FOREWORD Our endeavours to bring out a true scale model railway have proved an unqualified success abroad as well as at home, the splendid new types of locomotive rolling stock, together and the ever-increasing variety and improvements in our scale model track, signals that are so true to their prototypes in both appea- rance and action, the impressive overhead wire system and the diversity and excellence of all the other accessories all gai ing new friends for us every year. The constructional design of our miniature railways calls for a service comparable with their prototypes in a setting in keeping with the character of a railway generally, and so, as their letters to us show, most of our friends try to give their layouts a scale model setting as far as possible. So far our publications have not_been able to keep pace with the ever-increasing demands in this direction and that is why we have de- cided to publish this Handbook, giving suggestions of our own as well as our friends’ experiences. Its purpose is to show the extent to which actual railway working can be simulated by the MARKLIN Miniature Railway and the means by which it can be carried out. We trust that this book may prove to be a welcome adviser to all our numerous friends. GEBR.MARKLINECIE.S!-GOPPINGEN/WURTT. Makers of Fine Metal Toys A088 st Made a GermanyCONTENTS Page Foreword 1 Contents eh ee A. Railway Construction and its Surroundings 6 |. General information about the Track 7 1. The Rails 7 i 2. The Gauge 8 } 3. MARKLIN Track Sections 8 | 4. Crossing from one track to anoth 10 | 5. Track Gadionts " 6. Bullding up Inelines with MARKLIN Piers. 16 II, Station Layouts 18 1. General Remarks 8 2. Station Diagrams 20 (a) Main Stations 20 (b) Main Line Stations for through trafic. 23 {@) Junctions 4 (@) Stations where lines cross 3 8. The Four Parts of a Station 4. The Roads or Tracks in Passenger Stations 7 (a) Main Rosds or Tracks for through traffic 2 (b) Other Main Roads 28 (©) The Engine Siding or through road (@) The service siding () Sidings 5. Tracks in Goods Stations (8) The Sorting Track (©) The wagen sidings . (©) The Piece Goods Road (@) The open loading bay (©) Roads to the loading ramp . The Layout of a Locomotive Running Shed (@) The position of the Running Shed in relation to the Station as a who! (©) Supplies for the engines (©) The Roads or Tracks in a Running Shed (4) A Running Shed for Electric Locomotives The Seenie Side 1, The Foundation of the System (@) The Table Railway (0) The foundation for a railway system that can be enlarged (©) The built-up frame method Page see geeee 37 28ee ry ey “4 a7