Lets see your Marx Tinplate Locomotive and Cars

Glad to see others use Marx motors for other "critters".  I have a steam dummy,  and a steam coach powered by the #999 (early spoked driver)  chasses.  I got diverted from finishing a 2 #999 chassis 2-4-4-2 by a wiring problem, trying to make one reverse unit operate two sets of drivers.  Need to get back to that. 

Here are some Marx trains. All the first time posting on this forum- some added recently others that I never got to post:

Modern/New/Flynn Marx- Western Pacific boxcar.

have ALWAYS been on the lookout for the 2071 and 2072 in good condition- finally landed one about two weeks ago!

Here’s an interesting variation- Marx Monon 81F with the single Axle motor.

notice the screw placement- the double axle motor had the screw in roughly the center of the litho front truck. No screw hole there

I do have some issues running this one after I removed the motor. Someone had it in there JUST perfectly, now a portion of the rear metal piece, which fits into the slots on the motor, pushes it down creating a drag

This is not a customized thing that someone threw together as shown in this  video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gh02Is4HyRI

Still a neat piece, regardless of current running issues

SteveFromPA - I agree it isn't a customized piece someone threw together - it's an exact match for a Marx prototype that sold at auction a couple of years ago.  Yours would suggest this version actually made it into production.

Underside of Marx prototype engine

The prototype shell is a KCS diesel...and speaking of KCS diesels - this is one of my favorite sets

  It's not an actual "as issued" Marx set.  I bought a boxed partial set several years ago which was missing two cars.  I decided I didn't care to recreate the set since I already had examples of the original cars so I got a KCS B unit and a C&O gondola and put this one together.

Addendum:   This morning I checked my notes on the Marx prototype engine I pictured in my earlier post.  It had a build date of 1959 marked on the underside so it would seem these engines went into production either sometime in 1959 or possibly later.

@Robert S. Butler posted:

IF it weren't for the increased (still increasing) prices for a nice set of those KCS FM's, I would SO enjoying having an A-B-A set for the mantle during the Christmas season. (As well as serving duty on the Christmas Central on the hearth!)

Andre

Here's my favorite Marx loco.

It's a "tin-rod" that I built with a lot of help from friends.

RoyBoy:

What drive mechanism did you use under your 21's?

Andre

@laming posted:

RoyBoy:

What drive mechanism did you use under your 21's?

Andre

Williams China drive motor blocks. Both motors wired in series. The Williams AlCo FA1 (the scale one) chassis has the correct wheelbase.

@Robert S. Butler posted:

SteveFromPA - I agree it isn't a customized piece someone threw together - it's an exact match for a Marx prototype that sold at auction a couple of years ago.  Yours would suggest this version actually made it into production.

Underside of Marx prototype engine

The prototype shell is a KCS diesel...and speaking of KCS diesels - this is one of my favorite sets

  It's not an actual "as issued" Marx set.  I bought a boxed partial set several years ago which was missing two cars.  I decided I didn't care to recreate the set since I already had examples of the original cars so I got a KCS B unit and a C&O gondola and put this one together.

@Robert S. Butler thank you for that information! There was previously a video on YouTube discussing both the KCS and Monon with the Marx "mini motor" and I found a blurb in one of my books/magazines about it(since misplaced). Regardless, both the KCS & Monon were outfitted with the "Mini-Motor" at some point. In fact, the black "shield/front bumper" and the rear "bumper", which is "commonly" found on the mini-motor Monon are parts that came from the KCS.

ALL very nice! Perhaps this thread should have been better titled Marx Mods.

No one seems to have noticed/commented on the obvious.

Okay, I give up...🤔🙂

Mark in Oregon

And its for sale....email in profile, joe

@Strummer posted:

Okay, I give up...🤔🙂

Mark in Oregon

Marx did not make any B units in the almost scale size tinplate Santa Fe #21. I made these myself with the help of some friends.

Marx made B units in the later plastic diesels and in the much smaller tinplate diesels, but not in the big ones.

Above l mentioned a steam dummy ( now found stored) and a steam coach bashed with Marx #999 spoked driver power and am picturing them here.  Another bash is a Marx #1829 Hudson into a Mikado.  Adding the two drivers off a junk box #1829 went perfectly.

And now, here is that Marx #1829 Hudson bashed into a Mikado, with a Lionel coal Vanderbilt tender.  Anybody know what the Lionel # for that tender is?   I'd like to equip all my freelance road's steamers with them, as they might be common.

@RoyBoy posted:

Marx did not make any B units in the almost scale size tinplate Santa Fe #21. I made these myself with the help of some friends.

Marx made B units in the later plastic diesels and in the much smaller tinplate diesels, but not in the big ones.

Well silly me!! I didn't catch those B units in the original post!

Are they also litho graph units? IF so... that definitely requires a "How'd 'ja doit???" question.

Andre

I grabbed this set at the LHS for $25. I imagine the rock island gondola doesn't belong. It's really clean and the price was right.

One more time!   

Jim K