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So I just bought my first N scale loco, an Atlas B23 with Santa Fe blue & yellow paint. Looks terrific & really brings back memories from childhood. I was just poking & prodding the different parts & the metal bit on the front coupler, the "horn" I think, came off. It's the curved piece that...

WOW Thanks, Tileguy! That's realy helpful. Since none of it is modeled, I will probably place a couple little cardboard boxes with "Paper Mill" or whatever written on it. Or maybe "Papiermühle" since it's Marklin & all the writing on the cars is in German :) I don't remember having a lot of...

I inhereted my Dad's Marklin stuff & have this layout: It is HO scale & I don't really have any intention of expanding it. It's not even modeled & I may or may not keep it & model it. But I'd like to be able to operate trains on this layout & get a feel for model train operations. Any...

Ever see that movie... I think it was "Wild West"? Will Smith was in it. They had a big steam operated spider contraption. Put a boiler on it & you'd be all set. :)

http://65.66.244.26:8080/mvnforum/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=493 that's just nuts.

Any of you folks model Marklin? My mom just brought me all my Dad's & my old Marklin stuff. Man, I forgot how many locos we had... proably $2-3k worth, all digital. I was just going to put it up on a shelf, but somehow I have a feeling that I won't be able to resist at least building at least...

Thanks for all the input. I am leaning towards the NCE at the moment for a number of reasons including the design of the cab, ability to go full-featured wireless, & the throttle stuff. The Zephyr is a close second simply because it's so much cheaper & offers about 90% of what I want. Either...

never mind sent a pm instead

Bear with me -- I'm still a newbie, so some of this may be completely wrong or misinformed, but I am looking at all the DCC sets out there & I am not sure which one to get for the N scale layout I am currently dreaming up. Here is what I am looking for: 1. Unit must have computer interface &...

Thanks for all the great input. I have read everything on the LDSIG web page & it was immensely helpful. I think I will re-read it once I have read the three books I ordered & I have a better idea how I want to model operations. I am still wrestling with the basement situation... We have...

Hi folks, I'm new to this forum & am returning to the hobby after a number of years. My dad & I used to model HO Marklin & we had a neat little 4x8 layout back in the day. I still have a number of the Marklin digital engines, but I think I will relegate them to the display cabinet & start a...