Well, Marksburg had sat there in my basement, unfinished
for quite awhile. I finally figured out why. I enjoy watching the
trains go around and around and around and around and around and around
and around and around and around and around and around and around and
around and around and around and around and around and around and around
and around and around ... I think you get the idea.
So, I kept the outer loop mainly as is. It was debugged and trains
worked just fine.
I tore out approx 1/3 of the middle loop. I took out the yard and the
inner part of the middle loop. Then I reconstructed it with a loop that
parallels the outer loop
The inner loop was mostly disassembled. The bridge part just never wored
quite right. Trains were de-coupling all the time, etc. I rebuilt
the inner loop the actually be "the third loop" which parallels the
other two loops.
Lastly, I created a fourth loop (the true inner loop now) which
parallels the other three, plus has a couple tiny yards.
Click here to see pictures of my Main Layout "Marksburg" (current version)
See 30 second movie clips on this page here !
I started with "Z" scale in the early 70's when my Grandmother and Uncle in Germany sent me several starter kits, etc. After playing for many years, I finally had to store it. After 10-15 years, I decided to get it out again. I was heading to Germany to see my uncle, and after having seen the prices at my local hobby shop, I decided on a layout in the old Marklin Track Layout Planner Book, counted what I had and needed. I counted my pennies, and then while in Deutschland for a week, I was able to fill a good 90% of what I needed for 1/2 the cost. My Uncle, my Mom, my Wife and my Parents helped fill the rest at Birthday and Xmas.
Click here to see pictures of my Main Layout "Marksburg" (old version)
Click here to see pictures of my Briefcase Layout
(last updated
200908.14)
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Passenger Cars reference document (547kb Adobe .PDF file)
Freight Cars reference document (983 kb Adobe .PDF file)
Special Cars reference document (3.2 Mb Adobe .PDF file)
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