Lego A/S is taking its biggest step yet into additive manufacturing, revealing that its 2025 Holiday Express Train set will include the toy maker's first production-scale 3D printed part. The ...

Model trains are fun, but sometimes little whirring motors in electric models feel a long way from the hulking metal beasts of the real railways. [Lewis] of [DIY Machines] adds back some of the flavor ...

Q: I'm excited by all the new 3D-printed figures and details that have become available. Lately, however, I've received some figures that are still attached to the support structure. I work in HO ...

OSAKA -- West Japan Railway and partner Serendix assembled what they say is the world's first 3D-printed train station this week, using technology that railway operators hope will help cut down on the ...

Model trains are practically synonymous with Christmas. That’s why the Edmonton Train Collectors Association has transformed its display at Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre into a winter wonderland. It has ...

How's that for Platform-as-a-Service? You've seen small 3D printed models, heard about 3D printers being used to make guns, and even read news about printed food, but a 3D printed train station? Where ...

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On March 11, 2025, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) announced it would construct Japan’s first 3D-printed train station in Wakayama Prefecture. The Japan News says the locomotive company will replace ...

Want to add a bit of visual flair to 3D printed parts that goes maybe a little more than skin-deep? That’s exactly what [volzo] was after, which led him to create a Python script capable of generating ...

A major railway operator in Japan is set to build the world's first 3D-printed train station in just six hours. The new Hatsushima Station will replace a weathered wooden structure with a modern, ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns ...