Here is the 'top' view to see how far the axle is away from the frame. Very little slop and the roll quite well.
Here are macro shots of the new AZL trucks
New Flag'd UP SD70M showing of it's flared 'nostriles' hauling a load up a 0.5% grade. Ran 65 SMPH at 6 VDC
At home with the boyZ
Yep. A collection of some of our DCC powered AZL locos (you'll note the GP7 up front).
Tore up old 3 track round house with short switched stubs. Added numerous longer parallel tracks to handle the growing stable of dozens of DCC...
SP Daylight led by AZL E8 goes into Loren's big mountainous end module
Nice over view of the new Engine yard (left) and add-on freight yard (right)
Quiet time. Jim Manley's bazillion turnouts with MTL and AZL locos. Left-to-right: that's Kim Vellore (brown jacket), Loren Snyder, Jim Manley...
. . . and continues thru the Despatch station.
The race is on over Rob Ray's new trestle.
. . . must come out. Some left over coal and ballast cars on Loren's big mountainous end module.
ALZ E8 leads a string of Marklin SP Daylight cars around. Now if you only had some smooth side cars . . .