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Posted - January 24 2014 : 03:28:02 AM
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The first train set that I ever received was a Marx that I got for Christmas and I still have it! Thought you all might enjoy seeing this relic.
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 08:13:24 AM
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Hey; that is cool. My first set was also a Marx. My parents could never have afforded a Lionel or American Flyer set. But in about 1963 I got a nice set that had 2 trains running on a figure of 8 track. There was some type of relay that held one train at the crossing until the other train passed, then it would run and the other one would run up to the crossing and wait. This repeated over and over. One engine was a 2-4-2 I think and the other was a SW something. I cannot remember if the whole set was in Penn-Central or New York Central paint so maybe the set was 1964 since I seem to recall that being the year of the merger of New York Central and that other railroad.
Like a fool, I gave the whole thing away in my teenage years. I do still have the station shed and the water tank though.
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 09:55:46 AM
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I have a similar Marx set that I got for Christmas on 1969. Dad dated the engine with a black marker on the underside.. May dig it out tonight when I get home!
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 1:06:14 PM
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kool Would you like moar Marx stuffs?
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 1:47:13 PM
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Not me Ben... The stuffs I got in 1969 is all I need...
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 2:11:03 PM
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Ben, you still that Marx hoard!? Marx was my introduction into O/0-27 scale!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 2:22:14 PM
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I have a few Marx sets besides my original Marx sets and I am also a member of the Marx group on Yahoo. The folks in the Yahoo Marx group do a lot of custom painting and kitbashing
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 2:28:26 PM
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quote:Not me Ben... The stuffs I got in 1971 is all I need... Originally posted by walt - January 24 2014 : 1:47:13 PM
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That question was for metalsmith1, ya silly
quote:Ben, you still that Marx hoard!? Originally posted by Redneck Justin - January 24 2014 : 2:11:03 PM
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YES!
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Posted - January 24 2014 : 10:26:02 PM
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if you look closely you will notice that I have done a bit of customizing on this one. I couldn't take the cast on trucks and finally cut them off of the cars and tender and replaced them with nice up-to-date free rolling trucks with metal wheels and couplers that actually work. I put wooden undercarriages in all of the cars except for the gondola. The locomotive got a super-bright battery powered LED light and a little touch up on the paint. One of these days I'm going to go whole hog on the locomotive and make better side rods and valve gear because I just cant seem to leave well enough alone.
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Posted - January 31 2014 : 10:02:59 PM
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Got my Marx set out today. I said I got this in 1971 but the date Dad put under the steamer is 1969...
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Posted - February 01 2014 : 1:52:10 PM
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I cant help but wonder just how many of these sets were made, it seems as though everybody got one in 1971. We all got one though, that's the important thing!
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Posted - February 01 2014 : 7:53:39 PM
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Well here is my collection
Would you believe the broken one actually runs? The UP one I got in 2 pieces from 2 seperate garage sales!
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 02:43:15 AM
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Big thumbs up for true survivors!
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Posted - February 25 2014 : 11:23:25 AM
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Here's my Marx stuff. I just display it on a shelf in my house.
I got it at my first train show for $5.
-Steve
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Posted - February 28 2014 : 01:33:39 AM
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That's a great piece, got to love a bargain.
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Posted - February 28 2014 : 11:08:30 AM
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Anyone intersted in my Marx collection? Will look for more at garage/yard sales
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Posted - February 28 2014 : 11:36:35 AM
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quote:That's a great piece, got to love a bargain.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â February 28 2014Â :Â 01:33:39 AM
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I know, right! I love that thing. It's so cool looking.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 09 2014 : 8:47:35 PM
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This is the original caboose from my first ever Marx set. I put a metal chassis with trucks under it and repainted it for Mopac. The window frames in the copula have been modified and better running boards have been installed.
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Posted - July 05 2017 : 07:35:09 AM
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*** I to love my old Marx trains. Mine are all HO scale, and I have a few sets. frank
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Posted - July 05 2017 : 10:14:06 AM
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I forgot to mention I even have a wind-up Marx loco!
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Posted - July 05 2017 : 10:48:02 AM
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My first HO set was a Marx F3a-b New Haven Freight set. It was in perfect shape, but I do remember there was a flat car included. I think I remember the car having some sort of clip on it and the box insert had a space for what appeared to be a load, but the load was long gone. It was purchased in 1984 for $20 and it included an Athearn New haven Snow Bird F7a-b set. I sold the set for $50 to a guy who placed an ad in Model Railroader and I kept the Athearn diesels.
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Posted - July 05 2017 : 4:05:23 PM
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hey I forgot to mention in my last post about 2 weeks ago or so at a garage sale for $40 was a complete all PenCentral Marx set! Yeah even the steam loco was a PC
I totally would of gotten it IF I had the forty grrrrr
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Posted - July 05 2017 : 5:03:26 PM
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quote:hey I forgot to mention in my last post about 2 weeks ago or so at a garage sale for $40 was a complete all PenCentral Marx set! Yeah even the steam loco was a PC
I totally would of gotten it IF I had the forty grrrrr
Originally posted by microbusss - July 05 2017 : 4:05:23 PM
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I have that one!
I also have a Santa Fe set:
And an extra one.
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