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  1. On 26/06/2023 at 03:05, hartleymartin said:

     

    I am doing something similar and have purchased a quantity of Trix C Track. I would like to figure out the possibility of converting the Marklin C track to 2-rail as they do not produce a 3-way point in the Trix range at the moment. I was using Bachmann EZ-track for my "Floorboard Central" as I obtained a vast quantity of it very cheaply, but I am not pleased with the messing about for setting it up and packing it away.

    https://www.marklin-users.net/forum/posts/t49928-Use-AC-HO-Marklin-turnouts-with-DC-power-supply

    This might help with a turnout/points conversion from Marklin AC to DC running.  

    I managed to convert a RH turnout successfully. 

    The three way should be possible to work out.

    The main tricks are in

    (1)  isolating the metal frog - Its a pressure fit and with some force it pops out  - then grind it down so it no longer connects to the rails

    (2)  removing the flat metal piece that connects the switch blades. 

    (3)  connecting up the rails to restore power to them

    The video gives one the confidence to perform the necessary surgery. 

    Its in German and the guy works very fast so I needed to keep stopping it... .

    But one you get the principle its all good.

    I too have a ton of EZ track.  The Trix track is easier to set up and break down.

    Sometimes one simply has to bite the bullet  and write off the investment.

    Such is the pain of learning.

     

    Below is an image of the three way.

    The way its constructed suggests it is one large frog.

    It could be quite a headache !  It could be expensive to find out..MarklinTripleTurnout.jpg.04f86e51262f52cc449283719688eecf.jpg

  2. The Impermanent Way is my current  modus operandi in layout building.  Every time trains run the track goes different places.  As part of this I am experimenting with using Maerklin C track for DC running.  A small operation with a pair if snips at each end of a piece of track and voila - AC becomes DC. ( I have yet to figure out what to do with points/turnouts... ) I was wondering if anyone else has any experience to share  in this field of experimentation?  C track is very versatile and to my eye has a pleasing profile.  Maerklin also make a useful range of accessories for it..

  3. Hello 

    The good news is that I have both MR-003 BR Early 68184  and MR-004  BR Late (Dept 57) up for grabs

    The bad news is that I live in Canada..

    Happy to post if you can afford the freight..

    Best regards

    Bill

  4. Hello - what would you like?

    Network Rail boxed Pair 97302/97304/ in original box with bits unattached

    Network Rail 97302 single with bits unattached

    DRS 37229 - Jonty Jarvis with bits unattatched

     

    Only ever test run

    Please let me know if you are interested..

    (I do live in Canada so postage won't be that cheap..)

     

  5. Having recently returned from the point and shoot wilderness and acquired a DSLR - Canon EOS T7i / 800D..

    It is obvious that 1 battery won't do..

    And after much investigation have opted to get hold of a third party battery or two., Asperx LP-E17

    They seem to only come in pairs with a charger in tow.. but its a USB charger rather than the AC charger that Canon supplies..

    And according to someone on some far-flung YouTube video, last well and don't evoke Canons battery nanny..

    Also, the charger will, apparently, charge up Canons original offering.

    Anyways..

    I'll soon find out the veracity of any of this and report back, that is if anyone is still interested..

  6. Sending a package small packet Air is about $22.00 Canadian which is about 14 pounds UK..

    I would want 80 pounds for 68184  so about 94 pounds total..

    If it needs to be tracked then its $56.00 or about 34 pounds UK..

    For a total of 114 Pounds..

    Let me know if this falls within your budget..

  7. It is seven years later..

    And all things eventually turn up..

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    and yes its players again

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    Promoting their products in Pullman cars..

    You don't stick branding on your products unless you have

    (a)  permission

    (b) Intend to make money through advertising.

    (c)  want to associate your product with prestige..

     

    With players you will travel in style, etc..

    Senior Service also did a similar thing with BR for their revamped Pullman services..

     

    (P.S. the seller never even noticed the Pullman logo or even realised that it related to rail travel in a bygone era!

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  8. GMTXLocoAB07thMay2019Web.jpg.120fee3fa7bd87eb0750f6bb36ea9c47.jpg

     

    Taken on 7th May 2019 at Bedford Nova Scotia, crossing the Sackville river - (Perhaps it was going home .)

    GMTX 2257 - I believe its a GP 38-2 ?

     

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    P.S. A few moments later just after it had crossed..

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  9. Hello faa77 -  I do have three of the Bachmann # 38-351 BAA Steel Carrier Wagons - The yellow/grey/black ones with steel coil loads.

    All original in pristine condition. 

    Please get in touch if interested -

    P.S. I live in Canada, so the cost of postage maybe an issue, but is not too expensive if surface mail works for you..

  10. Hello I have three if you are still interested?

    4090, 4089, 4088, in Engineers Olive Green DB993634, DB993413 and DB993057.

    All clean and in good (Heljan Style) working order.. with bits to attach..

     

  11. Hello - I do have in nearly mint practically unused condition..

    44-117 Booking Office + Canopy in original box

    44-116 Waiting Room  In original Box

    44-114 Gents - Unsoiled in original box

    44-120 Water column in original box

    44-118 Subway stairs in original box..

    44-114 Lamp huts in original packaging

    If you are still needing these..

    Snag - I live in Nova Scotia - 

    The postage may not amuse you :)

     

  12. 7 hours ago, Hroth said:

    I've been on and off with this one as its SO Rule 1.

     

    I'm coming around to the thought that it would make a  good cameo scene at a terminus, paired with the Bachmann "Ambulance Train"* pack as a WW1 "fund raiser" scene....

     

    * Definitely another Rule 1 purchase that I've not really found a use for yet!

     I agree Rule 1(b) actually "..all those items you would have done anything to get to run on your model "train-set" when you were nine.."..

      Can anyone plausibly justify this rail gun running through an Austrian station in the 1960's?

  13. Hello -

    I was unable to log in..

    But after reading the useful info that Andy provided..

    I managed to log in by changing my user name to Bill, on my browsers auto log in system.

    BUT.. (This is the simplified version it was actually far more convoluted)

    I now needed to change my email address but could not remember my password and was immediately flung into a prisoners dilemma.

    To change my email address I needed to remember my password.

    Which could only happen if the password reset was sent to my old email address.

    Which has long since expired.

    So I guessed my password and although as it turned out the guess was correct.

    The software told me it was the wrong password.

    And would not accept the new password..

    (So I emptied my browsers cache..)

    But none the less, without informing me it had surreptitiously changed my password to its new form anyway.

    (I hope you are following this).

    However when I logged out and tried to log in using my old password (remembered by my browser).

    Thinking the change had not gone through as it had been rejected by the software

    It told me that my password was unacceptable.

    That is when I then deduced that something had in fact happened concerning passwords, 

    So I guessed again and entered my proposed new password,(in spite of being informed by the software that the password change had not gone through),

    And voila - I was in!  (Hurrah!)

    The password change had in fact gone through. 

    (Does this remind you of the Princess bride or not?)

    So I now had a password that the software, somehow, by some magic, had recognized.

    And I was able to now change my email address..

    It is all so very simple, a child could do it. :)

     

    And my Heartfelt thanks to the team for all the frustratingly hard work that must have gone in to making this upgrade possible.

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  14. Well.. Exe arrived today - (Only time I have been delighted when an ex-e turned up.) So they have got as far as Halifax in Nova Scotia..

    So I cleaned the track and set it running.

    And it does indeed run, very smoothly on my ridiculous track building.

    It traversed four sets of Peco points with no discernible problems.

    The next thing will be to fit the coupling on the rear and see how Exe does with Clarabel, Annie and company..

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  15. I need to look at those they look quite good.

     

    They look the part at that scale. Not bad - We'll see how they perform when Exe arrives

    They come with Peco's plastic wheel sets.. So these needed to be replaced - 

    I used Parkside Dundas Item PN53 ... 6.2 mm Dia. Metal Wheels 

    Not all wheel sets at N scale fit all manufacturers..

    These wheels were specifically designed to fit Peco and Graham Farish models..

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