🚂 It is all about Märklin M-Track catenary in this video. We’ll follow the installation, with a few tips and tricks sprinkled along the way.
👇 Check out this video for more in depth information about the Märklin m-Track catenary system.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Märklin M-Track Catenary Overview
03:37 Planning ressources
05:25 Installation
11:58 Testing
18:10 Traffic and conclusion
About This Video:
Welcome back to the 3rd rail! Today’s topic is Catenary also known as overhead line. If you keep an eye on the channel’s community posts, this shouldn’t come as a surprise as I have been posting about my progress on that front.
In this video I will do a quick recap about what I installed, where and in which order. I’ll then cover a few of the issues I had to deal with, and the testing.
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Great video, I only hope I can do it myself in a few years for now on my next house. Currently I am restricted to an oval in a room borrowed at my company, a room which should be a meeting room. My next house will definitely include a train room.
Great video as usual !!! I have a tip to replace 7011 with standard 7009, cheaper and very easier to find. I'll give you the link if you want to see.
I thought it was spectacular to turn the bedroom light off and watch the purple flashes from the E41 pantograph against the catenary all round the track. Until I came home from college and discovered that my father had dismantled the entire layout as he wanted the room as a bedroom again. 😢Great video.
Great Video! When I was setting up the catenary on my 3600 Layout (solid 3rd rail) I used a mix of the old 407 catenary from the early 50s on the main lines and the 409/7000 M track catenary in a more complex section around my yard where the 407 catenary wasn't feasible. I ran into a similar problem over one of my 5126 double slips (older version of 5128) and it turned out I had inadvertently ended up with some of the earlier 7007 catenary crossings that have deeper notches than the newer 7277 type. The difference is hard to see unless you look really close. Older type pantographs didn't have any problems with the old type of crossing but anything from the mid 60s on would snag on it. Replacing it with a 7277 completely solved the problem.
Although my layout was built with late 40s – early 50s Märklin trains in mind, I have no issues running most trains made into the late 80s / early 90s as long as I stick to 24 cm coaches. The newer electrics have no problem with the 407 catenary, and I do run power on it.
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Thank you very much for this excellent overview of Märklins catenary system.
I am impressed with how tidy and organized your catenary layout is. It can quickly become messy with many turnouts after each other and several parallel parking tracks in a station.
I think that it took me several weeks (with some pauses) to establish catenary on my layout. And after that, I spent just as long time under the table, lying on my back with a headlamp to hook up all the wires for catenary power and connections to the signals. But that part is just another element of the Märklin hobby.
BR,
Great tips. Good heavens yes, adding catenary is a handful. We decided to construct our own by having masts 3D printed. We then constructed overhead wires with welding wire, and constructed sections by soldering. A mind blowing monster task but worth the while, and on a budget. Oh yes, once installed, testing very very carefully and slowly. The old school pantographs can take some minor hits but they remain fragile. It does take ages, but once all is settled, the result is very rewarding 🙂 Great to see the catenary back on your new layout.