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Dave Hughes
February 3rd, 2006, 05:54 AM
Went to the Big-E train show last weekend. Micro-Trains had a nice little display set up with a circle of track and a SF GP-35 running. It ran really well and I was surprised at the level of detail for something so small. Did anyone else who went to the show see the new turnout that MT had on display. Did anyone find out when it will be available and what size it was?? The MT website makes no mention of these new track pieces.
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JR59
February 3rd, 2006, 02:31 PM
Hello Dave

Richard Einhorn takes a Interview at the train show in Springfield Massachusetts:

His words:
Eric shows us the Santa Fe Geep, NEW Depressed Flat Car with Double Stacks
& the prototype Z scale switch that will be released this summer 2006.
End

He also have a Video on his Website:

http://www.thetrainshow.com/homepage.html

Regards
Jürg
Kurt Moose
February 3rd, 2006, 10:08 PM
Good news, good news!! Now just hurry up and get them on my LHS shelves! graemlins/222.gif graemlins/notworthy.gif
RSmidt
February 8th, 2006, 09:31 PM
They are supposed to be the same geometry as Maerklin's turnouts.
HemiAdda2d
February 22nd, 2006, 02:14 AM
Oh! So they'll match Wright turnouts?
Are they unitrak-style, with 'molded' ballast?
david f.
February 22nd, 2006, 03:46 AM
yes. think kato uni-track in Z scale.
dave f.
Adam Amick
February 22nd, 2006, 03:55 AM
They will be a #4.5 turnout... Hopefully they'll follow that with #6 and #8s somewhere down the road. The PW 4.5 looks and operates nice, but it would be good to have the larger turnouts available commercially in Z to push toward similar turnouts with the larger scales (where #6 are used in yards and #8s are most common on mainlines).

Adam
Adam Amick
February 22nd, 2006, 04:09 AM
Thanks for posting the video link...

Now if MT will only make a "depressed center flat car" for Z scale. :)

Adam

Originally posted by JR59:
Hello Dave

Richard Einhorn takes a Interview at the train show in Springfield Massachusetts:

His words:
Eric shows us the Santa Fe Geep, NEW Depressed Flat Car with Double Stacks
& the prototype Z scale switch that will be released this summer 2006.
End

He also have a Video on his Website:

http://www.thetrainshow.com/homepage.html

Regards
Jürg