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Although it's safe to say it only has two visible rails, the studs in the middle of the track do provide power, so technically it is a three-rail system, correct? I'm going to change this. -- Dave Farquhar 14:44, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I was disappointed to find no mention of Märklin's long heritage of mechanical construction sets. My father, who grew up in Germany, played with both their electric trains and construction sets, even building trestles and bridges for his layouts with the construction set materials. He introduced me to the construction sets in the late 1950's, and it was quite a while before I even learned that Märklin also made electric trains! That said, I added a brief mention of that former product line.
Does anyone have evidence/proof/citations of how Maerklin was "better" then Erector or Meccano? Thanx 69.142.2.68 21:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes. Personal experience. I played with both Maerklin and Erector building sets as a child. The Erector components were of thinner gauge metal, flimsy, and had sharp edges that could injure. The comment about "better" should go back in. Since Maerklin sets are no longer on the market, unless someone has personal experience with it, a reader would have no way of obtaining a point of reference. Quicksilver 16:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I don't have personal experience with Meccano sets, but see the article at Erector_Set, wherein the writer rated Meccano inferior to Erector, with specific reasons. Stating that Maerklin building sets were of better quality than Erector and Meccano is not merely POV. Both 69.142.2.68 and Janke could have avoided this question by reading both Erector_Set and Meccano articles. Quicksilver 17:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I've started an article over on Wikibooks where I'll hopefully be putting some notes on Marklin's C track. -- 65.57.245.11 21:18, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
"Märklin kann seine Mitarbeiter nicht bezahlen
Märklin kann seinen Mitarbeitern das Januar-Gehalt nicht überweisen. Das gab es noch nie - selbst als das Unternehmen 2006 kurz vor der Insolvenz stand. Verhandlungen mit den Hausbanken sollen eine Lösung bringen, doch diese sind skeptisch, ob Märklin überhaupt sanierungsfähig ist."
From www.handelsblatt.com - Erik Baas ( talk) 16:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
It seems that folks have been changing this back and forth. I never noticed this distinction before today and took a look around. Now, while I prefer HO as in Half O Scale, as in Lionel, I have to admit that it should be H0, at least if we are going to discuss Märklin. They use H0, or 'H'Zero; http://www.maerklin.de/de/produkte/spur_h0.html. Maerklin44 ( talk) 06:16, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
This confusion comes from the discrepancy between NMRA and NEM model railway standards. NMRA uses letter 'O' while NEM is using numbers like in H0 (HO), 0 (O) or 1 (I). Since Märklin is an European company, they obviously prefer the European style, hence 'H0'. Z220info ( talk) 10:01, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Older Maerklin tracks did not have studs; they had an actual third rail, see, e.g., http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/84571706/Marklin_TIN_PLATE_3_RAIL_TRAIN_TRACKS_5_Curves.html. Kdammers ( talk) 05:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
The German wiki page for Marklin has way more content. I would like to translate and transfer the German language content to the English page. What say you ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Matcalfe ( talk • contribs) 19:42, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
I've added a link to
the Märklin section on the Brighton Toy and Model Index site. It lists most of the
Brighton Toy and Model Museum collection, and also has subsections for most of the Märklin product ranges up until the mid-C20th (like Märklin Metall), and has around ~1,200 restored Märklin catalogue images.
I work at the museum. However the usual WP "conflict of interest" rules discouraging the posting of links to one's own organisation seem not to apply for people associated with organisations in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector. I'm hoping that there will be no objections to this.
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Although it's safe to say it only has two visible rails, the studs in the middle of the track do provide power, so technically it is a three-rail system, correct? I'm going to change this. -- Dave Farquhar 14:44, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I was disappointed to find no mention of Märklin's long heritage of mechanical construction sets. My father, who grew up in Germany, played with both their electric trains and construction sets, even building trestles and bridges for his layouts with the construction set materials. He introduced me to the construction sets in the late 1950's, and it was quite a while before I even learned that Märklin also made electric trains! That said, I added a brief mention of that former product line.
Does anyone have evidence/proof/citations of how Maerklin was "better" then Erector or Meccano? Thanx 69.142.2.68 21:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes. Personal experience. I played with both Maerklin and Erector building sets as a child. The Erector components were of thinner gauge metal, flimsy, and had sharp edges that could injure. The comment about "better" should go back in. Since Maerklin sets are no longer on the market, unless someone has personal experience with it, a reader would have no way of obtaining a point of reference. Quicksilver 16:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I don't have personal experience with Meccano sets, but see the article at Erector_Set, wherein the writer rated Meccano inferior to Erector, with specific reasons. Stating that Maerklin building sets were of better quality than Erector and Meccano is not merely POV. Both 69.142.2.68 and Janke could have avoided this question by reading both Erector_Set and Meccano articles. Quicksilver 17:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I've started an article over on Wikibooks where I'll hopefully be putting some notes on Marklin's C track. -- 65.57.245.11 21:18, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
"Märklin kann seine Mitarbeiter nicht bezahlen
Märklin kann seinen Mitarbeitern das Januar-Gehalt nicht überweisen. Das gab es noch nie - selbst als das Unternehmen 2006 kurz vor der Insolvenz stand. Verhandlungen mit den Hausbanken sollen eine Lösung bringen, doch diese sind skeptisch, ob Märklin überhaupt sanierungsfähig ist."
From www.handelsblatt.com - Erik Baas ( talk) 16:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
It seems that folks have been changing this back and forth. I never noticed this distinction before today and took a look around. Now, while I prefer HO as in Half O Scale, as in Lionel, I have to admit that it should be H0, at least if we are going to discuss Märklin. They use H0, or 'H'Zero; http://www.maerklin.de/de/produkte/spur_h0.html. Maerklin44 ( talk) 06:16, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
This confusion comes from the discrepancy between NMRA and NEM model railway standards. NMRA uses letter 'O' while NEM is using numbers like in H0 (HO), 0 (O) or 1 (I). Since Märklin is an European company, they obviously prefer the European style, hence 'H0'. Z220info ( talk) 10:01, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Older Maerklin tracks did not have studs; they had an actual third rail, see, e.g., http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/84571706/Marklin_TIN_PLATE_3_RAIL_TRAIN_TRACKS_5_Curves.html. Kdammers ( talk) 05:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
The German wiki page for Marklin has way more content. I would like to translate and transfer the German language content to the English page. What say you ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Matcalfe ( talk • contribs) 19:42, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
I've added a link to
the Märklin section on the Brighton Toy and Model Index site. It lists most of the
Brighton Toy and Model Museum collection, and also has subsections for most of the Märklin product ranges up until the mid-C20th (like Märklin Metall), and has around ~1,200 restored Märklin catalogue images.
I work at the museum. However the usual WP "conflict of interest" rules discouraging the posting of links to one's own organisation seem not to apply for people associated with organisations in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector. I'm hoping that there will be no objections to this.
ErkDemon (
talk)
18:41, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 18:37, 29 January 2020 (UTC)