Märklin model railway has fascinated me for many years.  The miniature world and the small technical marvels running on the tracks makes it all very interesting.
Another good thing is that it's up to yourself if you wish to make accurate replicas of existing areas on your layout, or if you wish to use your free imagination.
I go for free imagination.

I have no layout yet, but I will hopefully have one in some years.  I am making a new train room at home, so I'm now into the planning stage of the layout. The layout will be U-shaped, 300 by 284 cm, including a work desk and a foldable bridge in front of the door and a parking area on a shelf over the desk.  I'm not happy with the lower right corner of the layout yet.

My plan is to use a combination of Märklin C- and K-tracks, so I am slowly building up a stock of tracks.  I have a Märklin Central Station (CS1) and a couple of Mobile Stations (MS1).  I will probably use a Märklin Control Unit and a Keyboard to control a turntable and a crane.

For me the function and handling is more important than exact model accuracy, so I don't mind if a locomotive is 3 mm too short or if the lamp position is a little bit wrong. It is important, though, that people recognize the model. I find the period from late 50's to early 70's interesting, as you can find a good variety of steam, diesel and electric locomotives at the same time.

I wish to share some of my Märklin experiences with other people who are interested in this fascinating hobby. From time to time I will add some photos of my locomotives and later on freight cars and passenger coaches.
The photos are split into different groups, like NoHAB, Norwegian locomotives, tender locomotives etc. Due to this, it may be possible to find the same locomotives in several groups.

From time to time I add stories about real trains, or, as someone said, scale 87:1.

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