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Ian555		#51 Posted : 23 March 2014 07:29:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,288 Location: Scotland		Hi Hans, Thanks for the photo's of the layout..very rare to see a full layout with those tracks. Ian.


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hennabm		#52 Posted : 23 March 2014 13:51:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 2,073 Location: Edinburgh,		Hi Hans Very nice. How long and wide is the layout as shown? Mike
		1957 - 1985 era What's digital?


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Munich 1860		#53 Posted : 23 March 2014 19:10:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/03/2005(UTC) Views messages in topic : 1,062 Location: Neu-Ulm, Bavaria		Hello Mike, is it ok if its metric, changing into inches is sometimes a little time consuming ....??? Length of the layout is 3.45 m. Width is 1.67 m. Diameters of the inner circles are 110 cm and 120 cm respectively. The outer circles are the same size, plus 33.9 cm for the inserted two pairs of turn-outs. The difference between 120 + 33.9 cm = 154 cm and the aforementioned 167 cm is due to the extra added station tracks on the right side of the layout. I hope this helps. Many regards, Hans Edited at: by user 24 March 2014 10:41:25(UTC) \| Reason: Spelling ....
		I like M-track and my things that run on it were built between 1959 and 1972.

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steventrain		#54 Posted : 24 March 2014 19:13:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,686 Location: United Kingdom		Very large to set up, How long time did you set up?
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Munich 1860		#55 Posted : 27 March 2014 19:41:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/03/2005(UTC) Views messages in topic : 1,062 Location: Neu-Ulm, Bavaria		Originally Posted by: steventrain Very large to set up, How long time did you set up? Dear Steven, it took me approximately one day to set it up. There are some small tracks that must be inserted when using double turn-outs combinations, and when you have done so you must also insert these parts (called 3900 DE) into all other tracks too. This was pretty time consuming .... And some tracks simply don't work, as is the case with some turn-outs. So, I had to replace these. It is still not perfect. I'm glad though it can stay like this for another couple of days. Many regards, Hans
		I like M-track and my things that run on it were built between 1959 and 1972.

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MS 800		#56 Posted : 31 March 2014 22:01:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/03/2014(UTC) Posts: 36 Location: Ostalb, Württemberg		Originally Posted by: GG1 Fan Did you know: With that older track, that is tripple insulated with insulation on each of the track rail, and insulation on the center 'stud' rail, one can clip off the shiny metal joiner underneath the track and convert this AC track into DC? If you want me to go into details, I can post up some pictures. Why would anyone want to do this to exquisit Marklin Track? I don't know, but it can be done if you have this old track. In the seventies a friend of my father's told me that he had a layout where he could operate Märklin AC models, Trix Express DC models and "normal" DC models. He did not tell me that he did not operate them all at the same time. But having seen the 3900/3800 track, I now know what he was talking about. Being able to supply any one of the three conductors individually, makes operation of either model loco possible. How the different models manage the turnout points is another story. But if you have just one big interlooping "circle" of track without turnouts, you can operate anyone model at a time on the same layout. Just give it its corresponding current "food" and it will run happily. Best MS 800
		When we were kids we enjoyed our tinplate trains rattling over tinplate tracks - nowadays they're in need of sound decoders.


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Renato		#57 Posted : 31 March 2014 23:16:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/03/2004(UTC) Posts: 976 Location: Gorizia, Italy		Welcome to the forum and have fun. Cheers Renato


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Steamy Wonder		#58 Posted : 05 October 2014 11:07:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/10/2014(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: ANTWERPEN, MECHELEN		Hi, I'm from Belgium and follow this forum quite some time. Collecting Märklin rolling stock for many years , i bought about 2 years ago a set of engines and cars among with a collection of these special tracks not knowing at that time the value of them. I was very lucky the seller also was not aware of the value. Edited by moderator 11 June 2015 02:41:05(UTC) \| Reason: Resized image - mod. Steamy Wonder attached the following image(s):

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jr_rail		#59 Posted : 11 June 2015 00:28:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 8 Location: Germany		Originally Posted by: JKJ For those who are using Anyrail, they have now included a Modellgleise library in their latest version (4.9) Brg JKJ A Modellgleis (Model Track) library has also been added to the new release of the free layout software XTrackCAD, version 4.2.0. This library (or paremeter file) has the name "mrkholde.xtp" and is located in the parameter folder installed with the software, e.g. under following path on a windows system: "C:\Program Files (x86)\XTrkCAD 4.2.0\share\xtrkcad\params\" See https://www.marklin-users.net/forum/posts/t33649-XTrackCAD-Free-Layout-Software for the links to the XTrackCAD download. Cheers Jo

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