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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith The voltage difference between US and Europe is also a negative factor, as not a lot of European manufacturers are going to offer 220v converted to 110v for a small niche market. [/quote] Vr, I could be wrong about this, but aren't the motors 12v dc regardless. I have a couple of european locos which run fine using 110v tranformers, and I had my US stuff running on a Euro 220 transformer when I lived overseas with no prob. The DC didn't care about 50hz power. The Marklin 3 rail stuff may be different. But I agree on the limited market. My stuff is pretty much of collector value only to me. Dan, from a few miles south of you. [/quote] You're correct. European locos use 12v motors the same as US locos, it's just the transformers that are different.
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