 Joined: 05/02/2025(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: England, Basingstoke
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Sorry if this has been covered before, a very basic question . I have recently inherited my late fathers Marklin trains and track . I want to use it my self having transported it to my premises but do not know how to get power to the track so I need help in finding how to wire the track from the transformer to the M track so I can power the trains so Can any one help please , later will come questions about points and signals , but one thing at a time
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 Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Coling Thank you to join us in this great forum. Looking into track pieces, you will probably find some with a brown and red wires. This is a rail feeder. You may also have a Märklin transformer and - unless very old (prior to 1953) they have 3 outlets - brown is the common ground - red is the variable voltage for traction (7 to 13 VAC and 24 VAC overvoltage for direction change - yellow is the accessory power (16 VAC) Here is one good way to start with a simple notice on how to connect things  CatMarklin-Signaux_modeles 342 (1961).pdf (15,178kb) downloaded 25 time(s).Greeting from cloudy Paris Jean |
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Joined: 05/02/2025(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: England, Basingstoke
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Many thanks. The marklin rails and trains date from 1960. When he lived in Berlin and are all m track. Nothing modern !
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Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,473 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot
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Originally Posted by: Coling  Sorry if this has been covered before, a very basic question . I have recently inherited my late fathers Marklin trains and track . I want to use it my self having transported it to my premises but do not know how to get power to the track so I need help in finding how to wire the track from the transformer to the M track so I can power the trains so Can any one help please , later will come questions about points and signals , but one thing at a time You will find a lot of the information you need in a PDF you can download from this link. Look for "Maerklin Miniature Railway Handbook" in the list of links.
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