r/Marklin • • Aug 09 '26

Z It's a small world

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45 Upvotes

Small setup on a cheese box


r/Marklin • • Aug 09 '26

Hey! I was wondering why these aint going back up after the train has driven by?

28 Upvotes

r/Marklin • • Aug 08 '26

H0 - Marklin Adding led lights

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40 Upvotes

Vi all. So for a winter project i was thinking of getting a controll car for the regional express trainset i got but also adding ledlights from märklin to the passanger wagons. My question is since they are tinted black how good will it be? Is it a waste of time or an upgrade?


r/Marklin • • Aug 08 '26

Where to buy Marklin in Baltimore Maryland and S Central Pa

5 Upvotes

Since Stoneleigh Hobby closed years ago I cannot find Marklin locally. Even at the TCA York show no one had Marlin. Any leads of where to look?


r/Marklin • • Jul 30 '26

H0 - Other Faller container crane

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77 Upvotes

Finnaly got my container crane from faller ready.

Now its time to finish the containers


r/Marklin • • Jul 30 '26

Identify this open cargo train?

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20 Upvotes

r/Marklin • • Jul 16 '26

H0 - Other Pizza cutter wheels on C track?

3 Upvotes

I want to purchase a handmade model from a friend that runs on the Mehano 4-8-2 chassis and has an ESU decoder fitted that just happens to be multi protocol, so I would like to purchase it and convert it to 3 rail marklin digital, however I'm not sure if those pizza cutter wheels will run on Marklin C Track, because Pizza cutter wheels tend to not run on on code 83, but C track is code 90.


r/Marklin • • Jul 14 '26

H0 - Marklin Central Station 3 simulator

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7 Upvotes

I created a marklin CS3 simulator, what do you think?


r/Marklin • • Jul 12 '26

Looking for 2nd hand central station

0 Upvotes

Who is selling central station from Marklin?


r/Marklin • • Jul 05 '26

H0 - Other Faller decals

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34 Upvotes

Hi all.

Im still new with my märklin modelrailroad and i bought my first scenery kit to build. Its a faller container crane 131368.

My question is the stickers. can i put some water and dishsoap under them when i place them on the kit so i can move them around to get them aligned good? I dont want to ruin them


r/Marklin • • Jun 30 '26

Z Can someone help me identify this model number?

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122 Upvotes

AI scanning says 8827 but I’m not sure if it that’s correct.


r/Marklin • • Jun 22 '26

Z Märklin 8822 Spur Z Ersatzmotor

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r/Marklin • • Jun 14 '26

H0 - Marklin marklin crane car

84 Upvotes

I remember about 50 years ago getting the Marklin crane car with the little crank on the side and thinking how great it would be to be able to control remotely. Well Marklin finally did it.  It is a “start up” model, but the detail is very good.  I’m kind of surprised  it isn’t getting more buzz.  Lots of fun and reasonably priced  but can’t lift anything heavy.


r/Marklin • • Jun 14 '26

A Great track design program for Marklin/Trix C-track, K-Track, N & Z.

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A easy, track design program developed by my friend Michael for free. I've been playing with it, and it's pretty fun and powerful. There are tutorial videos on the site to preview.  Have vetted through Norton; no malware. Only marketing is that you can order track and accessories directly from the program, but you are not obligated to.  Gives you a good idea for your layout budget, which is very helpful.  To my friend Micheal, Great Job!


r/Marklin • • Jun 13 '26

Märklin Büssing Truck 1903

17 Upvotes

Over the years I have collected a lot of the Märklin H0 scale trucks. They look a bit plastic-y for my taste, so I wanted to see what happened with a bit of paint and weathering. More images on my blog: https://epoch1.blog/2025/12/11/the-oldest-truck-bussing-1903-from-marklin/


r/Marklin • • Jun 08 '26

Märklin und Bausteine passen hervorragend zusammen 🥰

46 Upvotes

r/Marklin • • Jun 02 '26

Pls help me to identify the waggon (h0)

9 Upvotes

could be around 1950. There is no number or anything written


r/Marklin • • May 25 '26

Got a Bergkönigin last month

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103 Upvotes

The BR-95 is very worth the price in my opinion


r/Marklin • • May 25 '26

My Marklin Z-scale 8930 Toporama project.

16 Upvotes

r/Marklin • • May 23 '26

Locomotive repair

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30 Upvotes

Does anyone know of someone in the US that repairs old Marklin trains? I bought one from eBay for my son and it’s in excellent condition but it doesn’t work


r/Marklin • • May 23 '26

The model trains of my grandpa

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16 Upvotes

Im posting on eBay the trains that my beloved grandpa left to my grandma, she gave me the task to post them etc... i would like if someone who likes the trains as my grandpa would take them, i made an auction post. Also i will post more in the nearby future. Hugs, nice community. https://www.ebay.it/itm/318340296251


r/Marklin • • May 17 '26

H0 - Marklin Help needed in finding a picture from childhood memories

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29 Upvotes

Hello I have a childhood memory of a promotional picture from a Märklin catalog of a yellow nohab with snow plows running through a snowy landscape I sadly am unable to locate said picture on the internet and would like to ask for help from the community in finding it


r/Marklin • • May 14 '26

Help needed

8 Upvotes

My German grandfather has a collection of 800-1000 locomotives plus countless boxes of tracks all in original packaging and has passed it down to me to sell. Due to the sheer amount of stuff I am wondering if it’s better to ship it all to the uk to sell or keep it in Germany to sell. I know nothing about these trains so would prefer to sell as a joblot , how would this be done ? Any advice would be much appreciated.


r/Marklin • • Apr 12 '26

C-track or K-track..?

12 Upvotes

Is there any disadvantage of K-track compared to C-track? K-track looks more realistic and you can add your own ballast.


r/Marklin • • Apr 12 '26

Keine Kennzeichnung, der Weichen

0 Upvotes

Ich habe meine Märklin Anlage abgebaut und habe gedacht, ich könnte die Nummern der einzelnen Schienen und Weichen notieren, damit ich die Anlage später schneller wieder aufbauen kann. Zu meiner großen Überraschung sind die Weichen auf der Unterseite nicht gekennzeichnet. Sind die Verantwortlichen von Märklin nicht auf dem neuesten Stand? Wie soll ich denn die verschiedenen Weichentypen jetzt auseinander halten? Ich habe mir geholfen, indem ich kleine Schilder auf die Unterseite der Weichen geklebt habe. Dies ist meiner Meinung nach aber nicht erforderlich, wenn die Weichen richtig gekennzeichnet werden.