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cidchase

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somewhere between Clarksville and Zhanjiang
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The museum in Clarksville has two layouts tended by a small volunteer group.
The HO/N layout has a loop of Marklin M-track (I think) in the center. They
have had considerable problems keeping the Marklin locos running. They are
small 2-6-0's, IIRC (great detail memory). One was sent to Marklin for repair
and lasted about 2 months (so they say). They get run mainly on Sundays
for 3-4 hours.

I know there are a few Marklin (Maerklin) users here, and would appreciate
any advice. I'm doing some track cleaning and it seems to help; one will run
fairly well, one just stutters around. The lights flicker a lot, indicating pickup
problems, I would guess. Are there disassembly drawings available, and is this
even recommended? I expect they need some cleaning and lubing, but they
were donated to the museum. If they were mine, I'd tear into 'em, but I'm
approaching this with a little more caution. :) :)

I e-mailed Marklin USA about 3 weeks ago, just because I wanted the REAL
pronunciation, but no response yet. I've heard it as "MARK-lin",
MERK-lin", and as "MARE-klin" or "MEHR-klin", which I suspect is close to
correct. Anyhow, any responses welcomed!!
 
Cid:
The German ae or a-umlaut sound is between ay and eh. It sounds a bit more like eh.
Can't help with the running. Can you get a rail cleaner car run around the track? use some wire to join the couplers together.
(Umlaut mean "modified". The 2 dots over the letter are the remnants of a handwritten "e" from long ago.)
 
Hello Cid,

some help for the pronunciation from Germany. The German Ä sounds like the english words BEAR or MARE if it is followed by a R (as in Märklin). You are right, MAREklin or MEHRklin is absolutely correct.

Unfortunately I can not help you with this technical problem. It is more than 30 years now since I had any Märklin models. The only thing I still remember is that I cleaned the pickups very often and replaced them from time to time when they were worn. I found a list with exploded diagrams for most of their locos on the German Märklin website (some PDF-files do not contain a drawing): http://www.maerklin.de/service/?redirect=explo.php. You have to click the links Märklin HO on this page and Märklin Spur HO on the next one to get to the list.

Kurt
 
Hello !

As important as cleaning the tracks and the pick up shoe is, one must not forget to clean the brushes. One is copper and the other carbon , I think . Fine sandpaper does the trick.To do so the body of the engine has to be taken of . On some small engines that can be accomplished by prying the body off the chassis . Most engines have one screw in the smokestack or several on the bottom .

Maerklin is my prefered way of using the name.It works on e-Bay.

If you want info from Maerklin , good luck !!!


Walter in Canada
 
Maerklin service booklet

cidchase said:
The museum in Clarksville has two layouts tended by a small volunteer group.
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cidchase said:
The HO/N layout has a loop of Marklin M-track (I think) in the center. They
have had considerable problems keeping the Marklin locos running. They are
small 2-6-0's, IIRC (great detail memory). One was sent to Marklin for repair
and lasted about 2 months (so they say). They get run mainly on Sundays
for 3-4 hours.

I know there are a few Marklin (Maerklin) users here, and would appreciate
any advice. I'm doing some track cleaning and it seems to help; one will run
fairly well, one just stutters around. The lights flicker a lot, indicating pickup
problems, I would guess. Are there disassembly drawings available, and is this
even recommended? I expect they need some cleaning and lubing, but they
were donated to the museum. If they were mine, I'd tear into 'em, but I'm
approaching this with a little more caution. :) :)

I e-mailed Marklin USA about 3 weeks ago, just because I wanted the REAL
pronunciation, but no response yet. I've heard it as "MARK-lin",
MERK-lin", and as "MARE-klin" or "MEHR-klin", which I suspect is close to
correct. Anyhow, any responses welcomed!!
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Back at the MRIA train show in 1983, a Marklin rep (who was a German) told me it was pronounced "Mare-clean"
 
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