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Looking on eBay and found this. What is it and what a paint scheme.
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 Posted - December 29 2013 : 10:59:38 PM
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ohhh darn it I should know & I don't grrrr 
I think it one of them toy train sets
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Posted - December 29 2013 : 11:17:44 PM
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Hi JRG1951,
Looking at the gearing and the nose profile, I would say it's an old Marx F unit.
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 07:33:35 AM
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Sure is a unique paint scheme. Have never seen that one but I like it 
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 07:43:19 AM
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Yep a Marx F3A in a Santa Fe road name. Here is the Union Pacific done in the same manner.
frank
PS bite my tong but it is a Gilbert, that looks to be made by Marx.
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 08:37:42 AM
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It is an American Flyer HO (Gilbert) produced in 1962.
http://gilbertho.org/home.htm
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 1:44:07 PM
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Train store I go to all the time has an old marx HO set with that same UP F unit frank has. Sorry, didn't look at the price but I went yesterday and will go again next week if anyone is interested.
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 2:47:50 PM
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Thanks,
Details and paint were different for sure!
The listing for that engine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/14-plus-1-HO-scale-train-cars-Plus-bonus-running-engine-/251397112642?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item3a886f8342
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Posted - December 30 2013 : 4:33:01 PM
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quote:Train store I go to all the time has an old marx HO set with that same UP F unit frank has. Sorry, didn't look at the price but I went yesterday and will go again next week if anyone is interested.
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â December 30 2013Â :Â 1:44:07 PM
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ME! I interested! 
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Posted - December 31 2013 : 11:01:54 PM
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Alright Ben I'll take a better look at it when I go in a couple days.
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 03:46:28 AM
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| I cast my vote as being a Gilbert. The car body looks to be from the same mold as the current Model Power F-2.
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 09:17:29 AM
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Model Power has reworked the old Marx F unit mold. It is not the same now. Easy to tell the difference. As to Marx F unit. The side port hole windows are closed where MP is open. Marx front pilot is a part of the frame, MP has it a part of the body casting.
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 5:53:01 PM
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IIRC that's a fairly rare and expensive engine. In part because it was made about the end of their HO production, and in part because they were fairly cheap and I would imagine many were thrown away.
Gilbert used the Varney shell as long as they could, this is the replacement for it. I have one that came factory with a Varney shell that had holes drilled in it to mount it to the Marx-style drive like the one in the picture above.
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