Marx Vanderbuilt pickups problem

sorry about the double post... I thought the one was being saved as a draft.

Easier to just fabricate another slider with brass, like I did on this re-motored Marx 6000.

To put in a roller pickup you would probably have to spread the motor frames to remove that bottom fiberboard plate - if you could fit a suitable roller pickup to replace it.

Marx used pick up rollers on the later passenger cars, but the loco's all kept the slider. Yours is pre war type with the 2 short shoes. Being as the fixed center copper piece is broke, I'd recommend replacing it with a post war long one piece unit. It is a direct fit, but you do have to remove the drivers to loosen the motor plates enough to get the fiber plate out. Grossman sells replacement short shoes, but you would need to repair the broken end of the fixed center piece. Not a tough job though.

Steve

Steve, i put this in the other post of the same topic, but is the Grossman part #391 that is just described with no picture as "Prewar Pickup Shoe" what they could use?  doesn't it look like all the rest of the pickup is intact?  that part just floats anyway.

opps... never mind... i should have looked at one first to see that a big chunk is missing.

Papa Steve,

  Thanks for the input.  I'll do some research on finding the part you described.  I am rather leery of trying to remove drivers though...  I've never attempted that type of repair before and don't really have any tools to do so.  I had mentioned rollers because I was think maybe I could add them to the bottom of the frame without having to disassemble the engine.