Forgot Login?   Sign up  
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Chat Announcement

If you have any difficulties, please email John or Stony
Z Central Station reserves the right to disconnect any idle chat session.
4 5 6 7 8 9
24-9 1:03:08 rvn2001 Same here.
24-9 1:02:56 ejshelton It even felt like fall.....lol
24-9 1:02:38 rvn2001 Happy first full day of fall!
24-9 1:02:36 ejshelton Hi John and Thom
24-9 1:02:22 rvn2001 Hi John.
24-9 1:02:15 rvn2001 Hi Ellen.
24-9 1:02:12 soccrdad30 Hello Ellen, Thom
20-9 18:21:30 craZ13 Bye guyz
20-9 18:11:17 craZ13 Mike ww3 have alone day swap meet next Friday in battleground we will set up byoz
20-9 17:59:42 GNFan ZU, Thom. Time for me to leave, too. Bye, all.
20-9 17:58:47 rvn2001 Well...I guess it'z time for me to go check to zee that all of my trainz are ztill running. Z y'all later.
20-9 17:57:34 GNFan Bye, John.
20-9 17:57:05 rvn2001 Bye, John. Buy lots of goodies...
20-9 17:56:41 soccrdad30 Adios!
20-9 17:56:34 soccrdad30 well guys, time for me to go. Grocery shopping with the wife... see you on Wednesday
20-9 17:52:48 soccrdad30 don't blame you there Thom. Wife would kill me if I spent that much at one time
20-9 17:51:54 rvn2001 I like the look of it but if it only pulls the new, expensive passenger train I'm not sure I want it.....until it's much cheaper...
20-9 17:50:45 soccrdad30 not sure if I would be interested in one of the 'J' locos
20-9 17:49:11 soccrdad30 oh, maybe
20-9 17:48:57 rvn2001 Maybe you're thinking of the new "J" from AZL??
20-9 17:48:35 soccrdad30 oh, for some reason, I thought it was longer
20-9 17:48:01 rvn2001 It runs just fine on my standard Z-Bend Track end modules.
20-9 17:47:25 soccrdad30 that loco can only do wide turns
20-9 17:44:59 rvn2001 Mine wasn't anywhere near that price.
20-9 17:44:27 soccrdad30 one came up on ebay a month or so ago, and it went for about $1,000
20-9 17:44:04 rvn2001 I've had mine since it came out.
20-9 17:43:22 soccrdad30 Those Vanderbilt's are sweet looking, but very expensive
20-9 17:42:43 rvn2001 I've got 1 Southern passenger set and 2 Pennsylvania sets from Marklin. I also have a 4-car AZL New York Central passenger train that I pull with a Marklin Commodore Vanderbilt, an AZL MoPac heavyweight set, a Pennzee heavyweight set and a Shapeways (C&FW) set that are all pulled by Marklin Pacifics.
20-9 17:42:30 soccrdad30 I do have a few 2-6-0 Marklin locos, those are nice
20-9 17:38:49 soccrdad30 that I have not done Thom, bought a full passenger set
20-9 17:38:17 soccrdad30 ah, okay
20-9 17:37:23 rvn2001 I bought moreof the Pacifics because I like passenger trains.
20-9 17:36:41 soccrdad30 Srange, I do not own a Marklin Pacific loco
20-9 17:30:48 soccrdad30 I enjoy going to the train shows, I even awe at the larger scales when they are done realistically
20-9 17:29:30 soccrdad30 beautiful work
20-9 17:27:37 rvn2001 I'm not planning to build a waterfront scene so I won't be bidding on it.
20-9 17:26:18 soccrdad30 John Cubin is at half the price he started with on this auction. I have a feeling he will have to go a few more hundred dollars less to sell the lot. «link»
20-9 17:25:09 rvn2001 I'm almost finished with the tank trailer for the Duel truck.
20-9 17:21:06 soccrdad30 Mike, right on time!
20-9 17:20:32 rvn2001 The can motors can run all day without heating up or stalling.
20-9 17:20:21 GNFan (Pardon the pun) They *can* be!
20-9 17:20:02 rvn2001 They're not "drop-in" they need some work to both the motor housing and the body to fit.
20-9 17:19:29 soccrdad30 the can motors are better?
20-9 17:19:17 soccrdad30 I will have to check Frank out
20-9 17:19:02 soccrdad30 I remember replacing motors in our old AFX & Tyco race cars, or even re-wiring the motors. but have not replaced a Marklin motor yet.
20-9 17:18:57 rvn2001 Frank, Z Scale Hobo sells them along with new gears to go with them.
20-9 17:18:09 rvn2001 The ones I use will work for Pacifics and Mikados
20-9 17:18:04 soccrdad30 I did not know that
20-9 17:17:46 rvn2001 Yup...for some of their locos but not all.
20-9 17:17:19 soccrdad30 oh, can motors? Marklin makes those?
4 5 6 7 8 9