If you are a LEGO train fan, there is a project on LEGO CUUSOO you might really like. It is a fully functional turntable for LEGO trains, motorized with LEGO Power Function elements, as well as a roundhouse. CUUSOO project creator Rasmus Fachman requested that we feature his model here as he would really like to get your feedback and support. 
Turntables are used for trains to be able to fully turn around or sent into different directions. In locations where the trains also had a maintenance facility, the turntable is often surrounded by a building called a roundhouse where the trains can be repaired.
As you can imagine creating a fully functional turntable out of LEGO is not an easy task. Especially if you also want to make it look realistic. You need to find the right parts to use, and the right radius for the turntable to work properly and align smoothly with the tracks. And making the whole thing motorized is just adding perfection!
Rasmus was able to accomplish all of this after a lot of testing and tweaking, designing a beautiful turntable for LEGO trains, using only currently available LEGO parts and Power Function elements (no need for LEGO to make special parts for this project, which is definitely a plus).
The other part of this LEGO train project is the roundhouse. I particularly like this design! Rasmus made the roundhouse modular style; designing a mid-section and an end-section that can be combined to create any size roundhouse for your LEGO trains. Very impressive! 
The LEGO Train Turntable & Roundhouse is really a dream-come-true for LEGO train fans, especially those with a large LEGO train layout. It is impressive, functional, and does what real turntables do; get those trains sent out in the right direction.
The weakness I see in this CUUSOO project is that it doesn’t address cost or a business model that LEGO might be comfortable with. However even if it doesn’t get selected as an official LEGO project I really hope that Rasmus will provide instructions and a list of parts needed to build it. I think this LEGO train project would be perfect for a LEGO book on trains!
And if the LEGO Train Turntable & Roundhouse does get 10,000 votes on CUUSOO and LEGO gives it the green-light, this would be a perfect set for LEGO train fans! If you would like to give your support and vote for the LEGO Train & Roundhouse project and to see more details go to: Vote for LEGO Train & Roundhouse on CUUSOO
So what do you think of this LEGO train project? How do you like the design? Would you like it to be made into an actual LEGO set? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! Rasmus would love to hear your feedback! 
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I am not a Lego train fan but this looks really nice. I think he did an excellent job. Congratulations Rasmus
Looks awesome, but I fear the limited appeal outside of hardcore well-off AFOL train enthusiasts might be a detrimental factor…
Nicely done and vertically compact enough to easily fit on tables with baseplate-only landscapes. Kudos for the wing and baseplate aligned radial tracks.
Nice clean/simple roundhouse design that’s still very prototypical.
Areas for improvement would be
1. Scale it up to support 8-wide locomotives and tenders
2. Make the control house more prototypical in size (hard to do without burying the motor or battery under the bridge and increasing the pit depth, which ruins one of the best parts of the turntable)
i think it would be awesome! but there is one problem, its so big!. and you have seen lego sets. there small, like the batman cave. but it might be a hard to find. i don’t think it would work.
and i liked it too.
cool!!!
Awsome i’m glad he let you do it cause it needs more support!!!!!
They could sell each roundhouse section at a 75-100 USD Price point and the turn table at 100-125 USD
They could sell each roundhouse section at a 75-100 USD Price point and the turn table at 100-125 USD
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WOW! I literally just saw this the other day on cuusoo
Although VERY cool looking and authentic, any large LEGO set that is relatively complex usually never makes it past the lego cuusoo because they want people to be able to follow the instructions as well as to be able to afford the set!
Also this set would have little play value in itself, but basically require a whole system of tracks and trains to be really useful. I think the Cuusoo team would prefer a set working better as a standalone… =/
Hakan, that’s actually a really good point – we do have a precedent though; the Modular Buildlings are not really stand-alone sets either, but part of a continual line. But it is a fact that LEGO is not putting a while lot of effort into trains, so they may find this set having a too narrow audience. But we shall see… if it makes it to 10,000 votes that is a sign already there is a demand.
admin, your point is slightly invalid, why? Well, a modular CAN be a standalone set, you can put it in the middle of a city and it would be part of the city, but a roundhouse CANNOT be a standalone, there is a slight difference, although there are sets to go with the roundhouse if it were to get into the LEGO website, it would take a lot more money than a lot of people have to purchase enough track and trains!
Yes, they are not relly comparable, but that is the closest example that I could think of. I know train fans would love this CUUSOO project, but since LEGO tends to neglect trains, only coming out with a set once in a while, I’m not sure if this would make it into an actual set. That is why I thought it would be nice if at least instructions would be published for the LEGO train fan community. I really don’t know how many LEGO train fans are out there, but I do know they are into large displays and are not afraid to spend a lot of money. I think the votes will speak for themselves and will give a direction for this project.
sad D:
admin,i know this is a stupid question,but what does CUUSOO stand for?
That is actually a good question. CUUSOO is a platform where LEGO fans can share their models, and other people can vote on them. If the project reaches 10,000 votes LEGO will review the model and may make it into an actual LEGO set. The creator of the set gets 1% of all the sales. You can read more on the concept on their website, but that’s pretty much it in a nutshell.
I interpreted the question as the meaning of the abbreviation? I believe Cuusoo started in Japan, so it’s possible it’s a phonetic spelling of a Japanese word…
Oh, yeah, sorry, I may have misread the question. CUUSOO means “wish” in Japanese. There is actually a main CUUSOO website in Japan where people can submit all kinds of ideas for products they would like. The LEGO CUUSOO program is based on the same concept.
thank you both.they both make sense.
Cusoo could mean Creators Universally Sharing Onominous Objects. I know it doesn’ t make much sense.
that is only one U
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