A friend of mine had some Minex trains which he ran on his M track based H0 layout. When he sadly passed away, his Minex trains were passed on to our club, where they currently sit in a display case on display!

Another club member friend also built a small Minex layout.

Thanks for the pics, I like how the track jogs around the stand of trees, then jogs back across a stream. That is exactly the look I want to go for. I have always been attracted to Austrian/German meter gauge trains. Just imagine what Marklin could have done with Minex if they chose some of the models that LGB chose in G scale. Imagine a Harz Krupp 2-6-2T and 2-10-2T in Minex scale, or some of the wonderful Austrian U class like on the Zillertalbahn. Imagine them done in full diecast. Its fun to dream of what could have been. Marklin could have had a full meter gauge system that would have probably sold well if developed into a full program and not a toe dip in the water. O scale is much better supported in the buildings and scenery today, atleast with USA style buildings geared mostly to the 3 rail crowd, but still the correct scale for Minex. My guess is that Marklin made to little in the way of model choices, lack of structures and other needed layout detail items and thus the line sold poorly. That being said, I am now looking for more Minex and some M track to run it on. I got my little set cheap as the engine's shell is a bit beat up. But it will work for now. I love HO, but its hard for my eyes to focus on it any more, Minex should be perfect for my indoor set up judging by the other On30 I have owned. Even with poor quality conrol issues, the Bachmann line of On30 has sold well. Mike