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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 1, 2019 13:13:03 GMT -5
For the steam era, just about anything <=50' in length (prototype). Lots of box cars, hoppers and tank cars and of course a Southern caboose. Since you have a Märklin locomotive, to keep things simple you'll want to start with Märklin cars or Micro Trains cars with Märklin couplers. Last time I looked, ztrackresale had a wide selection. The Märklin couplers are not compatible with the knuckle couplers found on AZL and most Micro Trains rolling stock. Should you want to use cars with knuckle couplers, the easiest method is to purchase or build a transition car: Märklin on one end, knuckle on the other. If you do a railway express car, it could be used with both a freight train and passenger. The locomotive tender can also be converted to knuckle coupler, but that's more work than I would suggest for a new comer. AZL produces heavyweight passenger cars for the Southern line: the 7xxx6-x family. The selection depends on the size train you want to model. There's nearly always a baggage car. If you have sleeper cars there will typically be a diner. Hope this helps, Mark Thanks Mark. I decided to keep this as an all Marklin train. I have a Marklin Southern caboose on order and I also ordered some used MTL freight cars equipped with Marklin couplers from Frank Daniels at Z.Scale.Hobo.
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Post by markm on Jan 1, 2019 13:39:58 GMT -5
An all Märklin train is the safest way to start out. I noticed a couple of Southern passenger cars over on the Bay that might interest you.
Mark
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 1, 2019 15:09:44 GMT -5
An all Märklin train is the safest way to start out. I noticed a couple of Southern passenger cars over on the Bay that might interest you. Mark I've seen those but I need to recover first from what I spent today.
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Post by markm on Jan 1, 2019 16:08:52 GMT -5
I've seen those but I need to recover first from what I spent today. I know what you mean. There's some Southern Pacific passenger cars going for 3x what I bought them for. But something to consider is that a few years back, Märklin decided to de-emphasize their U.S. rolling stock production. So for the time being, don't expect any new passenger cars. Mark
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Post by Commodore on Jan 1, 2019 19:55:30 GMT -5
An all Märklin train is the safest way to start out. I noticed a couple of Southern passenger cars over on the Bay that might interest you. Mark I've seen those but I need to recover first from what I spent today. I know, I know. Welcome and Be Patient. Every once and a while they show up for $10-$20. Look every day, ...just Be Patient! BTW Good Luck.
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 1, 2019 21:49:55 GMT -5
I've seen those but I need to recover first from what I spent today. I know, I know. Welcome and Be Patient. Every once and a while they show up for $10-$20. Look every day, ...just Be Patient! BTW. Model Train Stuff has 3 heavyweights in stock, at this moment for 60% off and free shipping with $100 purchase. I'm going to erase this line in 8 hours. Good Luck. Thanks for the heads up. Ordered the 3 Southern heavyweights (can't beat that price) along with a R040 and a pack of R012 I needed to push it over $100 to qualify for Free Shipping.
Regards, Charles
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Post by Commodore on Jan 2, 2019 21:42:24 GMT -5
Charles- Check out the new AZL release for January!!! Southern 1937 AAR boxcars. You picked the right time to change your avatar... Rory
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 3, 2019 11:04:19 GMT -5
Charles- Check out the new AZL release for January!!! Southern 1937 AAR boxcars. You picked the right time to change your avatar... Rory I have and will be placing an order for the 4-pack.
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Post by markm on Jan 3, 2019 12:32:24 GMT -5
Charles, Don't forget you'll need some transition cars to mate the AZL rolling stock to your Märklin locomotive. Looking around, I don't see any transition cars for sale at the moment. You could make your own, buying an MTL cars with knuckle couplers and swapping one truck with a Märklin coupler equipped car. Easy to do if you're interested. BTW I liked the first image you used for your avatar. It gave us some class here and heaven knows we could use some class. Mark
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 3, 2019 13:12:37 GMT -5
Charles, Don't forget you'll need some transition cars to mate the AZL rolling stock to your Märklin locomotive. Looking around, I don't see any transition cars for sale at the moment. You could make your own, buying an MTL cars with knuckle couplers and swapping one truck with a Märklin coupler equipped car. Easy to do if you're interested. BTW I liked the first image you used for your avatar. It gave us some class here and heaven knows we could use some class. Mark Mark,
I have five used MTL cars with Marklin couplers coming and I plan on taking a couple of those and swapping out one end.
BTW, placed the order for the 914312-1 SOU 1937 40´ AAR Box Car 10400, 10401, 10533, 10582 Set today. The SOU roster is growing!
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Post by smr on Jan 3, 2019 13:41:05 GMT -5
An all Märklin train is the safest way to start out. I noticed a couple of Southern passenger cars over on the Bay that might interest you. Mark This is Märklin 81830 which you are referring to, Mark? There are 4 passenger cars in this set; Take a look at the German Ebay, Märklin sets are usually cheaper and more frequent there. Best, Sven
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 4, 2019 19:16:25 GMT -5
The Marklin 2-8-2 arrived today. I love it. Is there more steam in my future? I think so!
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Post by markm on Jan 5, 2019 10:25:09 GMT -5
Charles,
Looks good. enjoy.
Unfortunately there isn't a wide variety of steam locomotives in Z. Probably the next steam locomotive to look for is a 4-6-2 Pacific, commonly used for passenger service. The Märklin Southern unit is 88811 and there appears to be couple available in resale.
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Post by pcbpoppy on Jan 6, 2019 18:11:29 GMT -5
Okay, pardon the my newness to Z couplers. I have read the DIY coupler guide and at times it seems like a lot to digest. My question is since I have 5 MTL cars that have Marklin couplers and if I want to convert 2 of them to "transition" cars, how simple is it to do this? Do I just remove one Marklin truck/coupler and replace with an assembled MTL truck/coupler and which part number?
I know this may sound like some "reverse engineering" but help a newbie out.
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Post by markm on Jan 6, 2019 18:43:06 GMT -5
Charles, You have it right, replace a truck. MTL models a number of different freight trucks depending on the particulars of the car. They are usually pretty good at naming the truck type on the box insert. Just buy what they tell you. If not you can go to their web site: www.micro-trains.com/index.php?_route_=z-scale/trucks-1634648038 and compare your trucks to the drawings. The trucks are probably roller bearing or Bettendorf, although the differences are so small, you may not care. If you want to learn more than you ever wanted to know about railroad trucks check out: mrr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/4/c/c/mr_pi_5-06_freightcartrucks.ashxThe MTL trucks are held in place by a press-in plastic pin that can easily be removed with a small screwdriver. Hope this helps, Mark
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