It is confirm that MiWuLa did stop use Märklin trains due to the problems with the Märklins tracks.
MiWuLa shall replacement with Roco line tracks instead and use 2 rail trains.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tRmcX5EL4

Actually, it is closer to 750,000 hours assuming the trains ran for 12 hours per day over 25 years.

So I'll need to re[place my Marklin track in say, 2,000 years? Damn!

Roger

They should be replacing their 2 rail track with 3 rail track - much more reliable running...

As for those pesky return loops...

If you did watch the video you did noticed that there was lot of soot trail on the Helix loops?
That is the result of the oxid with the pickup shoes!
Well you need lot of work to clean the tracks.

This story is so amazing and surprising .

Best Regards
Joël

Old news. They replaced the three-rail tracks with new three-rail tracks a few times already, because the Pukos were down.
Now they replace the three-rail tracks with two-rail tracks to eliminate the Puko problems for good.

MiWuLa is not the only exhibition layout that encountered problems due to worn off Pukos.

So for home layouts you may only have 200 years to 500 years, not 2000 years. Maybe less if you are using C track.
So there is time to make a plan, no need to panic.

And Goofy got rid of the Pukos several years ago.

YES!

I've been running my layout for 40 years now and it looks like I've got a few years left before replacing them, I wonder whether I can do this if I add this wish to my after life., its a pity God hasn't got an email address to reserve me a space in space or may be it is out of space and I have to secure some space in outer space., just thinking about it, spaces me out.

John

Please clarify, do I have 147 years left, 447 years left or 1947 years left on my layout?

I need to know, I have to make plans

Per.

After how many years are 1:1 tracks replaced ?

That can't be right. That's the answer to the meaning of life..

I guess this topic is about MiWuLa making a change from Märklin to Roco track. Our own (mostly) small layouts are hardly comparable to MiWuLa's. It's just a piece of news...

Goofy there is nothing wrong with using Marklin C track and it will outlive us on the forum. The track gives excellent running and like all tracks just needs to be kept clean.

Your coments while interesting means little to users of Marklin track as we dont run our railway 12 hours a day or maybe you do. Wunderland it completely different.

Nope! Even C tracks give problems and some of the Märklin loco cause short circuits by pass over long turnouts. Wunderland in Hamburg start use two rail for some reason too.

I have sleek C-track turnouts and never had any trouble with my Märklin, Roco, Hag or Jägerndorfer locos., make sure your slider is in the right position, I've got a tool which slightly cleans the middle pukos from oxidation and over 40 years it has slightly reduced the height, before I used to use more force to clean them., since I've insulated the garage the humidity/moisture is more or less gone.
I have no intention to follow Wunderland's decision to change to 2 rail, there is no need, no apparent problem, its just a decision a company took, would you shave of your beard after 40 years because some one else has done it., would you buy a tractor and sell your car because some one else bought a tractor, would you change your wife because some one else done it,
over the years I've found many problems with model trains and tracks but I've looked for the cause and fixed it., you can create problems by expressing problems and than spread the word, there are other problems as well and suddenly you've got a handful of problems which haven't existed before,

a good example is oiling: you oil your motor and gears = you drive your locos and the oil spreads onto the track and than onto the wheels, the dust and grime is a perfect mixture to get your tracks and wheels dirty, than you clean your tracks and wheels and you start the circus all over again., and you have to find the cause to fix the problem and the solution is not to start oiling it again., when we look at the history of Märklin locos, oiling was essential, this was 50 years ago and Märklin has done very little to overcome the problem and you can only fix a problem if you recognise there is a problem, and even if you are aware there is a problem you can ignore it and just keep on going like nothing has happened., if you enter the model train domain you should be aware of its good and and not so good moments, unless you are a total believer and have your blinkers on, you've lost the race already, nothing is perfect these days and unless you have some experience in dealing with problems you will send items back and make sure the problems other people have created will be rectified.,
you will find in general close inspections will always reveal the problem but it is up to you whether or not you are prepared to fix the problem or send the item back under guarantee.
We've got a heat wave in Western Australia at the moment and under that heat, trains could go off the rails (2), the government is looking for solutions

John

What David said!

We all know Goofy and none of us are perfect. Is there really any need to be condescending? Unless I know and can prove that I am absolutely correct, I say so. If I don't agree with a person I may say so, but that's it. Else I just don't reply and let it roll.

For the wagons they changed out the wheels to the dc.
Roco ac locomotives can be easy change out wheels too but only few can be done.
ESU are multi locomotives and just pull off the pick up shoes and switch over to two rail.

Looks to me a hell lot of work but they must make enough money they can afford the staff and materials to change it., they most probably have an open day and sell all their Märklin locos and rolling stock, I wouldn't buy any locos unless they are cheap whereas you can replace the motor, changing wheels on carriages ? I don't know about this, they most probably get good money for the carriages and just buy new ones (DC).,

I've reduced the amount of locos which have a pick up shoe, all my electric locos run from the overhead., we've already replace a lot of K-tracks with new ones, it wasn't so much the pukos but the copper connecting bits which over time have been oxidised and lost contact between the the 2 tracks

John

Yes MiWuLa did also changed out wires to replacement with new wires.