Lets See a Picture of Your Favorite Marx Engine

Who's got the best-looking 333?

My very hard to find gunmetal gray 666.

Steve

My all-original #333.

My first train -- a gift from my grandfather.

This is actually my only Marx engine but you never know when I'll need it!

Chris Lonero:  with the storms this year and the power going out, there were several

times whenthe  breaking glass and running a windup would have been the only option.

Rustykamel:  My grandfather gave me my #999 in a #25000 set in **** of 1946, too,

or 1947, something I silently thank him for when I visit the cemetery.  It set me off

on this wild life of carousing through trains shows and hiking old abandoned grades.

It's a tough choice between my plain Jane 666 and this 897. Today, I think the 897 is my favorite:

J White

A 666 will put MTH to shame with its smoke!  And that wonderful Marx smoke from the WICKED green bottle!

The governor doesn't work, this wind-up M10000 is FAST !

Another favorite is pictured below.  It is a Marx 1998.

The best running Marx I have.  With a quick 2 position e unit and wheels that stay on the tracks and go through Marx switches, it is a whiz going around my dog bone and figure 8 in 027..

Charlie

Here's my favorite Marx loco. My late 40's 999......

And here's my second favorite, just in case you're interested! My de-horned 1666.

Andy

What did you do to modify the pilot. I love the 666's but never liked the battering ram in front.

Steve

Steve,

That's a 1666. I am currently working over a 666 though. I am actually trying to come up with some way to change the look of the pilot. Will post when done.

My first engine as a child was a Marx 999. 

We ran it until the gear on the motor wore out!  I now have other 999s and also sorry looking 666 and the better looking 333 but I like the way the 999s run best of all. 

The999s really handle my 27 Marx switches and sharp curves on my layout.

Charlie

My favorite Marx locomotive?  In general, the clockwork Commodore Vanderbilt... but I haven't been able to make up my mind about which specific windup CV is my favorite.

I have a green swing-peg CV with the original wheel governor motor (circa 1935) that would be my #1 locomotive, but the fact that governor is somewhat ineffective keeps it from being a regular runner on my layout.  Any of the later mechanical CV's are much better for operation, but which of those would be my favorite?  One of the reversers?  The mechanical whistler?  Pre-War with die-cast wheels and twin domes, or post war with stamped steel drivers and a single dome?  It's like trying to chose a favorite child!

My first train, a Christmas gift from Mom and Dad!

Don't know a lot about it except that I have the whole set, box and transformer...I'm glad my Dad saved it for me after I stopped playing with it.  Still works! On display in my train room, now.

Ed

This was my Aunt's set and later my Dad's.  Now it's mine to enjoy.  This was the only thing my Dad and Aunt took with them when they ran away from home to go live with their five aunts.  They said it was because it was the only thing they felt was valuable.

Not  a Marx, but I believe the mold is.

K-Line 4-6-2 ATSF 3003

Ran my 999 last night.  It was my childhood train and still runs.

Charlie

La Bamba...  

She's a tail dragger for now, but will eventually have the rear motor mount flattened out & will sit correctly on the rails.

Dave

My first Marx set from the 50s, the freight, all  though I like the Streamliners

As so often is the case my favorite is the last Marx engine I purchased.  I posted this earlier under the "Neat little restoration post". Runs smooth, looks good and smokes too.

Though I consider my New Haven 1958 F3 freight set as my 1st train, this one actually was......from Christmas 1956.

On the modular layout, August 2010.

Peter

Just like the previous poster, a pair of Marx Monon diesels with matching Monon caboose is a real beauty and one of my favorites, however the Marx articulated 10005 is my current favorite!

Love those tiny Marx transformers like you have there, David.  They do the job for Marx trains on smaller track setups, don't they?  That's a nice example of a 10005! 

My first train a Marx Copper engine 1941.

my 333 & 999. The 666 is on the layout.

I just have 999's, 333's, and 1829's in Marx, excepting one gift six inch set and another Army set acqured very inexpensively.   My childhood "transition" 999 (spoked drivers and unperforated but spoked pilot) ran until one wheel was spinning on its axle and the collectors were worn through and deep into their retaining springs.  I have used 999 power chasses to power a scratch built steam dummy, and other critters, with more on my to-do list.  Have an 1829 kitbashed into a Mikado.  The dummy and

Mikado were pictured on postings some time ago.  

Here's the only photo I have access to of my lone Marx locomotive.  It was a Christmas gift from my grandpa when I was like 5.  I know nothing about it and have never found online another that looks like it.  I'll have to dig it back out and take some better photos of it and maybe some of you guys can tell me something about it.  It has definitely seen better days.  But it was my 1st electric train and I love it so much I ran it into the ground.

Here is pictures of both of my favorite Marx engines running on a local modular club layout  Gary

Now that you said that, I do believe that's the number on the front.  I'll check and post more photos, hopefully next week.

Here's one of my favorites running on our local modular club layout (a few years ago):

J White

I have always been fond of the little 999.  Here is one of mine....

The tender is backwards. The coal always goes in the front so the fireman can shovel it into the loco.