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Z scale is one of the smallest commercially available model railway scales (1:220), with a track gauge of 6.5 mm / 0.256 in. Introduced by Märklin in 1972, Z scale trains operate on 0–10 volts DC and offer the same operating characteristics as all other two-rail, direct-current, analog model railways. Locomotives can be fitted with digital ...
A few years later the system developed jointly by Märklin, Lenz GmbH and Arnold GmbH was introduced for 2-rail DC locomotives. The system was used by Arnold in their N scale locomotives. While the first digital Z locomotives were announced in the late 1990s, the plans were cancelled rapidly due to heat dissipation problems in small locomotives.
The Z class is a lightweight diesel locomotive, weighing in at 15.13 tonnes (14.89 long tons; 16.68 short tons), which utilizes an 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and which is powered by a Gardner 8LW four-stroke eight cylinder in-line water-cooled diesel engine rated at 140 horsepower. The Gardner 8LW uses 110 mm (4.33 in) × 150 mm (5.91 in ...
Their first model train, in O scale, was produced in 1938. Their first H0 scale products were introduced in 1952 and their N scale "Piccolo" product line in 1969. Nowadays, Fleischmann is a well-established brand name in the German model railway industry, rivalling Märklin in market share. Since they focus almost exclusively on central ...
The Tasmanian Government Railway Z class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the Tasmanian Government Railways in 1973. They were a development of the Western Australian Government Railways R class and were the last of a line of very successful locomotives fitted with the English Electric 12CSVT Mk II engine.
Atlas would continue its N scale line with a wide range of freight cars, made at their Hillside factory, in the 1970s and 1980s. Also, beginning in 1971, Atlas began importing a line of O scale locomotives and rolling stock produced by Roco in Austria. New items were not advertised after 1973, though some pieces remained catalogued through the ...