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I’ve had this wharf crane built for a while, so I finally decided to take a few quick pics. Hope you like it.

Many instructions now have a Europe / Asia version and a North American version. Usually, the only major difference is the last few pages, where they advertise Shop At Home and the LEGO magazine.

Until now, I have simply noted this in the Notes field, but now that it’s become so prevalent, I got sick of typing it in, and added an extra field instead, called Region. Currently it can only contain 2 values: EU = Europe / Asia, NA = North America. If it has neither, it means either the instructions have nothing identifying them to a specific region, or I missed it. Other regions may be added in future as necessary.

See the Instruction cross-reference here.

Built for use on the north island of New Zealand in the early 1900s, the X class were some of New Zealands most powerful locomotives. The boiler pressure of 250 lb sq in. was the highest ever carried in New Zealand by a locomotive with an orthodox boiler.

This is my LEGO rendition, using BBB wheels. Enjoy!

Well, after finding out that LEGO actually make available many instructions on their website in PDF format, I decided to cross-reference them to Peeron set numbers. The initial page is very basic, you can just enter the set number to search for, and if it’s available all instruction downloads available for it will be listed.

Some sets have several sheets or books, and there are many duplicates on the site. Just pick the one that looks the best. The page usually lists a desciption where there are multiple books/sheets, and also notes anything significant about the download. It also shows whether the PDF is just a scanned copy of the paper instructions, and if not, whether it has “inifinite” resolution for the instructions. It also specifies whether or not there is a warning on the instructions.

This data was collated by hand, so there are probably mistakes. Especially the warning field – I didn’t check exhaustively through all the instructions, just noted it where I happened to see it. Also there are about 70 available that I couldn’t reconcile to a Peeron set number, currently there’s no way to view these, but I will fix that ASAP. Please report any problems you find to instructions@br-eng.info.

[Edit: You can now view all the un-referenced instructions by clicking the link below the search box]

Also be aware that the files LEGO makes available on their site may change without notice – please report any dead links you find to instructions@br-eng.info. I will scan the LEGO site occasionally for updates.

Anyway, I hope someone finds this useful.

Working to increase the options available to our customers, BRE is happy to announce the availability of a new boom option for our popular BRE-550M mobile crane. Already used extensively with the many lattice boom options, we are now pleased to make available our 3-section telescopic boom with optional SSL. Now you can have the high lift capacity of the 550M with the easy erectability of a telescopic boom!
Read all about it here.