EE 7060 EXC Marklin HO 3 Rail Stop Block Track aka 462

Details about 3600 Series Marklin 3-Rail Track (with Solid Middle Rail):

·        This track was produced from the 1930s; its last year in the Marklin HO catalog was 1956.  (By the way, 1956 was the first year for the new 3601 stud track that quickly became the 5100 series “M” track.)

·       The standard straight track 5007 or 3600D1/1 is 7 1/8 inches long (180mm) and has 24 sleepers; some very early variants have only 16 sleepers.  These 3600 track that EE is selling is all the 24 sleeper variety.  (We do have 16 sleeper track sold elsewhere.)

·       The 3600 series is compatible with the 5100 series M track; they connect together and have the same roadbed height.

·       Some early Marklin HO locomotives have either “button” or “spoon” type current pickups.  These locos need to run on the 3600 series solid third rail track, because their short pickups will snag on the studs of the 5100 series M track.  However, later locomotives with long sliders will work fine on either the 3600 or 5100 series of track.

·       The final years that 3600 series track was available were also the years that Marklin switched over from their old numbering system to a new “4-digit” numbering system.  However, just as the new numbers were introduced (i.e., the 5000, 5001, 5007, etc.) the solid third rail track was discontinued and few folks know the track by these newer numbers.  For 3600 track, here are the corresponding numbers:

Old Number  New#     Description

3600A 1/1      5000      Curved track 1/1, 3R
3600A 1/2      5001      Curved track 1/2, 3R
3600A 1/4      5002      Curved track 1/4, 3R
3600 AA         5003      Curved track feeder, 3R
3600 AK        5004      Center rail cable
3600 BSA      5005      M track contact curve, 3R
3600 BSD      5006      M track contact straight, 3R
3600D 1/1      5007      Straight track 1/1, 3R
3600D 1/2      5008      Straight track 1/2, 3R
3600D 1/4      5009      Straight track 1/4, 3R
3600D 3/16    5010      Straight track 3/16, 3R
3600D 1/8      5011      Straight track 1/8, 3R
3600 DA        5012      Straight track feeder, 3R
3600 DKWS   5013      Doubleslip, 2 dbl sols, 3R
3600 EKS      5014      Uncoupler track, 3R
3600 J           5015      Insulation point marker
3600 K           5016      Crossing track, 3R
3600 KG        5017      Contact rail straight for grade xing, 3R
3600 KGR     5018      Contact rail curve for grade xing, 3R
3600 MWS     5019      Turnout pair, remote, 3R
3600 MWL     5020      Turnout, left, remote, 3R
3600 MWR    5021      Turnout, right, remote, 3R
3600 Z           5022      Center rail insulator, paper
3700A 1/1      5030      Curved track 1/1, 3R, parallel
3700A 1/2      5031      Curved track 1/2, 3R, parallel