Yesterday, I visited the local toy train meeting in Zutphen and purchased some new tin-plate toy train tubular tracks made by the Czech company Merkur. Sixteen R9910 curves make a circle (about 042) and some additional straights R9920 (12 inch long) make it an nice oval. The
local Merkur and ETS dealer had a stand and layout. The tank engine 9195 with lights and sound ran a small goods train around the oval. It was a lively display and it really stood out from all the regular sales booths. Here are some pictures from the "
Modelspoorbeurs Zutphen".
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| Modelspoorbeurs Zutphen May 25th 2013 |
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| Merkur toy trains |
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| Merkur and ETS toy trains |
There was also a bloke with a Lima scale zero layout, which was nice to see. And I was able to buy two old Lionel street lamps with die cast poles and the white plastic caps. So a perfect trade meeting as far as I am concerned.
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| Lima scale zero layout on the floor of the Hanze Hall. |
Well we directly laid an oval of the new track on the floor and it just ran great; no more derailments, shorts and other issues. The Weaver Alco can now finally run with some Lionel and Weaver cars directly coupled to it and without the help of some spacer to avoid derailment. I sure made me happy today.
The major bonus of tubular track is the rattle and rhythm, which can be heard in real trains on real tracks as well: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, etc.
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