http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/ The Z scale 1:220 Model Trains Community Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:56:43 GMT glennwoodle@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63713 ... Who will be the first to have a TOFC Pig train? I'm surprised we don't have a version of the Atlas Nscale trailer on flats. Put a pair of 20' trailers on a Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:27:51 GMT Elizabeth Hayes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63712 and the pig " shell" is flexible rubber To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com From: melissa.cull@... Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:30:02 +0000 Subject: RE: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:19:59 GMT ztrack@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63711 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63711 In a message dated 11/6/09 2:28:43 AM, glen@... ... The article appeared in the May/June 2008 issue of Ztrack. Back issues are still Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:56 GMT David Epling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63710 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63710 Lots of shows coming up...IRF in Roseville 11/14& 15, GTE Sacramento & Reno in January and GTE Daly City in Feb, and the NMRA PCR in Reno in April. Oh and Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:43 GMT sj_baz_man http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63709 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63709 Next show: GTE Pleasanton (20 minutes east of Rob's), Thanksgiving weekend. Usual Saturday night Franky, Johnny and Lugie's Too Pizza and Pasta (steaks too). Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:16 GMT donfedjur@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63708 very soon weedhopper............. give me the rundown on upcoming dates.........Pleasanton etc. may have to shack out at your ranchito...... have to get with Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36:11 GMT Loren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63707 Ell, I find it almost impossible to get anything 'creative' done at train shows. Keeping the trains running and answering questions takes up all the time. I'd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:14:21 GMT ellgeib http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63706 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63706 Loren, I am well aware of how "normal" sized stuff is really large in z-scale. The capricious stuff is sort of how I blame everything that goes wrong on the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:32 GMT Loren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63705 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63705 Ell, Just remember that in the world of Z scale there are sometimes little invisable gremlins that sometimes choose to haunt our particular locos on any given Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:16:03 GMT ellgeib http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63704 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63704 Loren, Glen, Harold, Dan, and others, Thanks for the responses. If the gears have gotten full of lint, etc., it certainly didn't take long. Two of the locos Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:28:23 GMT zeeglen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63703 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63703 ... As several others have responded, most likely dust and lint have accumulated in the innards. Unlike the F7 with the large worm gear, the GP35 small truck Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:53:08 GMT john_ztrains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63702 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63702 Thanks guys, Although I didn't have as much time as I would have liked... it was fun walking around these autorack monsters... when you stand next to them you Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:18 GMT Harald Thom-freudenreich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63701 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63701 Ell, your measuring results say a lot! I can't speak for the Marklin engines. But there is definitely something wrong with your Maxon motor driven GP-35 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:09:01 GMT dpstripe@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63700 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63700 El, If these locs ran OK before, it is possible that they just need a touch of oil and their gear trains cleaned. It is also possible that the chassis halves Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:21:40 GMT John Mui http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63699 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/63699 It seems to me that your engines need maintenance. After a while, all the engines accumulate a lot of lint and hairs on the worm gear. When Ellen visited me