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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 […]
June 2012 New Releases
June is a very good month for fans of the Burlington Northern. AZL has released BN tri-level autoracks. Two runner packs and two singles have been released. The first set is item 91004-1. The road numbers are: 802154, 802719, 802768, 802937. The second set is item 91004-2. The road numbers are: 801805, 905296, 908088, 908249. […]
2012 Convention News
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 American Z Line showed off a number of new products during the National Z Scale Convention. Let’s start with GP38-2s. AZL released the ‘Don Bouchard’ SP GP38-2s during the show. Shipments to those who pre-ordered and were not at the convention will go out this week. Unfortunately, the BN ‘Don Bouchard’ […]
Bay Window Caboose
About the Bay Window Caboose: In a bay window caboose, the crew monitoring the train sits in the middle of the car in a section of wall that projects from the side of the caboose. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, so the caboose type is called a bay window […]