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daylightdon		#1 Posted : 12 June 2011 22:47:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Hello, I am a professional model train layout builder here in Northern California. I build mostly 0 gauge layouts. I just started building an HO Marklin train layout for a customer who has a small number of Marklin engines and other equipment. I have one of his engines that needs traction tires and a main truck side frame that is missing. It is a light blue with silver striping and a silver cab roof, small diesel type engine. Need part numbers if available. I cannot find any numbers on the engine. The wheels are about 9/16th at the flange and about 15/32nds at the tire rim. Any help at all is much appreciated. Regards to all Don
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Chris6382chris		#2 Posted : 12 June 2011 23:00:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/11/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,218 Location: Middle of the US		Hi Don: Welcome to the forum. Do you have a couple pictures of the engine you are talking about? Chris P.S. I live in the Northbay and am in Sacramento often. A shop in Roseville that might be able to help with parts is Railroad Hobbies.
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daylightdon		#3 Posted : 12 June 2011 23:07:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Another question if I may: What is the maximum grade a Marklin train with traction tires can handle?
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Yumgui		#4 Posted : 12 June 2011 23:12:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,660 Location: Paris, France		daylightdon, Welcome to the forum ! Like Chris wrote, pix would be handy plz ^^ Also, max grade is about 3 to 5 % tops .. depends what you are pulling, and with what loco. Yum
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hxmiesa		#5 Posted : 13 June 2011 10:02:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,595 Location: Spain		What you have is probably a DHG 500 (Märklin ref# 3078); Or here; Märklin Database This one will climb 10% gradients with a couple of metal waggons with no problem! A quick search on internet says traction tires should be ref# 7154 from M. For the truck side frame, it might be cheaper scavenging some poor loco off Ebay...
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daylightdon		#6 Posted : 13 June 2011 15:57:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Henrik, That is exactly it. Thank you so much!! I will order the tires today.
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H0		#7 Posted : 13 June 2011 16:10:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,462 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: hxmiesa This one will climb 10% gradients with a couple of metal waggons with no problem! M* made this model with 2 and with 1 traction tyre. I would stay below 5% gradients anyway. Explosion diagram: http://www.maerklin.de/s...r.php?artikelnummer=3078 The left truck part (#4) is available, the right part (#5) is not in stock.
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daylightdon		#8 Posted : 13 June 2011 16:59:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Hi Tom, Thanks so much for your reply and helpful information. Max grade on any layout we build is 3% regardless of gauge. It turns out the left side is what is needed. (That is if the long end is the front of the engine??), I will try to order through my local dealer. Is is possible to attach images to this forum? I have attached a copy of the layout we designed for this customer. The green track is Marklin HO. File Attachment(s): DG68.bmp (2,476kb) downloaded 90 time(s).
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river6109		#9 Posted : 13 June 2011 17:12:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,876 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square		Welcome to the forum Thanks for layout picture. One thing I would like to mention: the 2 loops on either side (black) why not add a couple curved turnouts on each loop, this will give you an independent flow of traffic for the inside and outside track and most probably more options. Layout plan looks great. John
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daylightdon		#10 Posted : 13 June 2011 19:17:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Thanks John, We may well do that down the road a bit, but for right now my customer just wants to get things going. I'm also building (Assembling), a "G" gauge railroad that will be overhead in this 14.5 X 19 foot room. It will be truly a "MULTI-GAUGE" Train room. (I WILL NOT DO "Z" Gauge!!!) We are fairly adept at changing, re-doing, re-working, adding in more track and scenery. It's the nature of model railroading. The (Black) track at the top will be about 5 inches above the (Green), track which is HO. The (Black) track closest to the edge of the benchwork in front of the HO will be hidden or tunneled. I will be posting progress photos in the coming weeks and months.
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daylightdon		#11 Posted : 13 June 2011 19:19:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Tom, Where is Cologne, NRW???
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H0		#12 Posted : 13 June 2011 20:10:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,462 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: daylightdon Tom, Where is Cologne, NRW??? Germany. Where is Sacramento CA? (just kidding)
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS
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Webmaster		#13 Posted : 13 June 2011 20:26:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Originally Posted by: daylightdon Is is possible to attach images to this forum? It is indeed possible to attach images, in fact attached image files will show as images in the forum if they are about max 500-550kB in size - which is more than enough for a good quality 1024x768 pixel jpeg image. If they are way to big, as your attachment, they will show up as a downloadable attachment link instead. Hope this helps.
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steventrain		#14 Posted : 13 June 2011 21:32:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		Hi Daylightdon, Welcome to the forum.
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daylightdon		#15 Posted : 14 June 2011 04:02:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		Tom, My Grandfather was born in Germany, 1885.
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Yumgui		#16 Posted : 14 June 2011 08:03:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,660 Location: Paris, France		HO, I usually find Cologne in my medicine cabinet ... Yum
		If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out ! Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
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jvuye		#17 Posted : 22 June 2011 08:06:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France		Originally Posted by: daylightdon Tom, Where is Cologne, NRW??? Nord-Rhein Westphalien , one of the 16 Länder of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, just like Bayern, Baden Württemberg, Brandenburg, Sachsen usw For more about the country that gave us Märklin , Porsche, BMW, Miwula, Franziskaner, Currywurst and many more see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland
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daylightdon		#18 Posted : 22 June 2011 08:16:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento CA		My Grandfather was born in Danzig, 1885.
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