Märklin · Z · 6.5 mm

Märklin Z track (mini-club): track planner from your own stock

27 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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What the Auto-designer gets out of a typical Märklin Z track (mini-club) drawer

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  Station on R1, plus 2 sidings

  34 pieces · 2.9 m of track

  4x 8500, 1x 8503, 6x 8504, 4x 8507, 8x 8510, 3x 8562, 2x 8563, 3x 8591, 3x 8991

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  Diamond on R3, plus siding and yard

  32 pieces · 2.7 m of track

  2x 8500, 3x 8503, 6x 8504, 1x 8505, 1x 8507, 12x 8531, 3x 8562, 1x 8591, 3x 8991

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  Double track R3/R2, plus siding and yard

  42 pieces · 4.6 m of track

  2x 8500, 1x 8503, 3x 8505, 5x 8507, 12x 8521, 12x 8531, 3x 8563, 1x 8591, 3x 8991

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
• The helix: gaining height in little space
• The double slip: when you need one
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Left, right and symmetrical turnouts explained
• Terminus or through station?
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Shunting puzzle: designing a small yard
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• H0, N, TT or Z: which scale fits your space?
• 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
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• How to make a track plan in seven steps

Geometry

Radius	mm	Curve	Angle
R1	145	8510	45°
R2	195	8521	45°
R3	220	8531	45°

Power: 2-rail DC. Roadbed width 16 mm. Parallel spacing 25 mm.

Turnout pattern: 8562 / 8563 with counter curve 8591; compensation 8500.

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

Items (27)

Straight track

• 8500 Straight track 110 mm
• 8503 Straight track 55 mm
• 8504 Straight track 25 mm
• 8505 Straight track 220 mm
• 8506 Straight track 108,6 mm
• 8507 Straight track 112,8 mm

Curves

• 8510 Curved track R1 45°
• 8520 Curved track R2 45°
• 8521 Curved track R2 30°
• 8530 Curved track R3 45°
• 8531 Curved track R3 30°
• 8591 Curved track 13° (counter curve, R490)

Turnouts

• 8562 Turnout left 13°
• 8563 Turnout right 13°
• 8565 Turnout left 13° (handbediening)
• 8566 Turnout right 13° (handbediening)
• 8568 Curved turnout left (inner curve R2 30°)
• 8569 Curved turnout right (inner curve R2 30°)
• 8560 Double slip (DKW) 13°

Crossings

• 8559 Crossing 13°

Flex track

• 8594 Flex track 660 mm

Feeder tracks

• 8590 Feeder track 110 mm

Switching and contact tracks

• 8529 Switching track curved R2 30°
• 8587 Uncoupler track 55 mm
• 8588 Scheidingsrail (trenn) 55 mm
• 8589 Switching track 55 mm

End pieces

• 8991 End piece with buffer stop 15 mm

Source: maerklin.de mini-club (Spur Z) productpagina's, z-freunde-international.de, modellbau-wiki.de (onderzoek 2026-10-02)

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.