Again a "tin-plate" side of the model trains that I really like.
Although some care is needed to avoid rust, I really like M-tracks.
The rail section is a bit rounded, because of the folded sheet steel,
providing an automatic cleanup by pushing the dirt on both sides
when the wheels of the locomotive are running.
The M-Track:
The C-Track
So M-tracks are catching less dirt than the new C-Tracks with their almost flat top.
I also like the color of the M-tracks. I've never seen a grey roadbed or maybe
for the high speed train lines which is not the purpose of my layout.
When you go taking a train at a country station, you see a brown old roadbed
with oil and rust and dirt.
C and M Tracks together:
... So the brown colors are fitting well with the colors of my layout
and are looking surprisingly more natural for me.
To avoid the toy feeling of a to much regular roadbed, the tracks
were partially embedded in the scenery by adding a good thickness of cardboard
around.
M-Tracks were stopped in 2001, so my layout was finished with C-Tracks I've hidden
in the bottom level.
The M-tracks are making a big noise when a train is running upon.
Märklin has previously released some insulators to put inside the roadbed.
Maybe some cardboard inside would do the same. But I didn't equipped the tracks with.
I prefer to hear the metal sound of a train coming with the shocks of the tracks imperfect junctions.
