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Author:  winced36 [ Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:22 am ]
Post subject:  Marx Photo Gallery

I don't know much about Marx, but I have a few pieces. Here's a four-wheel Pennsy hopper from somewhere:

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Any info regarding vintage would be appreciated.

Paul

Author:  paulrace [ Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Marx Photo Gallery

Paul,

I've asked a friend to take a look

- Paul

Author:  paulrace [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Marx Photo Gallery

Apparently these were made for decades. Metal couplers imply prewar. According to my friend they're pretty common. To me it's pretty period. :-)

Author:  Howard [ Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:48 pm ]
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here are three of the best sources of marx info...

http://www.toyandtrainguides.com/marxtin.htm

http://www.marxtinplatetrains.com/

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MarxTrain/info?prop=eupdate

Author:  winced36 [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:28 am ]
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Thanks Howard!

Paul

Author:  winced36 [ Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:45 am ]
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Marx at the Woolworth's display at the National Christmas Museum in Paradise, Pa.:

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Very cool...

Paul II

EDIT :: Unfortunately, the National Christmas Museum closed a couple of yeas ago. I was lucky to get a look a few months before it was shuttered.

Author:  winced36 [ Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Marx Photo Gallery

My one example of Marx motive power, the 999. This is a postwar version, as best I can tell. Since I run it primarily with four-wheel freights, I typically pair it with the four-wheel "wedge" tender seen here. I do have an eight-wheel two-truck version which I run when towing a string of the 3/16" cars. This thing runs well, albeit a bit on the fast side. Like most Marx locos, it's prone to excessive sparking if the center-rail pickup gets dirty. It's not too difficult to clean it, but it gets dirty pretty quickly. I always thought that proportionally, the 999 was the nicest looking of the diecast Marx locos, but maybe that's just me. Interestingly, it has a kink in the loco hand-rail similar to that found on the Lionel 259/259E.

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Author:  winced36 [ Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:25 pm ]
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One of the 6-inch cars I run behind the 999 is this B&O 241708 gondola. I'm not sure if it's prewar or postwar. I found it in a local antique shop, seemed in reasonable shape, even included four small wooden barrels. It had plastic wheels on it, but I swapped those out for a set of tin. Plastic wheels might have been indicative of a postwar vintage...not sure.

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Author:  javinda [ Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:45 am ]
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Love all these pix!

Author:  javinda [ Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:46 am ]
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p.s. Regarding the National Christmas Museum, it is reopening in 2021 supposedly. Will keep you posted.

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