Anyone know where I can find or has an extra Marx 3/16 scale C&O flat. Came with either a pipe load or lumber load. Need to get one to complete a train set I had in the early fifties
Mike P
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They came in sought after work train sets. They are often found separately for sale
on eBay. Good ones with the original load can be pricey.
Compared to the B&M and NKP flats, that C&O car is the toughest Marx flat to find, with load or without. The squared off lumber load occasionally turns up, the cardboard pipes are almost never with any of the flats. Robert Grossman makes repro loads:
http://www.trainpartsformarx.c...oppingcart.htm#Loads
Price guides have tended to value them almost the same as the B&M and NKP flats - the C&O is far less common in my Marx collecting experience.
I have to agree on the scarcity of the C&O. I'm lucky to have one with type B trucks and one on D trucks. I know Michael has been looking for quite a while and do keep my eyes open for him, but not many show up in any condition.
Steve
