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The Marklinfan Club Italia is a virtual, non-profit organization created in 2005 for the purpose of collecting and exchanging information regarding Märklin miniature trains among Italian enthusiasts. The Club consists of members from all over Italy who get together privately from time to time in various cities or on the occasion of exhibitions and demonstrations of model trains. Communicating and sharing takes place on-line here and by our ‘Magazine’ and ‘Indice interattivo’ buttons links. The ‘hands-on’ activities of the Club take shape in the construction of two kinds of model layouts: the Digital and the Vintage.

DIGITAL

The digital model layout consists of C tracks, the standard measures 144 cm and is 61 cm deep. The train track is placed 130 cm. from the floor. The scenery is left to the creator’s imagination and is generally set in central Europe; this allows trains of every nationality to circulate, in agreement with what we call ‘ the Märklin spirit’.

More information on construction guidelines (italian) can be found here

VINTAGE

Our vintage model layout represents the golden age (1960-1975) of the Märklin electric train, as a toy that fascinated every boy at that time. In accordance with the vintage spirit the architectonic elements and scenery are only evoked, not literally reproduced . The objective is not realism but the emotion aroused by the eye-catching train. The rest serves only to free the imagination.

More information on construction guidelines (italian) can be found here

Reports and photos of both model layouts can be found here

Contact: staff@marklinfan.it