Märklin · H0 · 16.5 mm

Märklin K track: track planner from your own stock

45 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 K track

4 example plans for Märklin K 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.

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  Line with two reversing loops on Großkreis II, plus 2 sidings

  600 × 240 cm · 61 pieces · 4 turnouts

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  Double track Normalkreis II/Normalkreis I with crossover, plus siding and yard

  240 × 120 cm · 64 pieces · 5 turnouts

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  Dogbone on Normalkreis I, plus 2 yards

  300 × 150 cm · 77 pieces · 4 turnouts

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  Double track Großkreis II/Großkreis I, plus siding and yard

  320 × 150 cm · 61 pieces · 3 turnouts

What the Auto-designer gets out of a typical Märklin K track drawer

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  Station with two platforms on Normalkreis I

  44 pieces · 6.2 m of track

  4x 2201, 4x 2202, 4x 2204, 8x 2206, 4x 2207, 12x 2221, 4x 2232, 2x 2262, 2x 2263

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  Dogbone on Normalkreis II

  28 pieces · 4.7 m of track

  2x 2200, 2x 2203, 4x 2204, 4x 2206, 16x 2231

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  Diamond on Normalkreis II

  30 pieces · 4.7 m of track

  6x 2200, 2x 2202, 4x 2203, 2x 2204, 4x 2206, 12x 2231

From the TrackDrawer Guide

• Märklin C Track curved turnouts: a passing loop in the curve
• Cork and sound deadening under your track
• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
• Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
• Benchwork: open frame or solid baseboard?
• The double slip: when you need one
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• Left, right and symmetrical turnouts explained
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Double oval: two trains at once
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• Give your old box of track a second life
• The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
• Track spacing: how far apart do two tracks lie?
• Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes
• 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
Industriekreis	295.4	2210	45°
Normalkreis I	360	2221 · 2223	30°
Normalkreis II	424.6	2231 · 2233	30°
Großkreis I	553.9	2241	30°
Großkreis II	618.5	2251	30°

Power: 3-rail AC. Roadbed width 32 mm. Parallel spacing 64.6 / 57 mm.

Turnout pattern: 2262 / 2263 with counter curve 2232; compensation 2207.

10 combinations are recalculated on every build: circles that close, turnouts that land on the parallel spacing.

Items (45)

Straight track

• 2200 Straight track 180 mm
• 2201 Straight track 90 mm
• 2202 Straight track 45 mm
• 2203 Straight track 30 mm
• 2204 Straight track 22,5 mm
• 2206 Straight track 168,9 mm
• 2207 Straight track 156 mm
• 2208 Straight track 35,1 mm
• 2209 Straight track 217,9 mm
• 2293 Straight track 41,3 mm

Curves

• 2210 Curved track Industriekreis 45°
• 2221 Curved track Normalkreis I 30°
• 2223 Curved track Normalkreis I 15°
• 2224 Curved track Normalkreis I 7°30'
• 2231 Curved track Normalkreis II 30°
• 2232 Curved track Normalkreis II 22°30' (counter curve)
• 2233 Curved track Normalkreis II 15°
• 2234 Curved track Normalkreis II 7°30'
• 2235 Curved track Normalkreis II 3°45'
• 2241 Curved track Großkreis I 30°
• 2251 Curved track Großkreis II 30°
• 2274 Curved track 14°26' (counter curve slank)

Turnouts

• 2262 Turnout left
• 2263 Turnout right
• 2265 Turnout left (handbediening)
• 2266 Turnout right (handbediening)
• 22715 Slim turnout left 14°26'
• 22716 Slim turnout right 14°26'
• 2268 Curved turnout left R Normalkreis I/II
• 2269 Curved turnout right R Normalkreis I/II
• 2270 Three-way turnout
• 2260 Double slip (DKW) 22°30'
• 2275 Slanke dubbele kruiswissel (DKW) 14°26'

Crossings

• 2257 Crossing 14°26' (slank)
• 2258 Crossing 45°
• 2259 Crossing 22°30'

Flex track

• 2205 Flex track 900 mm

Feeder tracks

• 2290 Feeder track 180 mm
• 2292 Feeder track 180 mm (with ontstoringscondensator)

Switching and contact tracks

• 2295 Contact track-set 2x90 mm
• 2297 Uncoupler track 90 mm
• 2229 Switching track curved 15° (Normalkreis I)
• 2239 Switching track curved 15° (Normalkreis II)
• 2299 Switching track 90 mm

Transition tracks

• 2291 Overgangsrail K naar M track 180 mm

Source: Officiële Märklin H0-catalogus K-Gleis-hoofdstuk (gescand, ccbrailroad.com.ar/manuales/marklin/marklin_via_k.pdf en marklinisterne.dk/_Downloads/100-Marklin/310-K-Skinner/Marklin_K-Skinner_oversigt.pdf), Märklin Technik-Tipp 403 (maerklin.de), modellbau-wiki.de/wiki/Gleisgeometrie, stummiforum.de (t155717, t22308) (onderzoek 2026-10-02)

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TrackDrawer is not affiliated with Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH or any other manufacturer. Item numbers and dimensions are factual product data, with sources cited in the catalogue.