Amaz... briefcase Z Scale layout

Hi Bill

Very nice,pop open the briefcase and you have instant trains running

Alex

Seen them in the Marklin catalog, but never knew anyone who had one.  It must amaze people who see it.  Do you find that the engine needs frequent running to avoid the lubricant hardening up?

Thanks for posting this. After many years in the hobby, I'm looking for something a bit different from items which have been or are presently in my collection. I think one of these will fit the bill. Besides, Z scale is one of the few scales in which I've never owned a piece of equipment...gotta do something about that!

Thanks again,

Bob 

No, when I moved my office I didn't run it for over a year and lubricated it, like I do it's big cousins, only with micro drops of oil, and that's when I made the video.

Bob, send me an email, it's in my profile.

I have always loved Z guage stuff although I find it very delicate.

I was at an LHS in Pittsburgh one weekend in the mid '80s when I saw a Marklin Z-gauge RTR set with a wonderful 2-6-2 and passenger cars, which I bought immediately.  I knew my wife would kill me if it showed up at the house, so I took it to work the next Monday and set it up on a corner of my desk.  My buddies and I were watching it and talking like six year olds when the big-boss walked in and just stopped cold halfway through the door.  We all froze - but that tiny train just continued to run around its little loop: the General Manager had a reputation for being withering in his sarcasm.  He walked up my desk and looked down at the train for a minute, the looked up at me and said "You know what happened to the last idiot who brought a model train in here?"

"No," I croaked.

"He's no longer with us," he said as he laughed and turned to walk out, "He retired as Vice President and Division General Manager!"

Twenty-two years later - I did, too.

There may be a lesson there or just a good story, but it's true.

To get this back to "O gauge", this is my On12 micro-layout with operating train representing an amusement park railway. Lionel is O-gauge, right?