Saturday, December 20, 2014

Merkur tank car

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Today, I visited the local toy train swap meeting in Zutphen. A full sport hall filled up with numerous traders. I even spotted a Lionel Sc...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Lionel MPC

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The one thing that is good about a collection of toy trains that is stored away in boxes, is that you can unpack and enjoy them every now an...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Toy train market swing

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Why would you buy one over-priced old toy train item with age issues, if you could also buy -for the same sum of money- a complete modern ti...
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Sunday, November 09, 2014

Pre-war Lionel Lamp post

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Whenever you buy a box full of old Lionel junk, there is a fair chance that you will be treated with a pre-war Lionel lamp post. The lamp po...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Lionel pre-war train with some modern Merkur power

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Here is a small video of a string of Lionel 800 serie pre-war cars pulled by a modern tin-plate Merkur engine. But first the ETS beer train ...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Merkur 9406 red boxcar

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Today, I played with the new red boxcar of Merkur. As you can judge for yourself, it adds great to a string of prewar Lionel goods waggons o...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Scale zero swap meet in Zutphen

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This weekend the annual Dutch scale zero model railroad gathering was held in Zutphen. As usual, it was a relaxed meeting of train enthusias...
Sunday, October 05, 2014

and there was light

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Last weeks I spend much time on wiring my layout. Today it is time to enjoy the lot. Several of the streetlights have been connected and the...
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Model train power statement

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Surfing the web, I stumbled on this Czech video of a Merkur coarse scale zero engine clearing the tracks of a winter garden layout. Although...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Rail to rail and wheel flange to wheel flange distances

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Some German toy train collectors apparently claim that the Merkur outer rail to outer rail distance would not be similar to the one of Märkl...
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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Merkur 9120

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The Merkur 9120 is a modern diesel shunting engine with 3 axles of which two are powered. The quality is solid - no compromise- full metal, ...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Red bridge

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Finally, I am finished with painting the bridge. Much better now, I would reckon. Furthermore, I am learning myself to make 0-scale trees f...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Converting a ETS 102 from 2 to 3 rails operation

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I just finished converting my small electrically ETS 102 rectifier from 2 rail to 3 rail operation.  This engine is from 1996 and it used t...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Lionel train on Merkur tracks

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In case you ever wonder: "does a Lionel train run over modern Merkur tubular tracks?". Here is the answer: "Yes, it does!...
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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Bridge and Light tower

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Yesterday, I finished with cutting the X-beams for the bridge and nailing them down. Today, I filled a few gaps with wood filler and sanded ...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Cutting X-beams

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Building a wooden bridge in scale zero is nice work, but you need real tools. Small doctor knives could work excellent with N scale, but her...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Building a bridge to ...

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This weekend, I discovered that the Lionel 289E engine is a great engine to pull the Merkur coaches over the new track. The video sh...
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