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Post by dave on Dec 27, 2015 11:28:23 GMT -5
Good morning...I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Did anyone receive any Z-Scale items as a Christmas gift? I got an AZL Mikado in Burlington Route and my outer oval (270mm) of Rokuhan track. Have a great day!
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Post by tjdreams on Dec 27, 2015 12:23:36 GMT -5
I got a pair of Searails EMD model 40 industrial switchers  David |
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Post by markm on Dec 27, 2015 12:35:23 GMT -5
Dave,
Does it count if you buy it for yourself? Unfortunately, the local train store doesn't have a gift registry, so I don't get much Z in gifts. But I did get myself enough track to do the Livermore/Altamont module of my Altamont & Western Railroad (A&WRR).
I think you'll like the AZL Mikado. I have the WP units and overall happy: they run very well. I haven't figured out a good way to MU them yet (a common occurrence through the prototype Altamont Pass). Great pullers. I can tell you mine do a 13 car Heavyweight Pullman train quite easily.
Mark
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Post by dave on Dec 27, 2015 14:11:35 GMT -5
Mark,
Do you have any videos of your Mikado pulling the heavyweights? I would like to see some AZL Heavyweights in Burlington Route but I doubt it will happen.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Dec 27, 2015 19:17:12 GMT -5
Mark, Do you have any videos of your Mikado pulling the heavyweights? I would like to see some AZL Heavyweights in Burlington Route but I doubt it will happen. Don't be so sure! But don't hold your breath either. We do plan on producing Burlington Heavyweights in the future. |
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Post by emaley on Dec 27, 2015 19:58:49 GMT -5
I got the Nansen street Z scale roundhouse and 2 TCS decoders. My birthday was right before Thanksgiving and I got a 4 pack of PFE wood reefers (sweet) and a second AT&SF caboose. I am so glad I never got the Marklin ones off ebay. Someone hijacked my ATM card just before Christmas, so now that all is fixed, I have a glut of unused funds to spend. Oh for shame, what to do, what to do.
Trey
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Post by dave on Dec 28, 2015 19:09:39 GMT -5
Rob, are you willing to give an approximate time frame for the Burlington heavyweights?
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Post by Rob Albritton on Dec 29, 2015 9:41:33 GMT -5
Rob, are you willing to give an approximate time frame for the Burlington heavyweights? Lots of products in the pipeline, but this is a re-run of existing tooling. The purchase order was issued a couple of months ago. Next step is I should start seeing artwork, but nothing so far. I would guess 6 to 12 months from now, but thats really a guess, and not much more. They ARE comming. But when? Don't know. I wish I had a better idea myself. |
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Post by atw on Dec 29, 2015 12:11:08 GMT -5
Sounds like you guys are talking about *next christmas* ... I think you got that wrong  Me I got two AZL NYC geeps so now I can run my modules both in 1950s and contemporary style - cool  Adrian |
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Post by dawdawes on Dec 29, 2015 13:52:09 GMT -5
My good lady purchased a 4 pack of MTL shell tank cars
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Post by domi on Jan 6, 2016 5:31:36 GMT -5
No Z scale under our Xmas tree this year. But with Z, it's Xmas all year long for me.  Next goal, making 2 more FT turnouts this week...  Dom |
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Post by Rob Albritton on Jan 6, 2016 11:08:17 GMT -5
Two big packages under the Christmas Tree for AZL:
1) Johnstown America aluminium auto racks (surprise: all new previously un-announced tooling!)
2) Production run of SD45 locomotives. Expect dealer announcements soon.
Happy New Year!
-Rob(A)
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Post by mgatdog on Jan 8, 2016 10:34:34 GMT -5
Two big packages under the Christmas Tree for AZL: 1) Johnstown America aluminium auto racks (surprise: all new previously un-announced tooling!) 2) Production run of SD45 locomotives. Expect dealer announcements soon. Happy New Year! -Rob(A) Rob Was there any ES4400AC packages too.  |
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Post by dave on Mar 13, 2016 19:58:00 GMT -5
tjdreams (David),
Can you tell us a little bit about your Searails Model 40? I am curious about running qualities, fit and finish (the paint looks a little rough), lighting, other comments on the model. Also, what controller/power are you using since these only have a 6V motor and Searails says to not use any sort of pule controller. Thanks for your help.
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Post by tjdreams on Mar 14, 2016 19:12:40 GMT -5
tjdreams (David), Can you tell us a little bit about your Searails Model 40? I am curious about running qualities, fit and finish (the paint looks a little rough), lighting, other comments on the model. Also, what controller/power are you using since these only have a 6V motor and Searails says to not use any sort of pule controller. Thanks for your help. I haven't ran mine other than to put them on a module to check and see if they worked and to take some pictures when I first got them. I should note I intentionally put them on my Dirty Track to see how they would react. At first on the Dirty Track they were both a little jerky and needed to be nudged along. But after thoroughly cleaning the track and running them back and forth a couple times they Both smoothed out and ran ok. On Clean track I could run them from one end to the other and back on my 4' module with out needing to be nudged at all. Clean Track made a big difference in their performance. I meant to take them with me to run at the show this passed weekend but, I didn't realize I had forgotten them till I was already at the show. A 4.5 hour, 175 mile round trip is to far to go back for them. For power I was using the Rokuhan RC-01 controller that I installed a Volt/Amp meter in. My Modified Rokuhan RC-01Once on the layout they will be on their own track powered by a old snail speed controller wired to a battery holder with 4 AA batteries which will put out a max of 6v. Similar to this one linkThe Coupler height was spot on and both pulled the one Coil Car I had left on the module with ease. I suspect they would have no problem pulling 4 or 5 cars each on a level grade But I don't know as I only had the one car on hand at the time I did the test run. The directional headlights worked but on one of them when viewing from directly behind I could see a little flicker of light coming from the rear light which I suspect was just a reflecting from the light at the other end. I had planned to give both a custom paint job so they were ordered with just a base coat of primer, one Gray and one Black. As for fit and finish I've seen better and I've seen worse. David |
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Next goal, making 2 more FT turnouts this week... 
