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[My search is for the black New Haven bay window caboose. I had won one on ebay a few years back. It went for an amout that I couldn't afford. When I entered my bid, I missed the decimal point in my bid so bid $7500 instead of $75.00.
Steve
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Steve,
I have not see a black NH bay window caboose yet. I know with marx a lot of different colors were used on cars. So now I will join you looking for this illusive bay window caboose.
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Posted - November 29 2013 : 7:45:47 PM
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This is this sears set #9940
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 10:38:18 AM
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quote:Marx gondola and load that came with it (advertising Lionel).
Originally posted by Adams - July 12 2009 : 7:02:48 PM
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* In this photo by Adam is a very interesting Marx assessor . Behind the Marx gondola with the Lionel load is a switching tower which may be a Marx. In the Marx one the tower man would move around in the tower.
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Posted - February 25 2014 : 02:04:16 AM
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* I got this at Allentown for $1. Never had one before. All of mine are the white ones.
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Posted - June 03 2014 : 02:57:24 AM
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What you see here is the sum total of every piece of Marx HO stuff that I own all presented in one compact little scene.
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Posted - June 03 2014 : 6:43:02 PM
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aw nuts! 
I haven't got a pic of my completed RI set
Will get one this week 
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Posted - March 02 2015 : 08:11:16 AM
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A New Haven small Diesel in black with orange lettering. #1621
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Posted - March 02 2015 : 08:15:26 AM
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NYC caboose # 20298 green. Index, post 1, has been up dated and complete to this post 112.
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Posted - March 03 2015 : 1:58:05 PM
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there are 3 cars not here
Will post them later
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Posted - March 25 2015 : 01:15:38 AM
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3 pix
LV flatcar
WM coal hopper Missing steps
Santa Fe boxcar by Sears
Wells Fargo boxcar
yes 2 boxcars are missing wheels Sorry
Do you like this, toptrain?
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 4:55:21 PM
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I found a Marx Santa Fe GP7 Sunday at the Train show in Franklin NJ.
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Posted - May 04 2015 : 5:58:57 PM
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Now put UP under ATSF & it will look like a joint operation 
ATSF did that in Colorado with C&S (CB&Q)
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Posted - May 07 2015 : 9:23:00 PM
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** Here is a Marx Hudson 4-6-4 powered with headlight and smoke.
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Posted - June 22 2015 : 06:25:03 AM
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* Mark Hudson still on layout. It is seen here by coaling tower after filling up tender.
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Posted - September 25 2015 : 08:47:29 AM
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A find at a recent train show . "The Marx Light Tower". it is not the best for the railing on the platform is gone.
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Posted - September 25 2015 : 6:27:41 PM
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Though not a collector of Marx, I snagged this little honey from an estate
sale for $5. A drop of oil on the cog and it runs great.
I must say, looking at photos of your Marx pieces makes me appreciate the
chunky, simple lines in a new way. Tyco, which has a bad reputation for that
pancake motors, but this little Marx switcher I have seems bullet proof. Does
Marx have a good reputation for motors??
Love that NH set with the boat and caboose. That boat looks likes it is headed
to Connecticut coast for peaceful days of fishing and cruising. Just love it.
Any of you Marx guys remotely interested in this Marx O box? It has some
hole damage. Think I will trash it soon.
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Posted - September 26 2015 : 03:56:18 AM
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| Oooooooo, I likes.
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 9:57:14 PM
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Those Marx diesel hustler's pulled pretty good. Do you like the way the drive just pops into the body. You can mount a drive to a body in about a half a second.
* Model power rereleased the Marx hustler after they made a new drive for it, which didn't pop in and had only one axel driven. It didn't pull much.
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Posted - December 05 2015 : 6:03:44 PM
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Well in the last 2 weeks I was able to get at Allentown a pair of mark boxed items. A Water Tower and a Searchlight Tower. This past weekend at the Greenberg show I got a Marx NH F3A, some cars and a caboose. It may have been some kind of a set. Of particular interest in with these cars was a Boat carries car with the Criss-Craft boat. A rare one to find. I have one already that came in a set.
* Here is the new boat car carrier :
Frank
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Recently got a new water and searchlight towers by Marx.
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Posted - March 19 2016 : 11:51:09 PM
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Just got a beat up Marx Santa-Fe passenger train set. It has a F3a with a coach and a Observation car. The cars are in poor condition. The F3 dirty.
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Posted - September 15 2016 : 2:07:58 PM
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Here is my Marx flat car with bulldozer load.
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* This is another Marx flat car with a load. Cities Service flat car with 2 tank loads.
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Posted - November 16 2016 : 07:05:59 AM
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I got a Rock Island work car (caboose) a week ago so I'll post a photo of it here.
Work car, Rock Island, RI 90798.
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Posted - December 14 2016 : 08:44:18 AM
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A Max train set I got at the last Edison train show. The locomotive is one not in my collection. I traded a Gilbert 0-6-0 #443 for it. A even trade with both going for around $50.
frank
Marx set # 17840
full box info is " 1 ONLY 17680." I WONDER WHAT 1 ONLY MEANS ?
I HAVE NO OTHER PAPER WORK.
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Posted - December 22 2016 : 2:44:41 PM
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I did a photo of my Marx Ho power just to see what I have. A picture for my collection. I couldn't find my NYC system in a circle, 0-4-0t. In the photo is the other NYC in a rectangle box. Also not in the photo in my other NH 0-4-0t. It is still in with its set. It is the same as the one in in the photo, black with orange lettering. This may help other collectors so they can see what they look like.
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Posted - December 22 2016 : 3:16:38 PM
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if I ever find that yellow ATSF loco I will put UP under the ATSF name
course the Rock Island A & B units is a want too hehe
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Posted - December 24 2016 : 06:48:59 AM
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I have a Marx caboose from the Green Giant set, it's for sale
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Posted - December 24 2016 : 11:34:27 AM
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Posted - December 27 2016 : 08:59:34 AM
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| GG caboose still available, might consider trades.
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Posted - December 27 2016 : 10:41:42 AM
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quote:I have a Marx caboose from the Green Giant set, it's for sale
Originally posted by time warp - December 24 2016 : 06:48:59 AM
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I've never seen a caboose like that before. Interesting!
http://tycodepot.com/
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It sort of looks like Snoopys doghouse! Cute though.
Not really a study in aerodynamics, to be sure.
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Posted - December 27 2016 : 3:17:33 PM
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With that roof it looks more like a house than a caboose! Of course there's the old adage, "there's a prototype for everything if you look hard enough."
Or something like that.
http://tycodepot.com/
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0-4-0t Western Pacific of turntable.
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I also have a Western Pacific F3A. You see it here also on the turntable.
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Posted - February 26 2017 : 12:57:21 PM
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3 things I want are The ATSF loco in UP colors, flatcar with uber cool yacht, the SP gondola with Lionel load or JUST the load
you has a great Marx collection, toptain  
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Posted - March 18 2017 : 6:02:43 PM
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Well I have a new train set to add once i can post the right size photo.
The set it #17522. A NYC set with 0-4-0 switcher, tank car, hopper car, and copula caboose.
I will post it soon..
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Posted - March 27 2017 : 09:25:22 AM
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| Hey Frank, did you ever find that solid black NH caboose?
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Posted - March 27 2017 : 6:59:37 PM
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I am an accidental collector of Marx, that is when it turns up in lots I try to hang
onto it. "Try" being the operative word as I don't always pay attention to what
is in front of me. These are my two Marx cabooses. So the phantom all black NH
Marx caboose is like this one, but in black?
I find it rather interesting that one has a rather higher level of detail, including a radio attenna,
and the bay window version has relatively little detail. Still, rather enjoy them both and try
to get them out to be used as often as I can. They track very well.
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Posted - March 27 2017 : 7:16:46 PM
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quote:Hey Frank, did you ever find that solid black NH caboose?
Originally posted by DanMacKÂ -Â March 27 2017Â :Â 09:25:22 AM
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no I didn't find one yet. I just got the brown southern pacific gondola. I cant post photos yet tiil I get some photos in my chrome book or transfer files to new computer.
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Posted - March 28 2017 : 12:00:34 AM
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Here's an image I got off eBay of the only one I've seen. It was in a 16522 set.
Is the black NH switcher as rare as the caboose?
Dan everything in the set is common except for the caboose. track and power pack show up a lot. It is not offten to find catalogs. I have never seen one. Just little flyers.
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Posted - March 29 2017 : 11:33:28 AM
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Wow, that is a beauty. Always I have admired Frank's exceptional
Marx collection. Yes, that would be a "must have" for the die hard
Marx collector. How much did this set go for? I hate to even ask.
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Posted - March 31 2017 : 8:20:26 PM
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I just discovered I have an intact Marx two bay hopper in a box that
I had overlooked. Now I have a complete Marx set of switcher, two
freight cars and a caboose! I would have had three Marx freight cars,
but I sent of a yellow Santa Fe to Micro with a bunch of red Santa Fe
boxcars, and did not realize it until MB posted a photo of it and Top
Train asked, "isn't that a Marx?" That's what I get for sleeping at the
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quote: quote:Hey Frank, did you ever find that solid black NH caboose?
Originally posted by DanMacKÂ -Â March 27 2017Â :Â 09:25:22 AM
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no I didn't find one yet. I just got the brown southern pacific gondola. I cant post photos yet tiil I get some photos in my chrome book or transfer files to new computer.
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Well here is a photo of the brown Southern Pacific Gondola by marx. Not many were made, so it is harder to find.
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Posted - April 04 2017 : 10:44:40 AM
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What is the road name of the caboose, on the left? Nice looking
critter. They really make those rivets stand out.
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Posted - April 04 2017 : 12:35:36 PM
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quote:What is the road name of the caboose, on the left? Nice looking
critter. They really make those rivets stand out.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 04 2017Â :Â 10:44:40 AM
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its prolly the NYC one that is in the Marx set box above
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Posted - April 05 2017 : 07:49:35 AM
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* The caboose on the left is the Western Pacific Railroad. Here is my new set finally #17522. It is the other style new York Central lettering.
frank
Her is what the box looks like.
Here is the box cover with the number.
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