Name: Todd Hein Forum User Name: ToddH Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal Minnesota Scale: O scale Theme: Two custom locomotives Description: I have made some custom Marx locomotives and cars for my Minneapolis Northern Railroad, most are repaints of standard Marx locomotives, but these two are modified. The Commodore Vollrath, as I call it, […]
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Two versions of the Marx 999 locomotive
Name: Todd Hein Forum User Name: ToddH Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal Minnesota Scale: O scale Theme: Collecting Marx Description: Marx made several versions of the 999, this video shows two early versions. The open spoke 999 was produced first, then after problems with the pilot breaking off the second version, the closed spoke, […]
Two versions of the Marx 999 locomotive
Name: Todd Hein Forum User Name: ToddH Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal Minnesota Scale: O scale Theme: Collecting Marx Description: Marx made several versions of the 999, this video shows two early versions. The open spoke 999 was produced first, then after problems with the pilot breaking off the second version, the closed spoke, […]
Building a portable Marx toy train layout
Name: David Smith Forum User Name: David Smith Description: Here is my Marx portable electric toy train layout. It features Marx 6″ tin lithographed cars and metal engines. There are lots of Marx operating accessories that can be easily attached and removed from the layout. The Marx overhead crane has been customized to include an […]
Building a portable Marx toy train layout
Name: David Smith Forum User Name: David Smith Description: Here is my Marx portable electric toy train layout. It features Marx 6″ tin lithographed cars and metal engines. There are lots of Marx operating accessories that can be easily attached and removed from the layout. The Marx overhead crane has been customized to include an […]
Train night at Chuck’s
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Train night at Chuck’s
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Those darned Marx toy train gears
Many old Marx steam locomotives have gears that extend the full diameter of the wheel, resulting in incompatibility with most track switches. Q: I am starting to build a small O gauge layout with two loops and some switching in between for variety. I have some newer Lionel trains and some old Marx trains from […]
Marx Tin Town Building panel kit
PART OF THE allure of tinplate trains is their construction material – sheet metal. So what better way to complement operation of those trains than through the use of sheet-metal structures on your layout? But your choices are limited. On one hand you have scarce and expensive prewar structures (primarily railroad stations and right-of-way pieces) […]
Marx Park Avenue trolley
SET YOUR WHIMSEY meter on full! The Park Avenue trolley is a nifty tin-lithographed motorized unit that will look right at home running on just about any prewar-style layout or around the Christmas tree. The trolley is simple enough. It has a nicely designed and produced lithographed shell with a trolley pole. The lithography is […]
Marx “Thor” military motorized unit
ANYONE WHO HAS mixed toy trains and toy soldiers will appreciate Thor from Marx Trains. Thor is a nifty little sheet-metal throwback to prewar-style military trains that enabled countless kids to develop junior league tactical skills that proved we were wiser than the Kaiser. Marx built Thor in the tin lithograped style. The printed sheet-metal […]
