OK, Thank you.

Love those too, you know...



Gert



To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
From: ztrack@...
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:40:42 -0400
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] InterMountain Canadian Grain Hoppers






In a message dated 7/14/10 9:20:10 AM, gertvelthuizen@... writes:

> I guess I will love them in Z too, wasn't/isn't IM the actual producer
> for the Full Throttle ones in various paintschemes?
>

Gert,

Bowser produces the cylindrials for Full Throttle as well as their line of
two bay hoppers.

Rob

Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
www.ztrack.com
www.ztrackcenter.com
www.ztrackresale.com
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703

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Bill,
Great info on the new IM cars.  Thanks,
Loren




-------Original Message-------

From: W.R.Dixon
Date: 7/14/2010 12:28:37 AM
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Z_Scale] InterMountain Canadian Grain Hoppers

<snip>
A few notes on the just announced InterMountain Canadian Grain hoppers.

This car was the first HO scale model released by InterMountain in 1993.
It has remained their best seller with some paint schemes (Red Canada)
now numbering over 100 road numbers released.


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ztrack@... wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Great information! Thanks for posting this!
>
> Rob


I was digging through some magazines today and found an an article on
these cars in the March 1992 Railroad Model Craftsman.

Bill Dixon

Hi

I'd like to sell a few Z locos including an 88081 Pacific, an Ellmar 47 class
and a rather nice grey 2-8-2 tender loco (not sure of number).

I also have numerous chassis.

Contacct me offlist.  I am in London, UK.

Ben

This year Hallmark is offering the Lionel UP M-10000 in their Keepsake
Christmas ornament series.  It will be interesting to see if it is close
to Z-scale.

  From their catalog:

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Locomotive
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.
$18.95 USA QX8626

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Long Coach
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.
$14.95 USA QXI2023

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Buffet Coach
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 3/4" W.
$14.95 USA QXI2013

You can see all three pieces in the on-line catalog at Hallmark.com.

Cheerz,

CJ Walsh

Hallmark is also offering the  Berkshire steam that is featured in Polar
Express.  I've seen it and it looks like it might be fairly close to Z scale
   Not too bad a looking loco if you don't get up too awfully close.  The
three foot rule would certainly work in this case.

Loren




-------Original Message-------

From: CJ Walsh
Date: 7/15/2010 10:54:20 AM
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010

This year Hallmark is offering the Lionel UP M-10000 in their Keepsake
Christmas ornament series.  It will be interesting to see if it is close
to Z-scale.

   From their catalog:

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Locomotive
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.
$18.95 USA QX8626

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Long Coach
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.
$14.95 USA QXI2023

LIONEL® Union Pacific Streamliner Buffet Coach
Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 3/4" W.
$14.95 USA QXI2013

You can see all three pieces in the on-line catalog at Hallmark.com.

Cheerz,

CJ Walsh




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I picked up one of the M-10000 sets last night, but haven't had a chance to
measure it yet.Ā  It seems about the right size, but since the prototype train
itself was a little on the small side, I can't tell for sure until I dig out my
drawings and compare the measurements.

The gauge is about 7.5mm which is big for Z, but gauge doesn't mean much for
Hallmark ornaments.Ā  It scales out to about 78' long and 12-14' wide for the
power unit, which sounds about right for a passenger car, but as I said, this
was a small train.

I saw the polar express train as well.Ā  No tender (not really a problem), and
it is plastic and not as detailed as some other Hallmark ornaments, but it does
seem to be the right size.Ā  I haven't bought one yet (forgot and left my coupon
at home).

In October, they will release the miniature train set with a steam engine
(2-4-2), tender, and gondola.Ā  Might or moght not be too small.

Randy

--- On Thu, 7/15/10, Loren Snyder <ljsnyder@...> wrote:

From: Loren Snyder <ljsnyder@...>
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 5:05 PM







Ā 









       Hallmark is also offering the  Berkshire steam that is featured in Polar

Express.  I've seen it and it looks like it might be fairly close to Z scale

   Not too bad a looking loco if you don't get up too awfully close.  The

three foot rule would certainly work in this case.





Loren














-------Original Message-------





From: CJ Walsh


Date: 7/15/2010 10:54:20 AM


To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com


Subject: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010





This year Hallmark is offering the Lionel UP M-10000 in their Keepsake


Christmas ornament series.  It will be interesting to see if it is close


to Z-scale.





   From their catalog:





LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Locomotive


Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.


$18.95 USA QX8626





LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Long Coach


Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.


$14.95 USA QXI2023





LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Buffet Coach


Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 3/4" W.


$14.95 USA QXI2013





You can see all three pieces in the on-line catalog at Hallmark.com.





Cheerz,





CJ Walsh












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Hi All

I just saw Intermountain's new hopper at the National Train Show in Milwaukee,
W.I They just have all the parts there and are un decorated

It is a plastic body with a metal etched roof walk and the brackets for the roof
walk are also etch metal. Tha side with the stirrups  are etched metal.
Beautiful details.

Some more history is they are still use for grain in Canada but in the US  they
are used for everything. And you usally see them mixed in with cars all overt he
place

Kevin
Hobby Crafts N More
http://www.hobbycraftsnmore
hobbycraftsnmore@...

what coupon?




________________________________
From: Randall Smidt <randy@...>
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 7:21:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010

Ā 
I picked up one of the M-10000 sets last night, but haven't had a chance to
measure it yet.Ā  It seems about the right size, but since the prototype train
itself was a little on the small side, I can't tell for sure until I dig out my
drawings and compare the measurements.

The gauge is about 7.5mm which is big for Z, but gauge doesn't mean much for
Hallmark ornaments.Ā  It scales out to about 78' long and 12-14' wide for the
power unit, which sounds about right for a passenger car, but as I said, this
was a small train.

I saw the polar express train as well.Ā  No tender (not really a problem), and
it
is plastic and not as detailed as some other Hallmark ornaments, but it does
seem to be the right size.Ā  I haven't bought one yet (forgot and left my coupon
at home).

In October, they will release the miniature train set with a steam engine
(2-4-2), tender, and gondola.Ā  Might or moght not be too small.

Randy

--- On Thu, 7/15/10, Loren Snyder <ljsnyder@...> wrote:

From: Loren Snyder <ljsnyder@...>
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 5:05 PM

Ā 

Hallmark is also offering the Berkshire steam that is featured in Polar

Express. I've seen it and it looks like it might be fairly close to Z scale

Not too bad a looking loco if you don't get up too awfully close. The

three foot rule would certainly work in this case.

Loren

-------Original Message-------

From: CJ Walsh

Date: 7/15/2010 10:54:20 AM

To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [Z_Scale] Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010

This year Hallmark is offering the Lionel UP M-10000 in their Keepsake

Christmas ornament series. It will be interesting to see if it is close

to Z-scale.

From their catalog:

LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Locomotive

Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.

$18.95 USA QX8626

LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Long Coach

Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 1/2" W.

$14.95 USA QXI2023

LIONELĀ® Union Pacific Streamliner Buffet Coach

Wheels turn. Handcrafted and metal. 3 3/4" W.

$14.95 USA QXI2013

You can see all three pieces in the on-line catalog at Hallmark.com.

Cheerz,

CJ Walsh

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--- In z_scale@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Creighton Sr <bigtrain6@...> wrote:
>
> what coupon?
>
>
>
>
> I sometimes get a coupon for Hallmark purchases in the mail for the local
store. Usually mixed in with coupons for other local business like Jiffy Lube I
can't use.

The UP set does appear to be close to Z scale. The miniature sets tend to be too
small for Z scale. The Polar Express steamer may be useable as a park engine.
Needs a tender.
I'm watching for the Vacation House that may be useful. Too bad the church
series has ended.

I measured the whole three car set last night (The only prototype dimension I
could find online was the length of the entire three car train set) and it
scales out about 3% larger than Z or about 1/210th scale.  Width measures out to
11.5' wide (in 1/220).

Interesting thing about this set is that the cars are joined together by magnets
in the articulated part/vestibule section instead of by couplers.  The power car
is cast metal and the cars are plastic.  I noticed that the brown paint color on
the power car is slightly different than on the cars, probably due to one being
metal and the other being plastic.

The M-10000 was a three car set as this ornament set is, but the box says it is
a model of (the Lionel toy train of) the M-10001 which was run as a longer train
set with a sleeper.  The car numbers used don't quite seem to match up though. 
Still have to check that (as well as dig out my drawings that are currently
buried in the basement).

This is one I've personally been hoping for for a long time.

Randy

--- On Fri, 7/16/10, GLENN <glennwoodle@...> wrote:

From: GLENN <glennwoodle@...>
Subject: [Z_Scale] Re: Hallmark Keepsake Ornament for 2010
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 10:01 PM


The UP set does appear to be close to Z scale. The miniature sets tend to be too
small for Z scale. The Polar Express steamer may be useable as a park engine.
Needs a tender.

I'm watching for the Vacation House that may be useful. Too bad the church
series has ended.

_,_._,___












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There is a difference between the UP M-1000x trains and Lionel's versions. It's
true that the UP (prototype) City of Portland entered service as a 6-car train.
But AFAIK, Lionel's version of the CoP was only three cars total with perhaps an
available extra car (I don't have any Lionel prewar catalogs to confirm, but
their more recent commemorative issue of the M-10000 had an optional extra car).
The 752W, 753, and 754 numbers on the ornaments (Lionel numbers) are consistent
with prewar models I've seen (although there was also a 752E engine, both in UP
colors -- I'm not sure the difference between the two issues, perhaps the E was
City of Salina M-10000).

I have an original copy of the Ranks/Kratville UP Streamliners book, which
contains a museum full of photos (including construction and component photos)
and drawings of these extraordinary trains. The M-1000x series is by far my
favorite in all of traindom.

Danny

--- In z_scale@yahoogroups.com, Randall Smidt <randy@...> wrote:

>
> The M-10000 was a three car set as this ornament set is, but the box says it
is a model of (the Lionel toy train of) the M-10001 which was run as a longer
train set with a sleeper.  The car numbers used don't quite seem to match up
though. 

I'm trying to reach Tim Powel up in Washington state, but the email address I
have for Tim isn't working.

Anyone help out?
Thanks,
Loren

NEW AT ZTRACK CENTER - FR's Class H Italian (FS) reefers! This is an ALL
NEW body style from FR of Germany. The cars are hand crafted nickel-silver
construction. They appear in the Epoch III - EUROP pool service paint scheme.
These cars could be seen running from Italy through Switzerland into Germany
and North Europe.

Ztrack Center has a limited number of these cars in stock and ready to
ship.

To order, please visit:

http://www.ztrackcenter.com/fr/index.html

Rob Kluz

Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
www.ztrack.com
www.ztrackcenter.com
www.ztrackresale.com
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703


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Folks,

    In an earlier post about Canadian grain hoppers, Bill Dixon referred to
"ACI labels".  Please forgive my ignorance, but what the heck are ACI
labels?

CheerZ,
    -- Malcolm Z

Malcolm Cleaveland wrote:
> Folks,
>
>    In an earlier post about Canadian grain hoppers, Bill Dixon referred to
> "ACI labels".  Please forgive my ignorance, but what the heck are ACI
> labels?
>
> CheerZ,
>    -- Malcolm Z

ACI (Automatic Car Identification) labels were an early attempt at car
tracking. Each car was to have a label on each side at a standard
height. Label readers along side of the track would automatically read
them as the cars went by. Sadly although the idea was good there were
several issues, the main one being dirt that obscured the labels. As
well technology wasn't ready yet. The idea lingered on to eventually
become the AEI RFId tag. Although the ACI system died after a few years
the labels on the cars lasted for decades.

You can find some ACI info at: http://www.nakina.net/other/aci/aci.html

Bill Dixon

these things are what caused some of us yard clerks to lose our job!




________________________________
From: W.R.Dixon <WRDixon@...>
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 12:40:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] ACI labels?

Ā 
Malcolm Cleaveland wrote:
> Folks,
>
> In an earlier post about Canadian grain hoppers, Bill Dixon referred to
> "ACI labels". Please forgive my ignorance, but what the heck are ACI
> labels?
>
> CheerZ,
> -- Malcolm Z

ACI (Automatic Car Identification) labels were an early attempt at car
tracking. Each car was to have a label on each side at a standard
height. Label readers along side of the track would automatically read
them as the cars went by. Sadly although the idea was good there were
several issues, the main one being dirt that obscured the labels. As
well technology wasn't ready yet. The idea lingered on to eventually
become the AEI RFId tag. Although the ACI system died after a few years
the labels on the cars lasted for decades.

You can find some ACI info at: http://www.nakina.net/other/aci/aci.html

Bill Dixon

t

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One neat detail is that many of AZL's new released include ACI labels. This
little multicolored detail is really a nice touch. You can see them on
AZL's PS2-cd release. So far, these labels have appeared on the Sante Fe, GTW,
Milwaukee Road, and Illinois Central releases. You can see photos of the cars
at:

http://www.ztrack.com/AZL/amerzlines_PS2CD.html

Expect to see such labels on AZL's upcoming GP30 release.

Rob



Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
www.ztrack.com
www.ztrackcenter.com
www.ztrackresale.com
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703


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Rob,
If Thomas can't read the Z labels either, will he get fired all over again?
:o)




-------Original Message-------

From: ztrack@...
Date: 7/19/2010 11:11:33 AM
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] ACI labels?

One neat detail is that many of AZL's new released include ACI labels. This
little multicolored detail is really a nice touch. You can see them on
AZL's PS2-cd release. So far, these labels have appeared on the Sante Fe,
GTW,
Milwaukee Road, and Illinois Central releases. You can see photos of the
cars
at:

http://www.ztrack.com/AZL/amerzlines_PS2CD.html

Expect to see such labels on AZL's upcoming GP30 release.

Rob



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thanks loren, but I am retired now and the ATSF got absorbed buy the big BN!




________________________________
From: Loren Snyder <ljsnyder@...>
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 1:16:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] ACI labels?

Ā 
Rob,
If Thomas can't read the Z labels either, will he get fired all over again?
:o)




-------Original Message-------

From: ztrack@...
Date: 7/19/2010 11:11:33 AM
To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] ACI labels?

One neat detail is that many of AZL's new released include ACI labels. This
little multicolored detail is really a nice touch. You can see them on
AZL's PS2-cd release. So far, these labels have appeared on the Sante Fe,
GTW,
Milwaukee Road, and Illinois Central releases. You can see photos of the
cars
at:

http://www.ztrack.com/AZL/amerzlines_PS2CD.html

Expect to see such labels on AZL's upcoming GP30 release.

Rob



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Thanks for the explanation of ACI labels.  I would think that graffiti
might have been a problem, as well as dirt.  Or do the graffiti people
generally avoid interfering with vital labels (I've noticed that they've
generally avoided obscuring road numbers).

CheerZ,
    -- Malcolm Z

--- In z_scale@yahoogroups.com, Malcolm Cleaveland <mcleavel@...> wrote:
...Or do the graffiti people
> generally avoid interfering with vital labels (I've noticed that they've
> generally avoided obscuring road numbers).
>
> CheerZ,
>    -- Malcolm Z
>
Graffiti "artists" (okay, some are quite good) could care less about painting
over essential information. They're vandals, pure and simple.

What you may be seeing is the owner railroad is repainting road numbers (at the
very least) when the car comes home for repairs/inspection. They leave the rest
of the "art" to save labor and it's an extra layer of paint to protect the body.
Look closely at a car that has a remarkably clean road number but the rest
of/most of the body is littered with graffiti - you'll find the area with the
road number/reporting marks is generally fresher than, say, the paint higher on
the body...out of the "artists" reach.

It's an opportunity to model a modern car by cutting out the graffiti around the
reporting marks/road numbers.

You might also note that tank cars tend to have less graffiti than box cars. I'm
guessing tank cars are often kept behind fences for loading/unloading, making
them less available for "art".

Have fun,
Joe Krepps, Secretary for Keystone Chapter - European Train Enthusiasts <-sadly
seeing more graffiti on European cars these days

Hi Rob,

I finally got around to pulling out my May/June issue to read and
noticed on the shipping envelope that you have my correct shipping
address, but someone else's name.

Here's what the label says:

*******ORIGIN MIXED ADC 430
ANDREW D. POULO         11
611 NORTHERN LIGHTS TRL
HUDSON WI 54016-7931

That's my address, but MY name is Thomas Scheuzger...

Strange, huh?

Rob,
Me also, any ideas on how to fix?
Pacha
On Jul 21, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Thomas P. Scheuzger wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> I finally got around to pulling out my May/June issue to read and
> noticed on the shipping envelope that you have my correct shipping
> address, but someone else's name.
>
> Here's what the label says:
>
> *******ORIGIN MIXED ADC 430
> ANDREW D. POULO 11
> 611 NORTHERN LIGHTS TRL
> HUDSON WI 54016-7931
>
> That's my address, but MY name is Thomas Scheuzger...
>
> Strange, huh?
>
>

Pacha Kaye
pkaye6@...

I like beer. On occasion I will even drink beer to celebrate a major event such
as the fall of communism or the fact that the refrigerator is still working!!!!!
:~)







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Same thing happened to me Thomas.

Cheers,

CJ Walsh

On 7/21/2010 12:16 PM, Thomas P. Scheuzger wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> I finally got around to pulling out my May/June issue to read and
> noticed on the shipping envelope that you have my correct shipping
> address, but someone else's name.
>
> Here's what the label says:
>
> *******ORIGIN MIXED ADC 430
> ANDREW D. POULO         11
> 611 NORTHERN LIGHTS TRL
> HUDSON WI 54016-7931
>
> That's my address, but MY name is Thomas Scheuzger...
>
> Strange, huh?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Z-scale:  minimum siZe, MAXIMUM enjoyment!
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

Sorry - that should have gone direct to Rob, not the list.

My apologies!

Tom and all,

Sorry for the confusion and craziness on the last issue. Our distributor
sorted our mailing list incorrectly. This caused all issues to go out with the
wrong name on the envelope. Most issues are arriving in a timely fashion,
but we are getting some returned which we are turning around and mailing back
out the next time.

All should be corrected in time for the next issue.

Rob



Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
www.ztrack.com
www.ztrackcenter.com
www.ztrackresale.com
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703


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Rob,

My mailing label had three choices on it, it read as follows..........

1 Tooth fairy
2 Idiot
3 Hey you

I think I will go with door #1

I finally sat down this morning with the latest copy and enjoyed reading it
while eating breakfast.

The Dan Klionsky interview with Will Wright was great and I want to
reiterate to those in the Z world that are NOT involved with manufacturing..
.. that most folks have no idea of the tremendous amount of time, energy,
and money spent in making any sort of Z scale product.  Will's home cottage
industry, (literally) which consumes his whole house apparently is a perfect
example of the 'messes' we manufacturers have to endure.  It is amazing how
little projects seem to somehow gobble up every bit of counter space,
cupboards, shelves, boxes, desks, and more in order to produce the products.

Rob, you have told me how much you would like to make a living from Z, so I
ask.......is your house big enough? :o)  I think Z scale is not only a fun
disease to be afflicted with, but  to watch how it seems to take over any
empty space.  And here we say that Z is so space saving and yet it gobbles
up all we allow it to.  Maybe Z room empires are  soon to appear.

Hat's off to Will for sticking with it and becoming a main stay of our hobby
   Will and I have talked in the past also and he would agree with me that Z
manufacturing is a full time job.....in addition to the regular mundane
things we normally do to make a living.

Kudos to you too Rob for the  Trackside Perspective article regarding the
convention.  For those who wanted to come but couldn't, the adventure was
almost pure bliss.  Almost I say because anyone who was there would have to
vote for 'poor lighting' as the most frustrating' aspect of the venue and
the low public attendance on Saturday's open house was also disappointing.
MTL did all they could to advertise well in advance using every medium
available, but the fact that there were two other shows going on in Medford
that weekend didn't help the situation any.  Other than those two items, fun
was had by all in attendance.

One scene that I saw repeated several times really made me chuckle.  AZL
made announcement at Saturday's public open house of their upcoming new
products.  I believe it was every 20 minutes for a couple of hours that Rob
would walk around handing out upcoming new product flyers.  Every time he
came up to me with flyers in his hand he had this 'little kid with a new
baseball glove' look on his face.

At first I wasn't tuned in to the scope of his announcements, but after
several surprise flyers were thrust into my hand it quickly became apparent
that Rob was in his element and having a ball.   Rob knows how to get
excited!!!!!

Last but certainly not least I want to put in a plug for Z Track Magazine.
It IS the best magazine for Z scalers and while some might find  fault with
certain aspects of the magazine, such as not enough coverage on.....you fill
in the blanks, Z Track exposes the masses to all the important goings on in
the Z world as well as showcases many new products and has fine editorial
and  picture content.

I'm sure Z Track would gladly share any worthwhile articles and pictures
that folks would like to contribute.  Why not get a subscription and 'tune
in' even better to the pulse of Z scale.

Z scalers are a unique blend of many personalities and talents.

Now go out and model !!
Loren





-------Original Message-------

From: ztrack@...
Date: 7/21/2010 10:14:51 AM
To: tscheuzger@...;  z_scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Weirdness with Z-track subscription.

Tom and all,

Sorry for the confusion and craziness on the last issue. Our distributor
sorted our mailing list incorrectly. This caused all issues to go out with
the
wrong name on the envelope. Most issues are arriving in a timely fashion,
but we are getting some returned which we are turning around and mailing
back
out the next time.

All should be corrected in time for the next issue.

Rob



Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
www.ztrack.com
www.ztrackcenter.com
www.ztrackresale.com
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703



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Loren, Rob call me a snot. A bullfrog snot. :D


John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Snyder" <ljsnyder@...>
To: <z_scale@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Weirdness with Z-track subscription.


> Rob,
>
> My mailing label had three choices on it, it read as follows..........
>
> 1 Tooth fairy
> 2 Idiot
> 3 Hey you
>
> I think I will go with door #1
>
> I finally sat down this morning with the latest copy and enjoyed reading
> it
> while eating breakfast.
>
> The Dan Klionsky interview with Will Wright was great and I want to
> reiterate to those in the Z world that are NOT involved with
> manufacturing..
> .. that most folks have no idea of the tremendous amount of time, energy,
> and money spent in making any sort of Z scale product.  Will's home
> cottage
> industry, (literally) which consumes his whole house apparently is a
> perfect
> example of the 'messes' we manufacturers have to endure.  It is amazing
> how
> little projects seem to somehow gobble up every bit of counter space,
> cupboards, shelves, boxes, desks, and more in order to produce the
> products.
>
> Rob, you have told me how much you would like to make a living from Z, so
> I
> ask.......is your house big enough? :o)  I think Z scale is not only a fun
> disease to be afflicted with, but  to watch how it seems to take over any
> empty space.  And here we say that Z is so space saving and yet it gobbles
> up all we allow it to.  Maybe Z room empires are  soon to appear.
>
> Hat's off to Will for sticking with it and becoming a main stay of our
> hobby
>  Will and I have talked in the past also and he would agree with me that Z
> manufacturing is a full time job.....in addition to the regular mundane
> things we normally do to make a living.
>
> Kudos to you too Rob for the  Trackside Perspective article regarding the
> convention.  For those who wanted to come but couldn't, the adventure was
> almost pure bliss.  Almost I say because anyone who was there would have
> to
> vote for 'poor lighting' as the most frustrating' aspect of the venue and
> the low public attendance on Saturday's open house was also disappointing.
> MTL did all they could to advertise well in advance using every medium
> available, but the fact that there were two other shows going on in
> Medford
> that weekend didn't help the situation any.  Other than those two items,
> fun
> was had by all in attendance.
>
> One scene that I saw repeated several times really made me chuckle.  AZL
> made announcement at Saturday's public open house of their upcoming new
> products.  I believe it was every 20 minutes for a couple of hours that
> Rob
> would walk around handing out upcoming new product flyers.  Every time he
> came up to me with flyers in his hand he had this 'little kid with a new
> baseball glove' look on his face.
>
> At first I wasn't tuned in to the scope of his announcements, but after
> several surprise flyers were thrust into my hand it quickly became
> apparent
> that Rob was in his element and having a ball.   Rob knows how to get
> excited!!!!!
>
> Last but certainly not least I want to put in a plug for Z Track Magazine.
> It IS the best magazine for Z scalers and while some might find  fault
> with
> certain aspects of the magazine, such as not enough coverage on.....you
> fill
> in the blanks, Z Track exposes the masses to all the important goings on
> in
> the Z world as well as showcases many new products and has fine editorial
> and  picture content.
>
> I'm sure Z Track would gladly share any worthwhile articles and pictures
> that folks would like to contribute.  Why not get a subscription and 'tune
> in' even better to the pulse of Z scale.
>
> Z scalers are a unique blend of many personalities and talents.
>
> Now go out and model !!
> Loren
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: ztrack@...
> Date: 7/21/2010 10:14:51 AM
> To: tscheuzger@...;  z_scale@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Weirdness with Z-track subscription.
>
> Tom and all,
>
> Sorry for the confusion and craziness on the last issue. Our distributor
> sorted our mailing list incorrectly. This caused all issues to go out with
> the
> wrong name on the envelope. Most issues are arriving in a timely fashion,
> but we are getting some returned which we are turning around and mailing
> back
> out the next time.
>
> All should be corrected in time for the next issue.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
> www.ztrack.com
> www.ztrackcenter.com
> www.ztrackresale.com
> 6142 Northcliff Blvd
> Dublin OH 43016
> (614) 764-1703
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
>

Answered on the other forums:

10 Vrms but the defaults from the NCE Power Cab or Digitrax Zephyr will run
fine.

Jeff
SF Bay Area Z


--- In z_scale@yahoogroups.com, John Duino <jduino@...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "trainssd" <greg@...>
> To: "z scale" <z_scale@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:22:25 AM
> Subject: [Z_Scale] Sorry for newbie DCC question, what is best DCC voltage?
>
> I'm just starting up in DCC in Z, I'm experienced in DCC in other scales.
>
> I have RMS voltmeters.
>
> What's the "best" DCC voltage? What have you or your club settled on?
>
> Thanks, Greg
>