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Post by jbzzz on Feb 10, 2018 9:50:30 GMT -5
As the AZL trucks are easy to replace I wonder if there are any plans to produce a sparepart truck with a Märklin coupler? Märklin has produced a few american locomotives and cars and it would be nice if there was an easy way to make it compatible with the AZL rolling stock.
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Post by jbzzz on Jan 2, 2018 10:50:35 GMT -5
I agree with "jhrailroading", finally the UPs :-)
2 locos and the 4 cars have been ordered.
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 24, 2017 15:36:06 GMT -5
Tried out my BNSFs today and they ran very well, smooth and silent. Had plans on getting SD75M in Santa Fe and BNSF but I think I'll go for some additional ES44ACs instead...
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 20, 2017 16:21:33 GMT -5
Re-built the track today to an inner radius of 220mm and it made a huge difference, pulled all 10 cars today :-)
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 19, 2017 16:16:59 GMT -5
Right, made a quick test on my outer track and that worked fine. One loco (SD70M) pulled 5 of the tri-levels up my climb so now I just need to rebuild the inner track but that's for tomorrow. I think that also one of the trucks was a bit loose so I tightened that while testing as it was that car that constantly failed me. Tomorrow I'll try with more cars to see if there's a limit for my track.
Thanks again Rob for pointing me in the right direction.
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 19, 2017 15:46:46 GMT -5
Blimb was supposed to have been "climb" but yes, that's probably the issue. It looks like I do have space enough to change the 195mm to 220mm so I'll start by giving that a go.
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 19, 2017 12:17:17 GMT -5
Hi Rob, it was on a 195mm curve so It might just be too tight then. Will see what I can do about the couplers but might have to go for shorter sets of cars or mix them up in another way.
Thanks for answering.
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 19, 2017 6:43:21 GMT -5
I've finally laid some track and was excited to test my new tri-level autoracks (91xxx-x) but got disappointed. The couplers on them don't hold together very well it seems and this is already when pulling only 4 of the 10 I bought :-(
I do have a bit of a blimb on a curve which I guess adds to this problem but I wonder if it's only me or has anyone else noticed the same? A big part of running american trains are having long sets pulled by multiple engines.
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Post by jbzzz on Nov 7, 2017 13:40:16 GMT -5
I debated whether I should just stick with Marklin tracks & their limited radii or whether I wanted the flexibility that flex tracks allows. Nice to know the Marklin, however ugly, will integrate well. I'm not getting any younger either so waiting seems like a waste of time. Märklin also offers flextrack (art.nr. 8594, 660mm) if you like their other parts and want to stick with them. /JB
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 29, 2017 14:08:51 GMT -5
No you don't. Pop the front chassis clip, and remove the front truck. Cut out the coupler box from your spare truck. Install the truck and pilot. That's the perfect content for a video ;-)
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 29, 2017 10:21:34 GMT -5
You know installing the plow has no bearing on how it runs. Yes, but I think I'd need to open it up to install the plow, right?
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 28, 2017 13:31:24 GMT -5
Ok, I would like a plow but I can do without it if the locos run better after some more running time.
Thanks for your help shamoo, much appreciated.
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 28, 2017 11:39:25 GMT -5
Thanks shamoo, some interesting reading there. I think I'll just have to have a go at opening one of my locos up and hoping I won't ruin it to badly.
What was interesting though is that I've not been thrilled about how my SD70s run but I think I just need to run them for a longer time to really break them in, good news.
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 26, 2017 8:39:31 GMT -5
Oh, I wasn't aware of that hence my possibly strange answer...
They're about 2-3 years old if that gives a better indication.
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Post by jbzzz on Sept 26, 2017 2:34:47 GMT -5
The ones I have are SD70M, AZL of course.
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