Bolster Pin Color Registration

Ztrack Magazine maintains the Z Scale Bolster Pin ID codes for members of the Z community. Painted bolster pins are used to identify car ownership. This is needed in a club and show environment where multiple individuals may be mixing equipment when running and displaying. Color can be registered for an individual or for a club. Color sharing is not allowed without the express permission of the other party. Colors will be assigned on a first come basis.

How it works: Each car has two bolster pins that are used to hold the trucks in place. By painting these pins specific colors, the car ownership can be easily identified. The chart assumes that the bolster pin is black. Black and no color are one and the same on the chart. Ztrack has registered no color/no color so any cars that don't have painted pin must be ours

I am in the process of updating the chart. We have opened a new category, gray. To view the existing chart, please visit:

www.ztrack.com/articles/bolster/bolster.html

To register your color combination, email me at:

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Excellent idea,as an ex NTRAKer I have used this idea for years.I don't really need it for Z as I am the only Zedhead in our club.(yes I still do it anyway)\

My colour of choice is baby (or light/powder) blue and has been since 1993.

Rob, how much do you want for your bolster colors.

Johnathan, I have gone ahead and registered the light blue combo for you.

John, my color combo is priceless... purely priceless. The way I see it, when ever I visit a Z scalers layout, I always know which equipment is mine. Wow, just imagine if I visited the MTL factory...

Rob

Rob,
I have found it very profitable to carry a small bottle of paint thinner,some cotton swabs, and my green paint stick with me every time I go to the shows. I always seem to come home with a much larger rolling stock roster than when I showed up for set up.

Could that be why I am banned on the entire West coast at train shows?

Loren

ztrack wrote:

Ztrack Magazine maintains the Z Scale Bolster Pin ID codes for members of the Z community. Painted bolster pins are used to identify car ownership.

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I am in the process of updating the chart.

www.ztrack.com/articles/bolster/bolster.html

To register your color combination, email me at:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I vote to retire the combination colors of Gold & Silver the same way professional football, baseball, and basketball jersey numbers are retired to MemorialiZe the players that made them famous. In this case, the colors of Gold & Silver should always remain with the Z-Bend Originator, Bill Kronenberger.

Hobo Tim

Tim,

Already done! That color combo will remain Bill's.

We are keeping an eye on you mister Snyder...

Rob

I would recommend clearcoating over the bolster color just in case Loren shows up. It should slow him down a bit. I need to get busy on my string of AZL hoppers - right now they all belong to Rob!

John

Woo Hoo! John when can I expect those back?



Rob

Hi Rob,
I would hate to see you hurt yourself holding your breath that long

John

ztrack wrote:

Woo Hoo! John when can I expect those back?



Rob

We have uploaded the new chart today.

www.ztrack.com/articles/bolster/bolster.html

If you haven't reserved your placement, do so today!

Rob

ztrack wrote:

Tim,

Already done! That color combo will remain Bill's.

We are keeping an eye on you mister Snyder...

Rob

Hey Rob, did I ever mention to you that I've invented a new suction machine that can quietly, and almost without any perceptible movement, suck rolling stock off the tracks at 20 feet?
Looks like I'll soon have a whole new fleet of slightly used rolling stock to sell on the black market, er, I mean Ebay.

How else will I finance my drug habit....i.e. cab forward and Challenger.
Loren

I've got a switch on my mainline module that goes into a tunnel. There is a hole in the track and the train never comes out- it just falls gently into a foam lined bag and I surreptitiously with serendipity and total concealment, collect my haul and at liesure paint the pins blue and gold. Who said pirates are only in boats?
Fred

Now why didn't I think of that? You don't use electricity so your bottom line is better than mine.
Oh well, either way, Rob's collection diminishes in size, right?
Loren