Thursday, February 26, 2015

New wheels for the Paya Coaches

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At Rail 2015, I also purchased 12 new sets of wheels and axles for the Paya coaches. The Merkur 9852 standard wheels, fit the old Paya coach...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Rail 2015 in Houten

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This weekend Rail 2015 was held in Houten (somewhere in the Western bit of the Netherlands). This is a swap meeting and a display of model r...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Pre-war Lionel engine on modern tubular Merkur tracks

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Apparently, some American folks still think that Lionel trains do not run on modern tubular Merkur tracks. This is getting more relevant as ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Replacement roof for a Paya 987 coach

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This weekend we had a few hours to saw, shave and sand a rough roof mould for the missing Paya 987 roof. I used old pine as it is hard enoug...
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Thursday, January 01, 2015

Former glory

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A few days ago, I stumbled upon a set of Paya coaches in dilapidated condition. Three 987 series coaches and two 1372 series coaches, all pr...
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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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