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[chuck mckinley]

Excellent! Based on the cars attached to the steamer, I'm guessing this
video was made in Germany. As it happens, I have a Maerklin model train,
received on my 9th birthday in Germany in 1952 (I was an Army brat) that
has identical cars to those green-sided, gray-topped passenger
carriages. We happened to live in the town where the Maerklin factory
was located, and I think my entire train setup cost my dad something on
the order of $8. Look up any Maerklin stuff today and check the prices.
Big sticker shock, especially on the Z-gauge. I'm happy to say my
60-year old set still works just fine. There are some areas where the
legendary German engineering lives up to its reputation, and this is
definitely one of them.
	Also in the video, we see what appears to be a reserved bicycle lane,
and I recall thinking what a great idea that was when we lived there in
'52-53.

Thanks much for the post.

Chuck McKinley

PS Maerklin is a cheat for Marklin with an umlaut, but I don't like
using tricky coding for emails as some folks might not be able to read
it. Guess I'm a dinosaur, but what else would you expect from a Corvair
owner?

On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 16:40 -0500, Vairtec Corporation wrote:
> ... but I can't see how any old car enthusiast would not be captivated 
> by this one-minute video clip, as I was.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRM2cnZOn3s&feature=player_embedded
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