Märklin · H0 · 16.5 mm
Märklin M track: track planner from your own stock
39 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 M track
4 example plans for Märklin M 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 R1, plus siding and yard
500 × 200 cm · 76 pieces · 5 turnouts
Station with two platforms on R2, plus passing loop
240 × 120 cm · 44 pieces · 6 turnouts
Dogbone on R2, plus 2 yards
300 × 150 cm · 64 pieces · 4 turnouts
Diamond on R2, plus passing loop and siding
300 × 150 cm · 51 pieces · 3 turnouts
What the Auto-designer gets out of a typical Märklin M track drawer
Diamond on R1, plus 2 passing loops
38 pieces · 5.9 m of track
12x 5100, 8x 5106, 4x 5107, 4x 5108, 2x 5129, 2x 5203, 2x 5204, 4x 5206
Double track R2/R1 with crossover
62 pieces · 8.9 m of track
12x 5100, 12x 5106, 4x 5107, 4x 5108, 4x 5109, 4x 5110, 8x 5129, 12x 5200, 2x 5204
Hexagon on R2
18 pieces · 3.2 m of track
6x 5129, 12x 5200
Track plans with Märklin M track in the Railfolio
- Layout with 4 turnouts, Märklin M track: Märklin M-rail op een tafel van 194 × 94 cm: 39 stukken in 6 soorten, 4 wissels, 6,5 m spoor
From the TrackDrawer Guide
- Märklin C Track curved turnouts: a passing loop in the curve
- Cork and sound deadening under your track
- DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
- Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
- The double slip: when you need one
- Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
- Left, right and symmetrical turnouts explained
- Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
- Your layout will not close: a gap of a few millimetres
- Double oval: two trains at once
- An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
- Give your old box of track a second life
- How to make a track plan in seven steps
- An H0 layout on 180 x 90 cm: what fits?
Geometry
| Radius | mm | Curve | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industriekreis | 286 | 5120 | 45° |
| R1 | 360 | 5100 · 5101 | 30° |
| R2 | 437.4 | 5200 · 5201 | 30° |
Power: 3-rail AC. Roadbed width 27 mm. Parallel spacing 77.4 mm.
Turnout pattern: 5203 / 5204 with counter curve 5206; compensation 5106.
6 combinations are recalculated on every build: circles that close, turnouts that land on the parallel spacing.
Items (39)
Straight track
- 5106 Straight track 180 mm
- 5107 Straight track 90 mm
- 5108 Straight track 45 mm
- 5109 Straight track 33,5 mm
- 5110 Straight track 22,5 mm
- 5129 Compensation piece (straight) 70 mm
- 5208 Compensation piece (straight) 8 mm
- 5210 Compensation piece (straight) 16 mm
Curves
- 5120 Industriekreis 45°
- 5100 Normalkreis R1 30°
- 5101 Normalkreis R1 15°
- 5102 Normalkreis R1 7°30'
- 5200 Parallelkreis R2 30°
- 5201 Parallelkreis R2 15°
- 5205 Parallelkreis R2 5°43' (reststuk)
- 5206 Parallelkreis R2 24°17' (counter curve)
Turnouts
- 5118 Turnout left 30° (R1, generatie 1957-1974)
- 5119 Turnout right 30° (R1, generatie 1957-1974)
- 5138 Turnout left 22°30' (R1, generatie 1975-2000)
- 5139 Turnout right 22°30' (R1, generatie 1975-2000)
- 5203 Turnout left 24°17' (R2, electric)
- 5204 Turnout right 24°17' (R2, electric)
- 5222 Turnout left 24°17' (R2, handbediend)
- 5223 Turnout right 24°17' (R2, handbediend)
- 5141 Curved turnout left (inner curve R1 30°)
- 5142 Curved turnout right (inner curve R1 30°)
- 5214 Symmetrische driewegwissel
- 5128 Double slip (DKW) 30°
- 5207 Double slip (DKW) 24°17'
Crossings
- 5114 Crossing 30°
- 5215 Crossing 24°17'
Feeder tracks
- 5111 Feeder track 180 mm
- 5103 Feeder track curved (Normalkreis R1 30°)
Switching and contact tracks
- 5112 Uncoupler track 90 mm
- 5104 Contact track 180 mm
- 5105 Contact track curved (Normalkreis R1 30°)
- 5115 Contact track voor overweg 180 mm
- 5146 Switching track 90 mm
- 5147 Switching track curved (Normalkreis R1 15°)
Source: maerklin.de en marklin.com productpagina's per artikelnummer (5100-5215, rechtstreeks opgehaald), drahtkupplung.de 'Die MÄRKLIN-M-Gleis-Nostalgie-Seite', herbertotto.scitivity.de (wisselgeometrie, generaties 5117 vs 5137), stummiforum.de t36952 (parallelafstand) (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.