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Hi Guys! Frankly, if that Z scale layout had not been a gift, I would have never considered that scale. You need an eagle´s eyes and very steady hands for it. Of course, you have to keep the track painstakingly clean. Maerklin has a track cleaning car, that actually grinds the grime off the track, but it does not help to get rid of over 20 years of corrosion. To clean the track, I use a track cleaning pad, which polishes the rails. The ones I did are just as good as new. Once they run, the locos perform surprisingly well. I have a cab controller, which I built myself some years ago. It used adjustable pulse-width DC (or is it chopped off AC?) to control the locos, allowing them to creep along the track. The Maerklin power packs, however, know only three speed settings - 0 mph, 100 mph and 500 mph.  I am still not sure what to make out of that layout. I would just hate to see that stuff rotting away...  What I am aiming at looks a little bit like this: <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/bhf.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" />
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