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 […]
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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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
