Ztrack Magazine September / October 2024

September / October Volume 30 #5, Get This Issue Now!

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Welcome to Werdersheim, Bridging Z gap in a big way, Märklin Fall 2024 new items, D&RGW SHORTY track plan, Archistories coal yard, Intermodal containers re-issued, AZL’s 40' modified AAR boxcars, Showcase’s F-series pickup trucks, Queen’s Union Pacific Motel and so much more!

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Trackside Perspective | From The September / October 2024 Issue

I would like to apologize in advance…

I would like to apologize in advanced for any “extras” you may find in shipments from our new office. What you ask? Well, it’s getting a little nuts around here... literarally. Let me explain.

We converted an old dairy barn into the new home of Ztrack. In the process we appear to have upset the natural balance of the property. It is clear, nature is not happy with our improvements. From bats flying around the office to woodpeckers deciding the new spray foam insulation makes a cozy nest. Add in a random bird or two in the office and deer hanging out by the front door and it all adds up to some excitement. But there is one species that is now our true nemesis... the red squirrels.

First, for the record those red squirrels are not nice. It started when we put in beautiful custom garage doors. Within 24 hours the squirrels attacked them and tried to eat through each corner. Then they went after the headers above the doors. With every attempt, we would seal, cover and correct. When we thought all was well, the true evil of these devil squirrels came out.

Sitting there, on the table was a walnut. Just one to let us know they were still here. Before long we would find their calling cards randomly on a shelf, or in a box we saved for packing. We would never see them, but they would let us know they were still here.

We have our pups, Willow and Winston, on guard protecting the office. But I do want to apologize in advanced for anyone who may get a random walnut in their order from us. Wait, didn’t Märklin use a walnut shell in their Z scale advertising for their 0-6-0 steam locomotive? Talk about irony.

Robert Kluz, Ztrack Editor

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