Hi all can anyone tell me if roco ac loks work on marklin c track ?
Do you get full digital functionality with lights and sound?
Do you need to change over couplers?
Many thx

it is sometimes annoying when manufacturers bring out locos in different versions by that I mean Hobby, Expert etc etc. models, when you buy the sound version you get all your different light functions but when you buy the basic model you get basic light functions., other than that Jacques described your query in full boom.

John

That Tartaruga (and requisite decal) is great! Mine is pulling the same consist...

Gentleman thank for you all for your detailed replies. cheers

Hello Jonathon,

In the last 36 years I have acquired four Roco 3-rail trains to run on my K-track layout. The vast majority of my
locos/EMUs are Märklin, I also have a few (old manufacture) HAG and a few 3-rail PIKO (which I particularly like
- thanks again Ray for putting me on to Piko).

I had purchased the Roco because Märklin did not make that particular loco at that time (or since) , or I just felt
the Roco version was more accurate to prototype. Later I have converted them all to digital using earlier Märklin
decoders (I now tend to use predominantly ESU decoders).
As you can see some of the images are old and date my layout.

I bought this DB VT 98 railcar in the 1980's because I felt the Märklin equivalent was not accurate to prototype
(not that I am a "rivet counter" - it just looked a lot better) :





At the time that I bought this Roco VT 11.5 in the 1980's, Märklin did not make one. I have since acquired the Märklin
version which is much better (but also benefits from being much more recently produced).
It (the VT 11.5) remains my favourite train:





Again, I was quite enamoured of the DB 112 TEE loco in the 1980's but Märklin did not make one so I purchased
this Roco. I subsequently bought the Märklin version which is much better ( but again a much more recent production) :





Finally I have always been fond of the ÖBB 1044 which towed us across Austria from München to Wien
in the early 1980's and I have this Roco 3 rail. Regrettably Märklin (IMMSMC) have not made this loco :





I have been quite happy with the Roco's on my layout but they are much lighter than the Märklin with
the expected consequences ( I think river6109 adds weight).
The Roco couplers have worked fine with my Märklin rolling stock.

Our venerable member river6109 has extensive experience with Roco on his K track Märklin layout.


Regards,

PJ

My Märklin VT 11.5 is one of my very favorites too PJ - what a gorgeous train!

The Roco train looks very nice too but it is hard to make comparisons just by pictures. I see that the Roco version does have interior lighting in the power units, which is the one thing I would wish for in my Märklin model. But it is so sturdy and well built that I just love to watch it run and it is one train that is almost always on my layout regardless of what else I am running.