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 Posted - April 19 2008 : 08:38:55 AM
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can anyone confirm if this is a marx mercyry,its tinplate ken
Edited by - catfordken on April 19 2008 08:40:10 AM
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Posted - April 19 2008 : 1:40:06 PM
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| http://www.thortrains.net/marstart.html Sure looks like the trains on this site, although the pics aren't the best.
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Posted - April 19 2008 : 3:15:15 PM
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Ken that's a shell for a Marx Commodore Vanderbilt.
Made mostly before WW2,and a few years after.
Carl T.
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Posted - April 19 2008 : 3:52:35 PM
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| hi thanks choochin3 and Adams,got it cheap,no clockwork parts but it will sit on shelves till i get chance to do something with it ken
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Posted - April 19 2008 : 10:43:36 PM
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Ken,
I just noticed that your engine has the swing peg coupler.
That might indicate early production,around 1936-38.
I'll check with a reliable source,and get back with you with the correct answer.
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
Edited by - choochin3 on April 19 2008 11:01:29 PM
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Posted - April 19 2008 : 11:30:18 PM
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My reliable source says that the swing peg coupler was used in 1935 only.
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Posted - April 20 2008 : 07:10:01 AM
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| many thanks choochin3,only bought it as no one else was bidding,o gauge is not my scene but never let a bargain slip through if i can help it ken
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