Maybe install a go pro on your layout so we can all watch the train wrecks, start distributing the vids on youtube and watch the you tube "paid by...
Can't help on derailing train wrecks; Gomez is my go-to guy on train wrecks: [MEDIA] "Why else would a grown man play with trains?" cracks me up...
Ol' Neil don't miss a beat, whatever he can't sell as running product, he sells as scrap: [MEDIA]
AZL has sold everything they have produced in brass. A collector recently offered his collection in another forum, asking twice the orginal MSRP...
The numbers game. The average Marklin locomotive don't take a dump without a maintenance manual and exploded numbered parts diagram to plot the...
From the King and Queen of Marklin Z Scale: Glenn and Sandy Stiska, er, if you got dirty wheels, your gaugemaster is not working. Substitute...
Frank from Z scale hobo (one word) will sell you all the springs you need; it's getting them separated with a toothpick from their mating in the...
"but are "bell shaped armature" motors better than what I have now?" oh my my, oh yeah, but.....the locomotives marklin is "assembling" now in...
Since you bought the 8878 new and local, you should avail yourself of the dealer's expertise and bring it back to them for testing. Sleep easy,...
Train-love in the time of HOS *Hardened Oil Syndrome" a purely german disease. Reviving Marklin locomotives primer:...
I'm waiting for this model:[IMG] [ATTACH]
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made from: "architectural hard cardboard" omg i lived long enough to the see the wheel come 'round again. At $131 plus shipping from europe for...
one from the Golden oldies; NN3 REPUBLIC LOCOMOTIVE WORKS #2180: WSLC 2-TRUCK SHAY KIT RLW (RIP RLW) Republic Locomotive works had the best...
Good vid on decal removal addition: microsol red and blue are amazing! [MEDIA] another option: [MEDIA]
Go to z scale hobo dot com and view the marklin spares list. you will see various marklin can motors, some of which marklin is producing to...
i use NO-OX id, but the video is 100 percent correct, it does not prevent the exact thing which flummoxes Z: debris from dropping on the track....
What passes for tailoring today. omg.
you drop $40/$50 EACH into an old school 5 pole motor. after which and after using you still gots to clean brush crud from the gaps in the rotor,...
Cool aftermarket add-on graphic on the 8861 box, but peek a boo behind it and you see the back of the SP F7A black widow sticking out above the b...
