2002-07-07 Article about conversion of the Märklin MaK diesels with a LokPilot to obtain load dependent speed regulation added to the "Conversion sessions" in "Digital corner"
2002-06-30 2 articles added, "How to make your own M contact tracks", and "Loco lubrication primer". Also added Manu, the "railway inspector" to the cats & layouts pics.
2002-02-14 The article on digital brake sections updated with a new way of doing it. Layout pictures from Michael Frömmel added.
2002-01-23 New version of the Railways layout design software available for download
2002-01-21 Pictures added of a small winter Z-scale layout, some more pics added too
2002-01-02 Added layout pics from Kevin Brady and Claudio Botello. Also added an article about Layouts through the decades by Martin Brandt.
2001-12-21 The yearly Christmas story by Carsten Ramcke added (Around the layout -> Stories & Tales -> "Touched")
2001-11-28 The popular loco review section has been totally reworked for interactivity, the submitted review is now published immediately and you can even edit your review afterwards in case you want to change it. Comments to reviews can now be given online too. Pictures still have to be sent to the webmaster by e-mail, though.... 
2001-10-01 Layout pictures added, among them lots of pics of 2 great Z-scale layouts made in a very small space... 
2001-09-19 Finally I have had some spare time to work on the site..   A new feature has been introduced - The marklin-users.net Discussion forum...  Use it wisely... ;-)  Several contributors have noticed that your contributions have not been published yet... I know, I have a terrible backlog on pictures, loco reviews and... and....   Well, you name it....  The loco reviews procedure is being reworked, so please bear with me until I am finished..    No submitted reviews are lost, they are just not published yet due to "site structural work"...   
2001-04-06 Some structural changes have been made...  A few pages on the site have been dragged "kicking & screaming" into the late 1990:s technology using a database as container of some info. More info will be stored into databases as soon as the webmaster has the time to work on it...   The "Links & Downloads" page has been changed so you can now add links to it directly, also a new section "the Marketplace" has been opened under the "Around the layout" so you can place buy/sell/notices ads on the site... 
2001-02-25 Loco reviews added, layout pictures added, Weathering for Dummies - re-lettering locos added, new article series "Digital for dummies" started + some more changes
2001-02-11 More loco reviews added. Keep them coming, folks... 
2001-02-01 Added some loco reviews
2001-01-27 Article about break modules, Reference about schematics published in MM + stories added... 
2000-12-21 The yearly Christmas story by Carsten Ramcke added (Around... -> Personal stories -> "Second Chances")
2000-11-26 Some Z-scale pictures added, reviews added, weathering with pastels..
2000-11-25 The train graphics pages are updated with new graphics & availability
2000-11-19 New version of Railways mirrored. Link page updated.
2000-10-15 Added an article about the Märklin museum. Right under "Around the layout"
2000-09-12 A new scratchbuilding project added, this time a freight station (Models & Modeling ->Scratchbuilding). Also a simplified translation of the user manual of the new Lenz LE930 loco decoder (Digital Corner -> Digital Info -> Lenz LE930 loco decoder reference). 
2000-08-07 The "Gardening" section under "Models & modeling" has been updated with a roundtrip on the garden layout that has been presented in its early stages here. Many nice pictures.
2000-08-06 Loco reviews added
2000-08-01 Added an article in the "Digital Corner -> Conversion sessions". It's called "Putting sound into a tank loco" and describes a conversion with the ESU LokSound decoder
2000-07-09 Loco reviews added
2000-06-24 Added 2 articles about DCC decoder installation in the "Digital Corner -> Conversion sessions", also downloadable PDF:s of the "Wigit" signal control circuit (Links & Downloads), also added the LE930 in the "Decoder summary"...
2000-06-23 A new scratchbuilding project added. A signal bridge by Oded Kain, really great!!! It's under Models & Modeling - > Scratchbuilding
2000-06-22 Loco reviews added
2000-06-12 A review of the Raily track planning program added, under Digital corner -> Software reviews, and also an update with more pics to the "gardening" section (Models & modeling)
2000-04-26 Added a section about gardening under "Models & modeling", of course it is railroad-related... ;-) 
2000-04-22 A new section is started under "Models & modeling". This section deals with scratchbuilding scenery and such. More is to come, thanks to our new regular contributor, Mr. Oded Kain. 
2000-04-17 Added locos in the "Weathering for dummies" section (under Models & modeling)
2000-04-12 More reviews...    Keep'em coming, folks...   :-) 
2000-04-09 Added more pending loco reviews.... 
2000-03-19 Added some pending loco reviews, more are to come...  
2000-02-21 The train graphics pages have been totally reworked. You can now also order online from the "Online ordering" page.  The train graphics pages are under the "Around the layout" main area. Take a look, since many new graphics have been added too.... 
2000-01-12 Added a digital conversion session of a LFCM-motored loco with a LE130 decoder, "3089 goes DCC". It's under "Digital corner"... Some more "Cats & layouts" pictures too.... 
2000-01-06 Added a digital conversion session of a small 2-rail Liliput DC loco, it was a real nightmare.....  It's under "Digital corner"...   
1999-12-29 Finally, the "secret" stuff advertised 12/12 is becoming reality...  It is our "Weathering for Dummies" school about how to make your models more life-like. This is a continuing story where Kevin Brady will take us trough the mystery called "weathering". The first session is written, and more will come..  
This is under the new "Models & modeling" header. The Model reviews are also moved under this new header. 
We would also like to celebrate that our 10 000th visitor visited the site somewhere in between 01:00 and 04:00 (am, MEST time) on Christmas day (1999-12-25)...  Virtual champagne for everyone...  :-) 
1999-12-24 Added the great "Christmas stories" by Carsten Ramcke from 1998 and 1999 in the "Around the layout" -> "Personal stories"....  Merry Christmas and hopefully many Märklin packages for everyone, wishes the webmaster who will not have a single Märklin package, but his son will so I must "help him to play" ;-)) ....  
1999-12-18 Introduced a new section on the site called "Around the layout". The graphic artwork page moved here, along with some other new items.....  This section is dealing with the non-technical aspects of the hobby... 
1999-12-12 Added an article about conversion of a 3029 with the Lenz LE130 decoder in the "Digital corner", and also a new imaginary advertisement on the graphics pages.  We also have some great stuff coming soon regarding ..???.. 
Well, you will just have to wait.. ;-)   
A restructure of the web-site is also planned during Christmas holidays due to planned content, as well as a hardware upgrade of the web server....   
1999-11-10 Added an article on running your trains with DC on Märklin track under "Operation related"
1999-10-30 Added a loco digital conversion session using LE900 and 2 diodes under "Digital corner"  
1999-10-25 New version of Railways (v 4.0) made available for download 
1999-10-22 Added a "Schattenbahnhof" schematic principle for conventional layout operation..
1999-10-13 Some repairs on broken pages, changed home page look, new train graphic,  and some invisible stuff...  
1999-09-26 Under Service, a brief description of the new C Sinus motor is added, also added 6090 decoder description in the Digital section..
1999-09-24 A slight design change (as you might have noticed) to the top selection bar, just to get the page to load faster....   
1999-09-18 A schematic of a digital braking module and some model reviews added
1999-08-29 A review of 37102 added, some pages changed, and some other stuff added...
1999-08-22 Added address tables for the Delta decoders in the Digital section
1999-08-20 Added a decoder overview in the Digital section
1999-08-15 Train graphic artwork pages updated
1999-06-17 Railways downloadable software updated to version 3.0.12 .  
1999-05-11 Added some more links on the links page, also cleaned up font settings on most pages and reworked some table looks... 
1999-05-04 Added a simplified translation of the Lenz LE900 decoder information
1999-05-03 Added received reviews of functional models (M turntable & Roco crane)
1999-04-19 Added link to a page with Zarko's main line of art work on the graphic artwork page
1999-04-14 Finally, DNS changed to point to virtual server http://www.marklin-users.net
1999-03-03 Site becomes an official mirror of the Railways software
1998-12-20
- 1999-03-15
Basic content and structure is built with bits'n'pieces added now and then by several users
1998-12-19 Web server connected to Internet

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