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Webmaster		#1 Posted : 03 February 2008 02:34:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Today, I and perz took a drive to the Gothenburg area to visit Lars for a marklin-users.net meeting. Also invited was our Dutch member Sander van Wijk, now living in Gothenburg for a couple of months, and he showed up after some initial local train confusion regarding timetables and locations and such worldly nuisances... So it was an international meeting, technically speaking, and English was the official language. We all had a very nice time, and I think also Sander appreciated a good time with us "old farts" since the time (as usual) just ran away and suddenly it was about 8 in the evening and we all seemed very happy with the day... Funny how time flies when you have fun... I think everything important was discussed, including Eras, mfx, Märklin policies, collecting, technical details, preferences, other brands and so on... Of course some pics were taken of the event, unfortunately we forgot about taking a group picture but some model pics were taken... So here they are... A small train on the way to the beach... The "Badehosen" set... The magnificient "Klopstock" oldtimer... For our Danish friends... (Roco model, but still interesting...) T3 trying to register with Mobile Station, let's just say there is some room for improvement regarding that procedure.... Well, after reprogramming the Motorola address it worked ok without mfx... The DRG BR38... Even a diesel "sausage on tracks" guest made an appearance... As well as the Swedish version of the G8 (BR55)... And finally, the star of the show - the catenary maintainance unit... This functional model was very fun indeed... Diesel sound, work sounds, controlled pantograph, platform raises and swings - what more do you need? We must of course especially thank our kind host Lars, who I believe had just as fun as us guests all afternoon. We also thank you Lars for the food and nice atmosphere of today...
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jonquinn		#2 Posted : 03 February 2008 02:59:53(UTC) Retweet
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Webmaster		#3 Posted : 03 February 2008 03:04:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Apparently not in Gothenburg...
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bmcrae		#4 Posted : 03 February 2008 03:39:24(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 970 Location: Okanagan Valley, BC		Thanks for the report of your trip Juhan. Wish I could do the same here. [V]
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mmervine		#5 Posted : 03 February 2008 04:06:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,894 Location: Keene, NH		Looks like a great time was had by all!
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steventrain		#6 Posted : 03 February 2008 10:04:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		Excellent pictures, Thanks for sharing Juhan.
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nevw		#7 Posted : 03 February 2008 11:49:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		Thanks JUhan Pleased that you had a good meeting. We had a small gathereing here today to celebrate. Had Rowan, Damon And xxup here also a friend of 47 years (2 Rail) . Bob ANd Kimball could not be here. A good afternoon was had by all. I am sure there will more in be another topic with photos. N
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Sander van Wijk		#8 Posted : 03 February 2008 14:04:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,248 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Göteborg, Sverige,		Hi Juhan, I believe these pictures are really good! After telling me over and over again that they wouldn't look that nice on a "real screen", I didn't expect the sharpness as can be observed in the forum. Or are these the tremendously carefully selected 10 pictures out of the entire 300 photos set? Personally, I've had a really nice time yesterday, thanks!
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ulf999		#9 Posted : 03 February 2008 15:02:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,908 Location: Stockholm, Sweden		Great pics! It seems you had a great time!
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David Dewar		#10 Posted : 03 February 2008 17:31:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland		Good pics Juhan. Thanks. David
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mjrallare		#11 Posted : 03 February 2008 23:16:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 563		Yes, nice pictures. And I guess it's impossible to have anything but a good time when you're visiting "Sveriges framsida"! /Torbjörn
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Webmaster		#12 Posted : 03 February 2008 23:33:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Sander, out of the about 70 photos I took these were carefully selected since there was quite a "quality range" to select from... Unfortunately time did not allow to fill the camera with 300, since time flew by too fast, as you also know.. Too many pics had the catenary interfering, and some were fuzzy beyond software manipulation capabilities... The worst example is this one, could have made a quiz of it...
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steventrain		#13 Posted : 03 February 2008 23:44:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		It is T3 as i see running number matching.
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Webmaster		#14 Posted : 03 February 2008 23:48:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Congratulations Stephen, you won the quiz... Of course I would have obscured the number in a real quiz... The good thing with digicams is that you can discard pics like these and only publish the good ones...
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Ross		#15 Posted : 04 February 2008 00:08:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 945 Location: Sydney, NSW		Hi Juhan, Thanks for this news re a get together of members of the marklin-users.net. Lars looks like he is having a good time. Next time please include more photos of the people enjoying the day[:p] Ross
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Lars Westerlind		#16 Posted : 04 February 2008 00:44:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		Hi Ross, did you see the wooden SJ-cars? If i remember correctly, it was you who encouraged me to open them, and enabling inserting better conducting couplers, and a decoder. We studied it at the meeting! /Lars
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svgeorgiad		#17 Posted : 04 February 2008 01:38:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 616 Location: Athens,		Great meeting guys. Next time the Hellenic M* Club has its meeting we will post photos too! And this will be soon (hopefully Feb. 10, 2008)!!![:p][:p]
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Ross		#18 Posted : 04 February 2008 03:36:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 945 Location: Sydney, NSW		Hi Lars, Yes I did notice the wooden SJ-cars, I'm not sure if you had the lights on but a very nice set. You are correct re how to open them etc. I wrote a tip called "Coach Lighting" dated 07-09-02 on my tips page using the SJ-cars as an example. All good fun Ross Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Lars Westerlind <br />Hi Ross, did you see the wooden SJ-cars? If i remember correctly, it was you who encouraged me to open them, and enabling inserting better conducting couplers, and a decoder. We studied it at the meeting! /Lars
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Larry		#19 Posted : 04 February 2008 07:52:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,443 Location: Northeast Ohio		Ah, so you did use English in the meeting and good times? I bet you, of course, continue to use the Euro instead of the USD in anything you do from a financial standpoint! If so, good choice. So, how much alcohol was consumed? It was stated that you lost track of time and I wondered if that accounted for any of the blurred pics?
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Lars Westerlind		#20 Posted : 04 February 2008 08:52:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		Two bottles of low alcohol bear, 66 cl 2.5 %... :-) Unevenly distributed. Finances were not much discussed, as said, we had fun! As a matter of fact, Sweden has it's own currency "crowns" still; but of course we used international measures... (which equals domestic in our case). I remember we also solved the problem of correct lenght of passenger coaches. /Lars
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mjrallare		#21 Posted : 04 February 2008 11:14:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 563		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Lars Westerlind ...I remember we also solved the problem of correct lenght of passenger coaches. /Lars And the "official marklin-users.net length/scale" is...? /Torbjörn
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Lars Westerlind		#22 Posted : 04 February 2008 11:44:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		I dare not... But I got an idea. A digitally controlled coach with variable lenght. Full length when running straight, contractign in curves and minimum at station stop. If we can't get flexrails, we want flexcoaches... :-) /Lars
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xxup		#23 Posted : 04 February 2008 12:40:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,597 Location: Australia		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Lars Westerlind <br />...But I got an idea. A digitally controlled coach with variable lenght. Full length when running straight, contractign in curves and minimum at station stop. If we can't get flexrails, we want flexcoaches... :-)/Lars Hahahah.. Count me in! That is a brilliant idea.. [^][^][^]
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Purellum		#24 Posted : 04 February 2008 13:14:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,528 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:It is T3 as i see running number matching. Wow, Stephen, I can't see a thing on that picture. Per.
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David Dewar		#25 Posted : 04 February 2008 14:08:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland		Flexcoaches. Lars are you sure this was Low alcohol beer. David
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steventrain		#26 Posted : 04 February 2008 17:33:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		It is a easy quiz, Webmaster.
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john black		#27 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:07:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Next time shut off that Flux Compensator ... Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Webmaster <br />
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Webmaster		#28 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:12:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by David Dewar <br />Flexcoaches. Lars are you sure this was Low alcohol beer. David I actually think it was a Dutch idea, after all - they have invented everything else... (only plain water & coffee for me at the occasion...)
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Webmaster		#29 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:16:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by john black <br />Next time shut off that Flux Compensator ... That T3 was faster than the camera... Or steadier than the camera operator...
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john black		#30 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:19:43(UTC) Retweet
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charles Sharpe		#31 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:24:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,432 Location: NORFOLK UK		Hello Web-master. Please can you tell me more about the yellow coach just behind the catenary maintenance loc in the picture .It looks the part is there just the one coach if so is it still made.
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intruder		#32 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:28:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		Flexcoaches, a great idea. Maybe also bending in curves, to keep an even distance between the coaches.
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Webmaster		#33 Posted : 04 February 2008 23:39:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Charles, it is the "measurement car" from some years ago that can measure speed, distance and such... Sorry, don't know the number... Maybe Lars or others can help... It also has remotely controlled pantographs, which are much noisier than the one on the maintenance lok...
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Sander van Wijk		#34 Posted : 05 February 2008 00:15:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,248 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Göteborg, Sverige,		@ Charles & Juhan: That'll be number 49961.
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Lars Westerlind		#35 Posted : 05 February 2008 08:50:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		It's NOT the speed measure car, it's the catenary maintenance car. It has two piezo raisable pantos, each one connected to a control card. One has isolated ends, so that only a narrow part has electrical contact with the catenary. Besides light in both ends, it has a "beep" to indicated found errors (could be put off luckily), and three measure functions, which of I remember two and use one. You can measure just voltage at the catenary, and if both pantos are raised, it shows if contact is lost between the two. As I have a non powered catenary, the latter mode is the one for me. /Lars
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Sander van Wijk		#36 Posted : 05 February 2008 09:46:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,248 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Göteborg, Sverige,		Correct, I've pretty much overlooked the description, however, the number posted remains the right one for the catenary maintenance car.
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intruder		#37 Posted : 05 February 2008 22:09:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		The speed, time and distance meassurement car has number 49960. It has a manual pantograph.
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steventrain		#38 Posted : 05 February 2008 22:19:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		Hi Charles, There is a lot of 49961 on ebay, if you are interesting in one. http://search.ebay.co.uk...rchiZQQsaprcloZQQsaslcZ2
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Webmaster		#39 Posted : 05 February 2008 23:20:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Ooops, my mistake regarding the functions of the car... Lars has shown it twice for me now, first time a couple of years ago, and it just shows how stupid I really am...
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