 7720
from 1980. It was the only one with a blue battery car. That makes it quite
rare but mainly it might be rare because of its unpleasent sight.
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7722:
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This 4.5 Volt steam locomotive (set 7722
from 1985) was the last train set with battery-powered motor, which was
released by Lego®. And it was the last steam engine for quite a long
time, since there's only one set (3225 from 1998) so far, in 9V system.
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7725:
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One of the last missing train sets out of the
eighties, which came into my collection: the Electric Passenger Train (set
7725
from 1981).
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7727:
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One of the most worthful train sets of Lego®, which has been
sold several times for over 500 $ US. 12V Train set 7727
came out in 1983 and has some very special features too: the red cylinders
and the much requested red 12V motor. That motor might be one of the most
expensive parts you can find in the whole product line of Lego® system.
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7730:
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This 12V goods train 7730 from
1980 was the prelimery set for the 7727 above and has had already the red
motor, which is to find in only three sets: 7727, 7730 and 7750. The yellow
cones of the tank car just to find here and nowhere else. (In the US-only
space set 6954 there are two of those cones, but in the updated design.)
In the back of the drivers cabin are highly rare 1x1x2 classic windows.
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7735:
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This diesel engine pulls a cargo train (set 7735,
1985) with a nice yellow freight car. The coulour sheme of the engine
is in the famous red / yellow like used in the 7740 TEE. That's the reason,
why this train was destroied for a long while: I constructed my second
TEE engine with the spare parts I got from this set. Therefor I applicated
red coloured stickers (from set 5571) on the yellow doors of the car. Now
Im glad, that these doors take no harm through that.
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7740:
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The 7740 electric engine from 1980
is one of the coolest Lego® sets ever and therefor very requested by
any train fan! Fitting to this set there have been the additional sleeping
car (7815) and the two different mail waggons (7819 + 7820). That makes
a really nice (and quite expensive) train. The real engine of this train
has the type name "103" at the "Deutsche Bahn AG" and was the fastest German
engine during the seventies.
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7745:
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When Lego® released this train (set number 7745)
in 1985 I really disliked it. Now I'm happy to own it + an extra car, and
I really like the colour scheme of this set; even if James Mathis TGV in
orange LEGO® bricks is much nicer in colour and shape.
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7750:
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One of my favorites of LEGO®s train creations. The well known 7750
(released in 1980) with it's big and rare train wheels. Further rare parts
are the red motor and four pieces of black classic windows in 1x1x2. The
red bogie plates are to be found only in this set and nowhere else....
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7755:
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This heavy diesel engine is a LEGO® creation from 1983 (set
7755).
It's mainly built out of quite common bricks, so it is easier to build
it on your own. Only the doors and the window flaps are somewhat rare.
But this one has the right stickes and the train weight bricks out of two
halves (not the ship ballast), so it is definitely a "real" 7755.
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7760:
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Here is the small 7760 diesel engine
standing open air under some cranes. Although it wasn't too expensive while
it has been sold from 1980 to 1982, it is really rare. It's the only model
with blue train doors and the blue classic windows in 3x1x2. It might even
be very last set which came with these kind of windows.
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7810:
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Set 7810 steam engine without
motor also released in 1980 and now very requested. It is quite similar
to the 7710 engine.
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7813:
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This is the third Shell tank waggon by Lego® (7813
from 1986). Because it's a little smaller than most LEGO® waggons,
it looks a little lost behind a too big engine. But it made a good couple with the MOC of the Russian steamer and the shell tank waggons of my original design.
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7814:
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This has been the first release of a crane waggon in the 12V era. (Set
7814,
1980)
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7815:
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7815 sleeping car from 1983. In
addition with the TEE train it's a nice supplement.
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7816:
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This is the second shell tank wagon by LEGO® after the 136.
The set number is
7816 from 1980.
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7817:
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Crane waggon (set 7817 from 1985).
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7818:
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Short passenger car. This has been sold under the set number
7818
(1982). Very similar waggons have been part of the 7715 push-along train.
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7819:
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Here is another possible supplement for the 7740 TEE. The second generation
of mail car (with number 7819) from
1983.
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7820:
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Closeup of the first mail van (7820
from 1980). Of course the newer waggon (with set number 7819) in the yellow/red
colour scheme looks something better, but my TEE is long enough anyhow.
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7821:
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Such a small Track Maintenance Vehicle (7821
from 1983) was sold for $ 320 US in July 1999!
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More sets like 7822 and 7824
Railway Stations (1980 / 1983), 7834,
7835 and 7866 Level Crossings
or 7838 Goods Loading Terminal (released
in 1983) can be found under the section "Train
Buildings".
In 1986 the last new sets of the grey era came new into the shelfs,
and these have been discontinued in 1990.
A new era started in 1991: Train
Sets of the 9V System.
