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I collect old Märklin H0 trains produced in the 1980s and build temporary layouts to run them. These feature on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@The3rdRail #marklin #tmrguk

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#Madeleines #baking... I always find the way the bulges rise magical... This also very reassuring when it happens: the batter mix was right and had enough time in the fridge before baking.

09.02.2026 20:49 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Postcards are often forgotten when looking for reference information, yet so many collectors share them online.

I found this one here: rail-ussellois.fr/2021/04/17/x...

Guess what Is coming soon on the channel...

#modeltrains #märklin #tmrguk #x2800 #sncf

04.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Just in! Märklin 3674 (DB class/BR 216) - Non Runner - Repair
YouTube video by The 3rd Rail Just in! Märklin 3674 (DB class/BR 216) - Non Runner - Repair

New video out today... A new arrival, a honest BR216, bought as a non runner... Will it run again?

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk #fixit

youtu.be/3-GSX9erGaA

31.01.2026 17:37 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Märklin BR50 Parade
YouTube video by The 3rd Rail Märklin BR50 Parade

Happy New Year!

🔗 youtu.be/yN0s61J3IJc

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

31.12.2025 11:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reminds me of Christmas Eve at my grandparents house in my childhood, after the presents i went downstairs to play with Grandpa's Märklin World

29.12.2025 21:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You can see them on the move now... And smoking too...
🔗 youtu.be/yN0s61J3IJc

29.12.2025 17:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Model train layout

Model train layout

Austrian BR 50 decapod

Austrian BR 50 decapod

Austrian BR 50 decapod

Austrian BR 50 decapod

German BR 50 decapod

German BR 50 decapod

Lots of unboxing... Usual Boxing Day for @the3rdrail.bsky.social ...

All caught up?
🔗 www.youtube.com/@The3rdRail/...

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

26.12.2025 15:42 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Christmas - Guilty Pleasures...
YouTube video by The 3rd Rail Christmas - Guilty Pleasures...

Merry Christmas!

youtu.be/-iEGncH9xSg

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

25.12.2025 17:31 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lionel electronic gimmicks have their charm

22.12.2025 07:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It smokes too...

🔗 youtu.be/Ql5gs8Rwn0U

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

19.12.2025 16:52 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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New video out now... We're off to Belgium this time.
🔗 youtu.be/Ql5gs8Rwn0U

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

16.12.2025 21:02 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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soon on the channel...

All caught up?
Latest video 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9L...
Seasonal toolbox: the "Little Helpers" playlist 🔗 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#marklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

12.12.2025 19:33 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Youtube auto dubbing can be dangerous...

My videos start with "Welcome to the 3rd Rail"

Auto dubbing recently started translating this as
"Willkommen im dritten Reich" in German

rather unfortunate...

German auto dubbing is now disabled on the channel.
#youtube #AI #modeltrains #marklin #tmrguk

09.12.2025 13:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think that the power from the overhead line is converted by a transformer in the middle section. This then feeds 2 motors installed in each bogie, their power is transferred to the axles with a jackshaft.

06.12.2025 13:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It took a while, but I finally managed to cobble together a new video... I am venturing a bit further afield, ever heard of Röwa?
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9L...

#marklin #tmrguk #röwa #modeltrains

06.12.2025 06:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Der Trans-Europ-Express TEE | Doku HD | ARTE
YouTube video by ARTEde Der Trans-Europ-Express TEE | Doku HD | ARTE

nice documentary...

#modeltrains #tmrguk #TEE #TransEuropExpress #märklin

youtu.be/zyZiGGkfO7E?...

08.11.2025 09:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It'll all be revealed in the next channel video. 😉

08.11.2025 00:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This #E91 needs tidying up, but even in this state, I'd say you couldn't guess it was made in 1972...

#tmrguk #modeltrains #röwa #märklin

07.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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soon on the channel...

all caught up? 🔗 youtu.be/y2N9EtaV3-Q

#tmrguk #modeltrains #notmarklin

02.11.2025 18:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pre-storage routine... boring...

#marklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

01.11.2025 13:04 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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out today...

🔗 youtu.be/y2N9EtaV3-Q

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

26.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Difficult to focus with so much going on 😀
Soon on the channel...
All caught up? 🔗 youtu.be/RA0cCpBfEbA

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

11.10.2025 17:59 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
3 Märklin locomotives of the Württemberg railways

3 Märklin locomotives of the Württemberg railways

testing under way...

#marklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

08.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 22    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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It finally happened! A first attempt at retrofitting Symoba couplings. Good way to preserve most of the previous guys' tinkering on #Lima #Casaralta coaches. Nice bit of kit this #Symoba stuff...

Out now on the channel: 🔗 youtu.be/RA0cCpBfEbA

#Märklin #Modeltrains

05.10.2025 21:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
SYMOBA short coupling kinematic

SYMOBA short coupling kinematic

80s Lima surburban coach

80s Lima surburban coach

This one is completely out of my comfort zone... About to start fixing what the previous guy did with the couplings on old Lima MDVC coaches. Lots of cutting, glueing and potentially a disaster in the making... This should make for a fun video...

#modeltrains #tmrguk #schadenfreude

16.09.2025 07:32 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New video out today!

#märklin 3147, DB class 212 (aka V100). 60s tooling, 70s livery, available to buy new between 1980 and 1991.

🔗 youtu.be/8Dwhn246voE

#modeltrains #tmrguk

14.09.2025 13:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

H0. If you are modelling a German theme from the 1950s to the early 2000s, this class is almost unavoidable. There were over 750 of them (211/212/213) in service at the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

10.09.2025 23:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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next up on the channel... All caught up?
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-a...

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

10.09.2025 11:10 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New video out now!

🔗 youtu.be/OH-aZ9CcbA0?...

#märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

31.08.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stocking up while I still can...

#seuthe #märklin #modeltrains #tmrguk

28.08.2025 11:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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