One of the most powerful locomotives in Germany is the class 232. They were built by
Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works in the former Sovjet Union and delivered for the German State
Railway in the GDR. Today they are still in use in front of the heavy freight trains all around
Germany. Check out my review of the Trix model.
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If you are like me, you may feel a bit annoyed by the large flanges on model rolling stock wheel
sets. I tend to think of the wheels as pizza cutters. With the introduction of the NEM wheel
standard the standard wheels now look a bit better, but you can do even better by changing the
wheel sets on your rolling stock with the more prototype-like RP25 wheel sets. This is done
without messing with the running characteristics of your rolling stock. Read along as I enhance
the looks on some of my freight wagons.
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The Märklin decoder (prod.no. 74461) can be usefull if you have either Märklin or Trix C-track.
This how to explains how to install the decoder and set it up.
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I recently went to one of the many second hand markets in Germany and found a model of a class
151. The model was from a start set and thus being cheap. I paid 89€ for it. Check out the
review.
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