Hello,

New to Z scale and I'm hoping this one has an easy answer (that just escapes me at this point).

While I am waiting patiently for some Marklin Z Flex track to finally show up, I decided to play around with the track pieces that I do have to get a feel for things. I set up a single track 'dog-bone' with a passing track and a dead-end siding. What I noticed is that when I park a train on the dead-end siding and then set the turnout back to main line traffic, both this train on the siding and a second train on the main line move together when the power is cranked up.



The switch setting has no effect in so far as cutting power to the train on the dead-end siding. My N scale Minitrix turnouts kill the power on a dead-end siding once the switch is set back to main line so the train on the siding can't move (switch points can't be split open by a train if they are set against it). How is this handled in the Marklin system?

Thanks in advance,

Ralph.

Hi Carim,

Thanks for the info. Looks like all the Marklin Z switches work this way, then.

I must admit that I am surprised by this, but as they say "It is what it is".

Makes sense. Since the switchblades are so small, I can see where a small speck of something could prevent contact with the rail when the switch is thrown.