Märklin · H0 · 16.5 mm
Märklin C track: track planner from your own stock
46 items with verified geometry. Enter what you have, let the Auto-designer lay ovals, passing loops and stations, and view it in 3D at your table size.
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Track plans with Märklin C track
22 example plans for Märklin C track, laid by the Auto-designer or from a checked recipe, each with table size and number of pieces. Open a plan to see it full size; with a free account you can download the parts list.
Line with two reversing loops on R2, plus yard
500 × 200 cm · 61 pieces · 4 turnouts
Figure eight with bridge on R2
526 × 188 cm · 50 pieces · 0 turnouts · with bridge
Figure eight with bridge on R3
300 × 150 cm · 34 pieces · 0 turnouts · with bridge
Station on R2, plus passing loop and siding
260 × 120 cm · 53 pieces · 6 turnouts
Station with two platforms on R2, plus siding
404 × 188 cm · 61 pieces · 5 turnouts
Dogbone on R2, plus 2 passing loops
330 × 160 cm · 54 pieces · 4 turnouts
Station with two platforms on R3
330 × 150 cm · 32 pieces · 4 turnouts
Station on R2, 300 cm
300 × 150 cm · 53 pieces · 3 turnouts
Diamond on R2, plus passing loop and siding, 300 cm
300 × 190 cm · 49 pieces · 3 turnouts
Station on R2, 280 cm
280 × 140 cm · 49 pieces · 3 turnouts
Oval R1 with siding, plus 2 sidings
220 × 130 cm · 43 pieces · 3 turnouts
Station on R2, 250 cm
250 × 130 cm · 41 pieces · 3 turnouts
Oval R2 with passing loop, plus siding
320 × 100 cm · 39 pieces · 3 turnouts
Station on R2, 220 cm
220 × 130 cm · 37 pieces · 3 turnouts
Diamond on R2, plus passing loop and siding, 220 cm
220 × 120 cm · 35 pieces · 3 turnouts
Diamond on R2, plus passing loop and siding, 210 cm
210 × 110 cm · 33 pieces · 3 turnouts
Dogbone on R3, plus passing loop
340 × 130 cm · 32 pieces · 2 turnouts
Dogbone on R1, plus passing loop
210 × 120 cm · 29 pieces · 2 turnouts
Diamond on R2, plus siding
200 × 110 cm · 26 pieces · 1 turnouts
Triangle on R2, plus siding
240 × 210 cm · 20 pieces · 1 turnouts
Double track with crossovers
260 × 105 cm · 48 pieces · 0 turnouts
Starter set oval
170 × 100 cm · 20 pieces · 0 turnouts
What the Auto-designer gets out of a typical Märklin C track drawer
Diamond on R1, plus siding and yard
49 pieces · 6.5 m of track
7x 24064, 7x 24071, 1x 24077, 6x 24094, 12x 24130, 2x 24172, 7x 24188, 1x 24224, 3x 24611, 3x 24977
Dogbone on R2, plus siding and yard
37 pieces · 6.3 m of track
3x 24064, 4x 24071, 1x 24094, 3x 24172, 3x 24188, 1x 24224, 16x 24230, 3x 24612, 3x 24977
Double track R2/R1, plus passing loop and yard
65 pieces · 10.7 m of track
5x 24064, 2x 24071, 2x 24077, 6x 24094, 12x 24130, 9x 24172, 7x 24188, 4x 24224, 12x 24230, 1x 24611, 3x 24612, 2x 24977
From the TrackDrawer Guide
- Märklin C Track curved turnouts: a passing loop in the curve
- Cork and sound deadening under your track
- Laying track: from plan to baseboard
- Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
- DCC and Märklin Motorola: digital protocols
- The starter set oval does not fit on your table
- DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
- TRAX2 has closed: how to carry on with your layout
- Analogue or digital control?
- Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
- The helix: gaining height in little space
- Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
- Benchwork: open frame or solid baseboard?
- The double slip: when you need one
- Gradients: how steep can a model train climb?
- Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
- Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
- Turnout won't throw
- Left, right and symmetrical turnouts explained
- Terminus or through station?
- Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
- Your layout will not close: a gap of a few millimetres
- Shunting puzzle: designing a small yard
- Hidden staging and fiddle yards: trains out of sight
- Double oval: two trains at once
- Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
- The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
- An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
- The oval: the simplest layout and how to expand it
- Locomotive stalls on the frog
- The Auto-designer: layouts from your own track
- H0, N, TT or Z: which scale fits your space?
- Give your old box of track a second life
- The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
- How much space do you need for a Märklin C track layout?
- Track spacing: how far apart do two tracks lie?
- Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes
- The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
- How to make a track plan in seven steps
- An H0 layout on 180 x 90 cm: what fits?
- Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side
Geometry
| Radius | mm | Curve | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 360 | 24130 · 24115 | 30° |
| R2 | 437.5 | 24230 · 24215 | 30° |
| R3 | 515 | 24330 · 24315 | 30° |
| R4 | 579.3 | 24430 | 30° |
| R5 | 643.6 | 24530 | 30° |
Power: 3-rail AC. Roadbed width 40 mm. Parallel spacing 77.5 / 64.3 mm.
Turnout pattern: 24611 / 24612 with counter curve 24224; compensation 24172.
9 combinations are recalculated on every build: circles that close, turnouts that land on the parallel spacing.
Items (46)
Straight track
- 24064 Straight track 64,3 mm
- 24071 Straight track 70,8 mm
- 24077 Straight track 77,5 mm
- 24094 Straight track 94,2 mm
- 24172 Straight track 171,7 mm
- 24188 Straight track 188,3 mm
- 24229 Straight track 229,3 mm
- 24236 Straight track 236,1 mm
- 24360 Straight track 360 mm
Curves
- 24107 Curved track R1 7,5°
- 24115 Curved track R1 15°
- 24130 Curved track R1 30°
- 24206 Curved track R2 5,7°
- 24207 Curved track R2 7,5°
- 24215 Curved track R2 15°
- 24224 Curved track R2 24,3° (counter curve)
- 24230 Curved track R2 30°
- 24315 Curved track R3 15°
- 24330 Curved track R3 30°
- 24430 Curved track R4 30°
- 24530 Curved track R5 30°
- 24912 Curved track R9 12,1°
Turnouts
- 24611 Turnout left
- 24612 Turnout right
- 24630 Three-way turnout
- 24624 Double slip (DKW) 24,3°
- 24671 Curved turnout left R1/R2
- 24672 Curved turnout right R1/R2
- 24771 Slim curved turnout left R3/R4
- 24772 Slim curved turnout right R3/R4
- 24711 Slim turnout left R9 12,1°
- 24712 Slim turnout right R9 12,1°
- 24720 Slim DKW 12,1°
Crossings
- 24640 Crossing 24,3°
- 24649 Crossing 48,6°
- 24740 Slanke kruising 12,1°
Feeder tracks
- 24088 Feeder track 188,3 mm
Switching and contact tracks
- 24994 Switching track 94,2 mm
- 24995 Contact track 94,2 mm (2 stuks)
- 24997 Uncoupler track 94,2 mm
- 24194 Switching track curved R1 15°
- 24294 Switching track curved R2 15°
End pieces
- 24977 End piece with buffer stop 77,5 mm
- 24978 Eindstuk with verlicht stootblok 77,5 mm
Transition tracks
- 24922 Overgangsrail C naar K 180 mm
- 24951 Overgangsrail C naar M 180 mm
Source: Märklin catalogus C-Gleis, Technik-Tipp 406, productpagina's marklin.nl (onderzoek 2026-10-02)
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