Ztrack Resale - 1000 and counting!

Ztrack Resale now has over over 1000 items in stock and ready to ship! Plus we continue to add new products almost daily!

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Rob Kluz

Rob, I sent you an Email with an offer for 4 of your German Passenger cars.
Let me know if you are willing to sell them. I'll pay you for them with a C. C.
Or Paypal, or Ck. What ever you want. Thanks what ever you decide.

Kin I just sent you an email. I need you to email the part numbers. Thanks!

Rob

Ztrack Resale has added so many products just today! We have added over 50 products in the past 24 hours, including locomotives, sets, track and kits. Plus more items will be added in the new next few days!

As of this post, we have 145 Micro-Trains freight cars and for European fans, 79 Marklin electric locomotives! Stop by and check out all of the new items. Likely we have something you are looking for!

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Rob Kluz

Rob,
Checking out the resale site, an increasing number of products are being identified as NIB (not in box, I believe). While I can understand this for "vintage" items, I have problems understanding it for recently released, "authorized dealer" items. Perhaps you could clarify.

Mark

If I am not mistaken, NIB stands for New IN Box

Correct, NIB is new in the box. Any items missing boxes, or have boxes that are damaged, worn, insert is damaged, etc are marked accordingly. We do use NIB of those items that are truly new in the box such as products from Ztrack Center which we list also on Resale. For instance, MTL locomotives such as the CSX SD40-2 listed as NIM are marked as being from Ztrack Center and carry all full manufacturer warranties.

In other cases, NIB is for items that we can guarantee as never run, possibly never opened. Last year, we purchased the inventory of a hobby shop who stopped offering model trains. You can sill find MTL cars listed NIB of Resale from this buy. Also, on occasion, we receive items from collectors who may displayed the items or kept them in the box. If we have any doubt, we switch these to a rating of excellent.

We guarantee all purchases. I want Ztrack Resale to be the safest place to purchase new and used Z scale items. For this reason, if customers are not satisfied with their purchase, they can return it to us. Easy enough.

Rob

Makes sense. Not sure how I got "Not In Box" into my head. But I will confirm, all purchases I've made from ztrack resale have met, and generally exceed my expectations.

Mark

Rob, Nice to see the 'Blue Monster' for sale. I had one running on my first CCRR layout and it is the best Z steamer I have ever seen. Srong, great at slow speeds and ran flawlessly over my crappy track work in those early day. I recommend this beauty. Jim

Jim,
Remember whwen I brought my "Blue Monster" down from Hemet and we ran it along with the Z Track cars on your layout. I hope you are feeling better, drop me a note when you can.

Robert

That Mallet is an awesome locomotive. I always wondered if Marklin had planned to use the chassis as a basis for a Big Boy.

Anyone need any Marklin track? Just today, 191 products have been added to Resale including Marklin track, control boxes, accessories, parts and so much more!

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Rob

Rob,

I think mine was an Insider model.

Robert

Robert,

Correct. The first release was for Marklin Insiders only. I believe they offered a black DRG version a year or two after our blue version.

Did you see the winter version of the Borsig Mallet that Marklin released to dealers this year? Very interesting locomotive, even if it never ran the rails in real life.

Rob

I'll check it out. I have the "Long Henry" hopper set and the steam engine that matchjes the set. However, the engine cannot pull the 20 hoppers so I added the "Blue Monster" to assist. I discovered this at a train show when I ran the set, bummer. Maybe I sould consider a second engine. I sent an email to Marklin that their engine could not pull the set without a second engine, but haven't heard anything yet.

The Long Henry was pulled in real life by two steam locomotives. Marklin did release a 2nd locomotive to go with this set. But it was released as an MHI item the following year after the set was released. I have one of the steam locos, but not both. I am actually thinking of running the train on my layout with 2x class 151 electrics. This is prototypical to how these heavy ore trains are run today.

Rob

ztrack wrote: Did you see the winter version of the Borsig Mallet that Marklin released to dealers this year? Very interesting locomotive, even if it never ran the rails in real life. Rob

Is this the winter camouflage #88055, with the condensor tender?



My next comment is not to slam Marklin, but... I do not understand why a manufacture with financial difficulties would take the time, money and resources to release a model that never actually ran the rails, in a very limited paint scheme, 1943.

That being said... I just bought one from an on-line dealer in Germany. It's a Marklin Christmas for me, as I was also lucky enough to have a fellow Z-buddy find a Marklin #88035 Bumble Bee for me, at original retail.

Mr.JA wrote: I do not understand why a manufacture with financial difficulties would take the time, money and resources to release a model that never actually ran the rails, in a very limited paint scheme, 1943.

While I will agree with you in principle, I'm always surprised how well "fantasy" railroad schemes sell. Consider MTLs President and States series. If Marklin has done their marketing right, these units may sell better than a model of a real locomotive.

Mark

I boycott buying those fantasy engines, this encourage those manufacturer even more to release other fantasy crap. BTW: the bumble bee in Z is fantasy too, it was in reality a narrow gauge loco and Marklins model is really N scale or better Nm.

Gerd... I agree with your statement and opinion. Yes... I know the Bumble Bee is another fictional loco, but it does look good in the proper setting. You have to remember, to those not into Z-scale... it's "cute" as to how small our "toys" are.

I do despise the whole MTL line of Micro-Mouse, Christmas Mouse, State Cars, etc. Again, I think this wastes money, time and resources when MTL could have been producing some of the N-scale body-style into Z-scale. But, then... we all know the folks in Talent, Oregon, do not believe that Z-scale is a viable business. If it wasn't for Joe D', North American Z would not be where it is now.

Oh, and... don't worry... I still have a steady supply of monthly projects for you through 2012. Maybe I should have Boeing, Mitsubishi and Sikorsky send my fees directly to you.

Yes that is a the one. I have to admit, I am also not a fan of the fantasy locomotives. When Marklin first released this locomotive as an insider locomotive, I had to justify purchasing it. I have been collecting the insider locomotives since the very first one was released. All were based on prototypes. I justified the Borsig since in reality, construction had started on at least one locomotive so it was not totally fantasy.

When I saw the winter version, I was really torn. I have been waiting for some time for Marklin to release the camouflaged steam locomotives from World War II. I had hoped they would release them. I have studied this era for many years and have collected other period locomotives and rolling stock. This includes Z-Panzer's amazing items. I wish Marklin had gone with a class 50 instead of the Borsig. But since this was the first 'winterized' locomotive from Marklin in Z, I decided to go for it.

Gerd, you are absolutely correct about the Bumble Bee. I have heard from Marklin insiders that Nn3 was the target audience for the locomotive.

There is a no doubt that Z scalers love their details and prototype accuracy. Alex and Gerd, your collaborations show that. AZL has a history or prototype specific details and I know we will see more releases from them in the future with prototype specific add on details. I also expect to see impressive new releases and options from MTL and Full Throttle in 2012.

There is no doubt that it is a good time to be in this scale. It is only going to get better.

Rob