LEGO Train enthusiasts- all aboooooard!

gelkster

This is from a separate, folded brochure included with #65001 (2014 Cargo Train) & #65002 (2014 High-Speed Passenger Train). I want to make the larger layout & have all required tracks but would like to know the area it takes up. Any fellow engineers have this current setup, can you measure for me? Id prefer not to dismantle my current homemade setup to determine it.

Thanks!

Switchfoot55

This is just my educated guess based on stud length/width: 

Each straight track is 16 studs, or 5". Four curved tracks are approximately 13.5" in length and height (16 curved tracks make a 27" diameter circle). 

For this layout, the bottom portion of the track is 4 curved, 8 straight, and 4 curved, or 67". The left side of the track is 4 curved, 8 straight (two of those being the switch track) and 4 curved, or 67". 

Assuming you wouldn't need the adjusted lengths for the upper right corner, your layout would be approximately 67" x 67". 

gelkster

OK great, I mustve measured wrong cuz I got 5'10" x 3'9".

Now that I look closely, is IS closer to a square than a rectangle.

eMJeeNL

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but had anyone seen this yet?
https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/details/article/29730/34/?tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bbacklink%5D=34&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bpage%5D=3&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bperpage%5D=10&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bera%5D=&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bnewonly%5D=0&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bgaugechoice%5D=2&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bgroupchoice%5D=5&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bsubgroupchoice%5D=16&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bfilter%5D=1&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bpagesort%5D=artnrasc&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5BbrandId%5D=1&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5BnoPaging%5D=

Might be a solution for people who are not a fan of battery power? Is a third party solution, but (to my conviction) a reputable one.

Cyberdragon

Do they have a 120V version? If they don't then a transformer and plug adaptor would have to be used.

cody6268

eMJeeNL said:

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but had anyone seen this yet?
https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/details/article/29730/34/?tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bbacklink%5D=34&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bpage%5D=3&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bperpage%5D=10&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bera%5D=&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bnewonly%5D=0&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bgaugechoice%5D=2&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bgroupchoice%5D=5&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bsubgroupchoice%5D=16&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bfilter%5D=1&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5Bpagesort%5D=artnrasc&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5BbrandId%5D=1&tx_torrpdb_pi1%5BnoPaging%5D=

Might be a solution for people who are not a fan of battery power? Is a third party solution, but (to my conviction) a reputable one.

It is sold in the US, but I don't know if the charger is a US or Euro plug. But, it is something I loathe with LionChief; the "sorta not digital, but in a way digital" IR controller intended for kids. I prefer an analog controller, or actual DCC It's why with Lionel (and Marklin) I mostly have had an interest in the older stuff. 

https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Marklin/29730.aspx