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New Product: LEGO 6075 Wolfpack Tower Castle System Waterway Bridge Set
The mischievous rascals of the Wolfpack Clan have set up a defensible waterway tower with narrow bridge leading up to …read more at


New Product: LEGO 6082 Fire Breathing Fortress Dragon Knights Castle Set
The largest set in the Dragon Knights series from the early 90s, the Fire Breathing Fortress provides a mountain headquarters …read more at


U.P. Water Auxillery Cars contest results..

I didnt do as well as I thought I would do. I enterd as a "Craftsman" and I was 1 of 4 enteries in this catagorry. The end result, I placed 3rd. Its not 1st but its not 0 either. I am happy that I at least placed & recieved a 3rd place ribbon. Next month contest…..Structures, im going to build a coal tipple similer to the one used in Chama NM.

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New Product: LEGO 6078 Royal Drawbridge 1995 Castle System Knights Set
The Royal Drawbridge is a 258 piece Castle System set from the mid 1990s featuring a waterway tower fronted by …read more at


Updated Product: BRIO 33423 Santa Fe Train Set Wooden Railway New Sweden
One of the most outstanding additions to BRIO’s vintage ‘Trains of the World’ series! Rumble through America’s Southwest with this …read more at


A moment in Sixteenmile

Here is a shot from Lombard that you don’t see much. I guess only the hardcore fans like me…

This is taken from a spot just east of Lombard. We are standing on the mainline facing "west". In the canyon just ahead is the famous crossing of the Missouri. Careful observers may be able to make out the roadbed of the Northern Pacific interchange to the right. In the brief few seconds I had here, I tried to picture what it must have looked like. If I squint my eyes, I can see the wires overhead. Can you feel the rush of air as the ghosts of the Olympian and so many freights pass by? For a moment I thought I could.

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Ztrack Ztrack Resale Adds 240 MTL Cars!

Ztrack Resale has received a major collection of excellent condition Micro-Trains Line cars. This includes many rare and older cars that were released under the Kadee label. As of tonight, we have completed uploading over 240 MTL freight cars into Ztrack Resale!

But this is only the beginning! We are still sorting through addition collections that have arrived and will be posting these items in the upcoming weeks. Check out all of the items at:

Ztrack Resale, Your Place For Gently Used Z Scale Trains & Accessories

Rob Kluz


Updated Product: LEGO 6755 Sheriff’s Lock-Up Western Bandits Cowboys Town Set
A jailbreak is in progress at the town Sheriff’s lockup as the sidewall of the jail explodes outward as if …read more at


Updated Product: LEGO 6761 Bandit’s Secret Hide-Out Western Cowboys Cavalry
Filled with possibilities, Bandit’s Secret Hideout is one of the larger in the Western series of sets.

It features American cavalry …read more at


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