Ztrack Magazine July / August 2024

July / August Volume 30 #4, Get This Issue Now!

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Robert Rays’s Lester Modules ModulesModule, AZL’s EMD SD50 & EMD SD60 Fills Roster Gaps, Rokuhan to offer USRA 0-6-0, All in the Z family, Archistories’ grain elevator kits, ZoCal takes four awards at NTS, Märklin summer 2024 new items, AZL 40' AAR modified boxcars arriving, Installing NO-SWAY bolster pins and so much more!

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Trackside Perspective | From The July / August 2024 Issue

Building the ultimate clubhouse…

Thinking back to my childhood, I remember building clubhouses. A group of friends would gather around and design what we intended to be THE ultimate clubhouse. We could gather whatever essentials we could find to decorate and make the place feel like home. From old crates, maybe a piece of carpet, a broken chair... and so forth. Essential toys and games would find their way into our sacred space. Our imaginations would run rampant as we planned what we could do from our new home base. That feeling of excitement and anticipation was very unique. I must admit, I haven’t felt that feeling for a long time.

That all changed this summer. In the previous issue of Ztrack, we mentioned our new home. What we called the great migration is over. We have officially moved out of the previous Ztrack office and into our new home... aka.. the barn. In doing so, that feeling of building the clubhouses of my youth came back. We started carving out the space that will ultimately be home to running layouts. The crates and cabinets were moved in. Tables were set up and chairs (non-broken) were placed. A few Z scale modules were temporarily positioned.

As my excitement grew, my imagination started running wild on what could be. How will I build out the new layouts in this space? What do I want to build and focus on? What do I want to display? That old feeling came back even stronger! Wow, what an exciting time is to come!

As I type this, we have trains up and running in the barn. Our test running layout is online. But my mind continues to churnß on what comes next. I have missed that old feeling. It is wonderful to have it back.

Robert Kluz, Ztrack Editor

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