Märklin full-page ad for 2000 New Items - a Casey Jones train set, #81419, featuring the 4-6-0 IC #382 {the one that's a dead ringer for Westmodell's or v.v.}, one combine, and three coaches.
A Saturday in Houston with the Z Bend Group - pg. 22
Inside front cover - Aspen Model ad - Westmodel 30030 MILW Hudson 4-6-4, 30028 IC "Casey Jones" 4-6-0, 30038 steam rotary plow, 30039 old engine house.
The Trackside Perspective - Is Your Z Empire Y2K Compliant?...- Robert Kluz
MailBag - Fred Ladd on Z cost {that's my boy!}.
Transparent Plastic for Track inspection Cars Made Available -
Ed Scullin offers clear plastic sheet in Z-scale 40' (freight) and 80' (passenger) lengths to make the popular track inspection cars in Z; trucks and couplers NOT included.
{Sorry, Ed; I'd left this out in error. - SB,III}
PENZEE Releases 3 Bay Hoppers! - produced for Penzee by bowser - rave review!.
Ad for Micro Structures's Milestone Gravel Co.
Micro-Art's Foundry Update - minor changes.
MacHan named Contributing Editor - Jeffrey MacHan {another modular Z'er and son and grandson of RRers}, ValEase {get it?} Central RR.
Ztrack Sports - Florida "Gators" Move to Europe! - Scott Schapiro squeezes Florida Field at U. Fla. into Z layout.
Z Scale sightings - David Kennett's "incredibly detailed Z scale layout" featured in Nov 99 Model Railroader.
Donahue's Z Scale Armchair Railroad - 13" x 21"empire.
Märklin News - Märklin Announces Unique Fall Releases - 88454 SBB Class 460 electric loco, chrome with Swiss Canton coats-of-arms. - 88642 "Good Luck Z Locomotive" (a pig!) - 00145 140th Annivewrsary Mystery Box with a loco {???} - 15010 CD-ROM Märklin Catalog for 1999/2000.
1999 Märklin Club Event Car Released - 2154E boxcar with litho of pull toy loco {available at stores during factory events}.
Rewirirng Märklin's ICE/TEE - just what it says.
Märklin's Nürnberg 2000 Releases - the January/February issue of Ztrack will be held until late February in order to catch the new items released at the Nürnberg Toy and Train show.
FR Announces New U.S. Releases - Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik has Ingersol{l} Rand boxcab loco in LV in set with 3 LV hoppers (3 numbers), LV hopper with fourth number, U. S. 36' coke car (2-bay hopper with extended sides and ends).
Creating Z Scale E-8 Diesels... - Fred Ladd's and Billy Roden's E-8 conversions from F-7s {really - I've seen Fred's}.
HomaBed Releases Z Roadbed - one-piece Homasote roadbed {no split} in Z, 22mm wide at base (15mm at top) x 4mm thick x 1' long (approximate dimensions). {NOTE: - this is in error; Scott Grubbs of HomaBed advises (03 Feb 00) that the length is 32" (Rob was sent a shorter sample).}
Z Model Trains Farmhouse Kit Z Model Train Products has allowed Rob to insert a cardstock model in the issue gratis, with construction instructions.
Collector's Corner: The "Aloisius" Story, Recent SpecialImprint Re;eases - news from the "17th International Model RR Exhibition in Munich.
Adding Catenary to a Layout - Part 1 - Editor Rob Kluz expounds on installing catenary (overhead wire).
Ztrack Regional Meet in Richardson, Texas, 15 Apr 00, featuring the DG&M modular layout.
Ztrack Accessories - Ye Ed. is selling three 1936 coupés (rag top with top up or down and and steel top), in 11 colors.
NEWZLINE
Micro-Trains Holiday Car 14418 #MTL 1999 39' single dome tank carPS-1 Class X-43a boxcar in gold with green ends and red lettering.
Micro-Trains 14303 UP #65239 Class G-50-13 gondola in brown with yellow lettering (rerelease).
{also an Nn3 release - I choose NOT to cover Nn3 herep it is in 1:160 N scale!}
A Saturday in Houston with the Z Bend Group - a description of, and photo essay on, the DG&M modules, plus a fantastic model of a Z module (with a high, spindly wood trestle) mounted on a G flat car.
Specialty Items - Märklin full-page ad for 1999 Z Christmas Car 80609 and U. S. Army Transportation Corps. Tank Car 8612T (Euro. car in U.S.A. livery) {this is a 4-wheel tank car, not a flat carrying army tanks}.
MicronArt ½-page color ad for foundry, switch tower, (Amer. prototypes)
ON THE BACK COVER - full color, full page ad for Reynaud's, with steam and diesel locos on sale.
Volume 5, Number 5, September/October, 1999,
featured the following:
ON THE COVER
Cover Photos - Two shots of Stan Jones's Z Scale Western Pacific and two fine Fs on a tiny trestle - Jones' Z Western Pacific Empire
In This Issue ...
Micron-Art's Foundry..............pg. 5
Fall Cleaning.....................pg. 6
New M.T. W.P. Rolling Stock.......pg. 8
Micro-Structures Drive-in.........pg. 11
Poynter's Z Layouts...............pg. 12
Improving the Appearance
of Märklin Catenary.............pg. 16
Jones' W.P. Layout................pg. 21
And much more...
Look Inside for a Barn Kit from Z-Model TRains Products! - pg. 9
Inside front cover - Aspen Model ad - Westmodel 30030 MILW Hudson 4-6-4, 30028 IC "Casey Jones" 4-6-0, 30038 steam rotary plow, 30039 old engine house.
The Trackside Perspective - This issue is dedicated to the memory of Raymond Kinder...- Robert Kluz
MailBag - First of all, and VERY IMPORTANT, here is where the Stiskas warn of the new MRC Tech 4 Railpower 350 {so-called} "Z" Transformer reviewed in the Volume 5, Number 3, May/June, 1999 issue { - This baby puts out enough juice to fry everything on your layout in one shot! The Stiskas write on page 4 of this issue that it is rated at 30VA ("which is needed for D.C.C. or melting the tires off a Buick") but did not mention the output voltage - probably 12 volts or more!} - and miscellaneous letters.
Micron-Art Release{s} Foundry Kit - not just a fantastic early 20th Century foundry (3" x 5.3") but also a fabulous two-story classical interlocking station complete with a cast staircase.
It's Time for Spring... Umm, Fall Cleaning! - Ye Ed. on how to keep things shipshape for beating the Winter doldrums (with a handy check-list).
Micro-Trains Announces New Western Pacific Rolling Stock, Re-released F-7 - 14141 is a two-pack of P-S 40' boxcars #1952 and #1953 in solid orange with black lettering and silver feathers, while 14006 is the rerelease of the F-7 in alumionum with WP orange stripe and nose and with Feather River Route nose herald and lettering in black..
Ad for Micro Structures's Milestone Gravel Co.
Z-Model Train Products Barn Kit - Stan Jones's Z-Model Products has graced Ztrack with an inserted cardstock sheet with his Barn and Silo paper kit and a page of assembly instructions.
Collector's Corner Coordinator Appointed - What is this car? Find out in the next issue of Ztrack! - a photo of a psychedelically-decorated boxcar (circus?) - Rob Kluz announces the appointment of Wolfgang Bolt , of Riedelbach, Germany.
Ztrack Accessories (ad) - Ye Ed. is selling three 1936 coupés (rag top with top up or down and and steel top), in 11 colors.
Micro-Structures'{s} Z Scale Drive In Features Working DVD Player! - Miller Engineering has three versions {not explained} of the STARLITE, an 81-stall {go on, count 'em - I may have goofed} drive-in movie theater, featuring an incredible DVD screen only ½" thick! {Now, in my unsolicited opinion, this is strictly a ploy by Z-scale car manufacturers to increase slipping car and van sales!}
The Z-Scale Layouts of Vernon Poynter - a two-page photo of Vern's 24" x 36' fully-scenicked layout plus two detail shots of a newer 30" x90" under construction {it can accomodate trains of over 12 cars - so, I can do that on my 60" pike - I think Vern or Ye Ed. mean 12 full-length passenger cars on tangent (straight) track!}.
NEWZLINE - all Nn3, which I flatly refuse to review on a Z-scale page. Fie on those oversized 1:160 monsters!
Improving the Appearance of Märklin's Z Catenary - Ye Ed. doesn't weather or detail Z, but the catenary masts in grey plastic and the arms and cross spans and the shiny nickel-silver catenary itself screamed to him for attention.
Southwest Z Gauge Meet Taking Shape! - mark your calendar for a big 15 Apr 2000 meet, sponsored by Ztrack, in Richardson, Texas. DG&M modules will be set up. Contact Billy Roden at 972-690-1130 or Rob Kluz (above).
A Pig on Rails? Good Luck! (Märklin ad) - German symbol of good luck now a Z loco (88642) {now that's really loco!}.
Stan Jones'{s} Western Pacific Z Empire - 1950s WP/CB&Q interchange in seven b&w and two color photos {wherever you look, there's this spindly trestle - a neat feature in Z!}.
ON THE BACK COVER - full color, full page ad for Reynaud's, with steam and diesel locos and a Märklin steam tank engine commuter set.
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