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Ztrack
The Magazine for Z Scale Model Railroading

This site has now been visited times since the counter was installed.

Z-Scale is only 1:220,
with rails only ¼" (6.5mm) apart!
It is about 2 times smaller than HO!

This is a wee bit hard to believe, but doing a search on HotBot for
"Ztrack" ca. 1998 yielded exactly 220 hits!

COURTESY PAGE

{unofficial - Webmaster's comments in brackets - and,
since it is no longer the main page for Ztrack,
the Webmaster feels freer to make his little comments -
and DOES!}

DISCLAIMER - Ztrack Magazine is not responsible for the Webmaster's comments nor for the reviews presented herein.

Ztrack has its own separate Website,
maintained by Editor Rob Kluz
and hosted by Rob Albriton,
with issue summary information, lots of photos,
products, links, and much more
{and without my snide remarks};
click HERE to go there.

Editor - Rob Kluz
[e-mail:  ztrack@aol.com]

Ztrack
6142 Northcliff Blvd.
Dublin, Ohio  43016

It features news and events in the world of Z-scale with photos and plans, as well as product reviews, a classified marketplace, and ads from leading manufacturers and distributors of Z-scale equipment.

[Ztrak is the name of a line of zero-turning-radius riding lawn mowers
made by that renowned maker of green and yellow tractors, John Deere.]

[Since there is now an official home page, I will not duplicate the entire masthead,
 but I may try to maintain an up-to-date list of regional contacts and such
{no guarantees!}.]

Collector's Corner Coordinator:  Gilles V. Monk (no contact info. given!)   new.gif (18 Jan 03)

Module Coordinator:  Billy Roden - 972-690-1130

Regional Contacts (eff. Nov/Dec 02 issue): 

California	Kevin Walker		626-599-7627  new.gif (18 Jan 03)

Colorado	Dutch Nelsen		719-475-7499

Florida		Adam Scull		305-695-3935

Maryland	Fred Ladd		410-544-5539

Michigan	Gary Gazell		517-349-0025

Missouri	John K. Bartolotto	660-429-2615  new.gif (18 Jan 03)

New Jersey	George Johnstone	732-349-3115

New York	{open, but I volunteer!  Contact S. (Sam) Berliner, III}

Oregon		Marc Million		503-533-9432

Pennsylvania	Bob Olson		717-540-8853


Washington	Scott Whitmire		253-630-6043

Wisconsin	Dave Paegelow		414-675-6220
Hey, guys, how about sending me your e-mail addresses?

Back issues of Ztrack currently available are listed in each issue but have been removed from these reviews and from this site.   new.gif (18 Jan 03)

{The limitations on HTML page size have forced me to create Continuation Page 1, et seq.}

REVIEWS OF ZTRACK ISSUES

I stopped reviewing when I inadvertently let my subscription lapse and a certain editor didn't howl about it!  Unless I get overwhelmed with requests, I think I'll leave it this way, but the four succeding issues were each more fabulous than the preceding ones, as was the "latest" ("latest" is the operative word - Vol. 8, Number 6, Nov-Dec 2002, only arrived 16 Jan 03!).   rev.gif (18 Jan 03)

INDEX to This Page

The last issue reviewed:
Volume 7, Number 3, May/June, 2001 and nary a peep out of anyone since, so it is quite safe to assume there is no need for these reviews to continue.   rev.gif (18 Jan 03)

The previous issue:
Volume 7, Number 2, March/April, 2001

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 4:
Volume 7, Number 1, January/February 2001
Volume 6, Number 6, November/December, 2000
Volume 6, Number 5, September/October, 2000
Volume 6, Number 4, July/August, 2000
Volume 6, Number 3, May/June, 2000

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 3:
Volume 6, Number 2, March/April, 2000
Volume 6, Number 1, January/February, 2000
Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 1999
Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 1999

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 2:
Volume 5, Number 4, July/August 1999
Volume 5, Number 3, May/June 1999

[Reminder - my (Webmaster's) personal comments are enclosed in {braces}.]

The last issue reviewed,
Volume 7, Number 3, May/June, 2001

ON THE COVER

Cover Photo - full-color shots of dusk on Caotain Robert henston's turntable and roundhouses (FIVE!), Jeff MacHan's Vel Ease Central turntable, and -

David George's Golden-Blackhawk & Central City RR. - pg 12

In This Issue ...

 
Turntables, Roundhouses and More .. pg. 5 
Märklin Update, EXCLUSIV 2/2001 ... pg. 11
Coreless Motor Benefits ........... pg. 18
Artitec New Z Kits ................ pg. 22
Layout Scrapbook, Daniel Egy ...... pg. 20
And so much more ...

PAs Announced! - page 10

Inside front cover - full page color ad:  Märklin - Prototypical Realism in 1:220 - Two New Trains for Your Layout - Swiss Era II freight traffic set #81423 with a brown Crocodile and SKW Trostberg set #81422 with four carbide cylinder cars and a three-axle diesel-hydraulic switcher with the new Märklin 5-pole mini-club motor.

The Trackside Perspective - Editor Rob Kluz was in Germany for the Modellbahn Treff show and waxes enthusiastic.

MailBag - miscellany.

Turntables, Roundhouses, The Complete Spin - Rob Kluz.

Rewiring Märklin's Turntable - Jeffery MacHan {well illustrated}.

Another ad from Bob"Z" for those gold and silver Märklin locos {which I still think are vile - there are so many people starving in this world!  Must be selling like hotcakes!}.

Packing a Märklin Roundhouse into a Suitcase - Jeffery MacHan {actually, once again, it's an attaché case}.

Details, details and more details... - Rob Kluz on the area around turntables.

American Z Line (formerly Rogue Line) Introduces PAs (and PBs) - {Finally!  ALCo PA-1s and PB-1s in Z!}  Small Scale Works to Rogue to American Z (now owned by Norwegian Rail Miniatures) and we will have a limited run (300) {at an unlimited price - $560 msrp/$470 offer} in AT&SF, D&RGW, NYC, PRR (with antennae), SP, and UP (with correct detailing for each) and an unpowered PB-1.  From Ajin in brass and available only through Ztrack.  There is an accompanying insert.

My insert fell out but I found it - it's a questionnaire about the PA-1s and PB-1s,
which are offered as PA, PA-PB, PA-PB-PA, PA-PB, and PB.

Next in line, for Winter 2002, will be the EMD E8/E9!

{I'll save my pennies for another custom boxcab chassis - LIRR (2nd) #402.}

Casey Jones Stalling?  Easy Fix... - Jeff MacHan suggests a simple way.

Märklin News... Branch Line Cars Revised - DB sat has more elaborate baggage-mail car. Märklin EXCLUSIV 2/2001 Items Announced - Three-car Henkel two-axle tank car set #86113 (supplementing last year's four-car set #86112) and set #86615 with a Käble type 70 021 truck tractor and a Culemeyer-type road trailer for moving freight cars a privately-owned Brauerei Ganter two-axle reefer is included in the set.

Side-bar - Märklin is now blackening the wheels of Z locos and cars and some steam drawbars.

Alcatel is selling mobile phones in a presentation case with an SBB Class 460 loco {collectors are already paying $1,000 and up; just what we always needed!}.

David George's "Golden-Blackhawk & Central City Railroad" - well-illustrated feature on an oversized module that will be in the Z booths at the NMRA show (see below).

Lenz Agency announces a decoder for DCC in Z!

Two-page color centerspread by Micro-Trains Line for their EMD F-7 B-unit dummy locomotive (Santa Fe freight blue shown) - it won the 2000 MR Reader's Choice Award for Z Scale Product of the Year {I read MR but wonder how many Zedheads do and how many sent in their cards!}.

Pennzee color 1/3-page ad for their new steel sided reefers!  Armour, MILW, Swift, and Wilson (in sets of four).

Coreless motors, benefits for Z - Part 1 of 2... The history - Harald Freudenreich {of Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik (FR)} writes about the Faulhaber and similar coreless micro-motors {Ye Ed messed up the formulae and such horribly, and well-meaning helpers didn't do much of a job on the technical English, but it's still a great explication}.  Part 2 will examine conversion kits.

A retraction, apology, and reprinting is required,
both for Harald's honor as an engineer and author
and for the dignity of the magazine, as well as to
clarify the article for the average reader..

Tour schedule for Jeff MacHan's Val Ease Central.

Marks Introduces Z Vehicles - Marks Metallmodellcclassic's {sic} offers #0501 Ford A Pickup and #0502 Ford A tow truck, plus ca. 1959 #0551 MAN F8 covered stake body truck with matching trailer.

TRAX STIX Promises to Keep Track Clean - another abrasive stick - leaves no residue {I, personally am against the use of abrasives on railheads, except in emergencies; the scratches hold dirt and increase the surface area for corrosion}.

Ad for FR's Swiss Rorschach Helden Bergbahn DZeh2/4 Rack Locomotive (which Harald will display at the NMRA show).

Artitec Increases Z Scale Accessories Line - Kits #52102 gravel barge, #52103 small transport (lighter) and lift (crane on barge), #12103 Euro railroad crossing station (shanty) and cross bucks, #12101 brick warehouse, #12104 wharf accessories (modular bulkheads and stairs, #12102 r-trackside storage structure.

Billy Roden's Row Houses... - outline drawings to duplicate and make your own.

The Z Scale Layout Scrapbook... - Daniel Egy, a 737 jockey, shows a mixed Euro/Can/Am layout.

Gateway 2001 NMRA National Train Show Features Z Efforts - Rob and others will have a double booth (35' x 50' (1,750 sq. ft.!) with both stand-alone layouts and a huge modular complex. This will be in Booths 362-363 in St. Louis, 13-15 July 2001.

1/3-page ad for Miller Engineering's Z Starlite Drive-In {movie}.

NEWZLINE

Micro-Trains 14402 AT&SF #100938 Jul 42 GATC 39' Class Tk-M single dome tank car in black with white lettering.

Micro-Trains 14408 SP #60175 Jul 42 GATC 39' single dome tank car in black with white lettering (re-release).

Midlantic Zedheads to Meet - 15 Jul 2001 at London Bridge Collector's Toys Ltd. in Emmaus, PA {I will be bringing Harald Freudenreich and Ilona Steltner; RSVP host Ron Ruddell at > "Ronald P. Ruddell" }. List of Z Scale Module and Interest Groups...

Half-page ad for Rob's 4-door sedans and several different coupés, and new transformer load (triple pot type) for well-flats, BUT he now offers 1936-era PICK-UP TRUCKS!

American Z Lines C44s - still offered in AT&SF, BNSF, NS, and UP.

INSIDE THE BACK COVER - Blair Line Introduces Laser Cut Billboards - Western Auto, Greyhound, UP Freight Station, Phillips 66, Sherwin Williams Paints (cover the world), Admiral Television Applicances, Jesus Saves, and Meadow Gold dairy products; The Parting Shot... - Ken Schulz's late 19th Century layout; and the Aspen ad for their saddle tanker engine (or just body) and an old engine house.

ON THE BACK COVER - full page ad for Reynaud's, with Märklin 2001 steam and diesel locos, and pasenger and freight car sets, plus high-rises.

Volume 7, Number 2, March/April 2001

ON THE COVER

Cover Photo - full-color shots of Harald Freudenreich's SBB/BLS Layout, Märklin's new #88690 DB 212, and -

Helmut Paul's Award-Winning Z Scale Layout... pg 5

In This Issue ...

 
Neal's N-Gauging Trains New Z Kits .. pg. 6
Roden Looks To Promote Z Modules .... pg. 7
NEWZLINE ............................ pg. 8
OPI Industries Z 'Trac-Lite'TM  ...... pg. 10
Freudenreich's SBB/BLS Layout ....... pg. 12
Creating Atmosphere with Sound ...... pg. 20
And so much more ...

Halwa Feinmodellbau Offers Turnouts, Accessories - page 11

The Trackside Perspective - Welcome - Editor Rob Kluz welcomes Dave Karp as Contributing Editor and acknowledges the contributions to Z scale of founding editor Adam Scull.

The April 2001 Model Railroader has an article on a Z briefcase layout {actually, it's an attaché case} and how to modify and detail a Märklin {auto}truck.

The Z Scale Layout Scrapbook... Helmut Paule - two photos and a description.

Neal's N-Gauging Trains Expands Z Scale Kits Line - incredibly finely detailed Victorian and Amish buggies and a summer house (an octagonal brick garden shed), complete with a wheelbarrow, pick, and shovel!

Billy Roden Looks To Promote Z Modules and Z Module Groups - our Module Coordinator offers alternative modular standards and names existing groups; a "Z-Mod" modular system handbook is forthcoming.

NEWZLINE

Aspen's new brass {NOT cast lead/zinc!} U.S. saddle tanker body for the Märklin 0-6-0T #8800 {which appears to be a typo; there aren't too many of those around - the ubiquitous lil' critter that most of us have is the #8805 - but it will fit either of them or the new five-pole chassis}.

Micro-Trains 14403 UTLX #73355 Aug 46 ACF 39' single dome Union Tank Car in black with white lettering.

Adam Scull Appointed Booth Coordinator {I was advised that he had since declined}.

New Z Gauge Trac-LiteTM from OPI Industries - Model TL-200-Z Model Railroad Power/Polarity Track Tester with high-intensity LEDs.

Halwa Feinmodellbau Offers Turnouts, Accessories - "live" frog turnouts, gondola sets with loads, engine house, two-story container office, shed and garages, a 20' liquid container, and roadways and signage.

Freudenreich's Swiss Layout - the display layout for Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik's product line, including working catenary, is shown and described.

Märklin's New Mini-Club Items for 2001, Export Items & EXCLUSIV 1/2001 - six (6) pages of new items {sorry, it's far too much to catalog here and many of the releases have already been described, but one item really caught my eye - the 2001 Museum car is a stake car with a heavy industrial 2-part stamping press}.

Creating Atmosphere with Sound - Jeff MacHan on adding sound to his Val-Ease Central {which now has a VE East and West}.

INSIDE THE BACK COVER - Harald Freudenreich's Swiss layout continues, in color, and an Aspen ad shows the saddle tanker engine (or just body - see above) and a fantastic single-truck "logging caboose" {a log-bunk/disconnect bobber} in color {these are from Westmodel and a wee bit pricey}.

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 4:
Volume 7, Number 1, January/February 2001
Volume 6, Number 6, November/December, 2000
Volume 6, Number 5, September/October, 2000
Volume 6, Number 3, May/June, 2000

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 3:
Volume 6, Number 2, March/April, 2000
Volume 6, Number 1, January/February, 2000
Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 1999
Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 1999

These reviews were moved to Continuation Page 2:
Volume 5, Number 4, July/August, 1999,
Volume 5, Number 2, May/June, 1999,

Back issues of Ztrack are no longer listed on this site.   rev.gif (18 Jan 03)

Someone else signs off, "Be Z'ing you!"

Your Webmaster signs off - "Best RegardZ"

SB,III's Z-SCALE INDEX

The internal links, which work fine on my home page and others, don't seem to work here!  I'm working on it, but haven't a clue; I even just copied the working links over and they don't work here.  So, scroll away!

{NOT being kept current - see the main Z-Scale page, below.   rev.gif (18 Jan 03)

On this page:

  Ztrack Magazine.

On SB,III's Z-Scale page:

    Z-Scale
    Scale and Gauge
    Scale Conversion Table
    Z-Scale Miscellany
    Z-Scale Wiring Conventions

On SB,III's Z-Scale Continuation Page:

    Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal RR in Z
    Wish List - some goodieZ I'd like and some I have,
like Freudenreich's Z Boxcab Diesel and GN/WFEX Reefer
and Larry Hoff's Bobber Caboose and Crane!
    MT SP Moguls - the absolute top of the Wish List!

On the Z-Scale Continuation Page 3:

    Half-Z Scale - 1:440 Tiny Trains!
(moved from the preceding page)
    1:900 Scale - Tiniest Trains!
    Power - Volts, Amps, Watts for Z.
    Some More Z (all the latest!),
including more on Freudenreich's Z Boxcab Diesel and new HomaBed Z roadbed.

On the Z Scale Articles page:

    Z-Scale Hell Gate Bridge
On the first Model Railroad page:
    Sunrise Trail Division (STD) of the
        Northeastern Region (NER) of the
        National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)
    Long Island - Sunrise Trail Chapter (LIST) of the
        National Railway Historical Society (NRHS)

On the second Model Railroad page:

  Vest Pocket Railroads You Can Model:
    Degnon Terminal Railroad
and moved to their own pages:
    Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT)
    Marion River Carry Railroad

On separate, but Z-related, pages:

Berlinerwerke-Z Script
    Berlinerwerke-Z Saga
    Berlinerwerke-Z Saga Continuation Page
    Berlinerwerke Saga (HO, included with Horseshoe Curve info.)
    Berlinerwerke Apocrypha (tall tales of the BW and its equipment and such).
    ALCo-GE-IR Boxcab Oil-Electric (Diesel) Locomotives (and other Makes), et seq.
    Schnable and other Giant RR Cars.

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