Category: Rob’s Blog
Southern Pacific Sunset Limited Passenger Set
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Rob A. Some information about AZL’s Southern Pacific Sunset Limited Passenger set: Before the start of Amtrak® on May 1, 1971, the Sunset Limited was operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Sunset Limited is the oldest named train in the United States, operating since November 1894 (though originally named the […]
Some Fun Facts About The Heavyweight Cars
Thursday, April 25, 2013 Rob A. While the individual railroads almost always owned their Coach (or Chair Car in the case of ATSF) rolling stock, up until the breakup of the Pullman Company in 1944 (enforced in 1947), Pullman owned and operated virtually all of the sleeping cars in America. The vast majority of these […]
Long Term Testing
Thursday, July 5, 2012 Rob A. With our GP38-2 locomotives arriving any day now, some people have asked about the quality of a $100 Z scale locomotive. Traditionally locomotives in Z scale have cost from about $150 to over $200, so what corners do we cut to produce motive power for so much less? There […]
Phase 2: The Forums
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Rob A. Welcome to the next feature of the new AZL web site. We wanted to have our own place where we could talk about all things related to Z scale, not just AZL. While there are other great places to have these conversations, there is no place like home. It […]
Welcome To The New Site
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Rob A. This has been a work in progress for a long time, but we have finally entered the 1990s and commissioned a proper web site. John Cubbin, designer extraordinaire and Z scale enthusiast has been working night and day (mainly nights) at our new look. We hope that you enjoy […]
