need help identifying these lionel and marx cars | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

$oo LineOGR Forum Member

can you help me find out the real item numbers for these cars and transformer I

looked in greenberg books for 1901-1995 and 1970-2003 haven't found any of

them I tried a varient of numbers to no avail!

Thank You for any assistance with any or all,

$oo

the car has a red under body and black metal frame and gray dump bins and

#335955 has slide shoe trucks to activate coil couplers no year build date

showing anywhere

this was a futile attempt to show it was produced in america by the lionel corp

in new york,ny

no loads with this hopper car? has slide shoe trucks for coil couplers not an

operating car shows a build date of 1-48 lionel corp

am assuming these are marx rolling stock? wierdest looking coupler and I think

release tab h&p752

end shot of above car best I could get of coupler and tab below

another marx car? H&P #174520

best shot of coupler assembly I can get on above box car

marx caboose in sorry shape wheel wise

end photo of caboose stairs makes me think of the flying nun

this last item I personally haven't ever seen the left handle is a forward/reverse

and the right one is the speed control only thing it shows is type #0100

and the end shot any ideas on any of these items or item numbers would be

greatly appreciated am trying to put into mitrains inventory with correct item

numbers so if and when I highball to the next life my children can have a true

and correct inventory.

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franktrainOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

postwar Lionel

#3359 Twin dump 1955 thru 1958.

#6456 Hopper maroon and white letters 1951

The 001 transformer is DC power for Lionel HO.

The tinplate cars not quite sure on they are sure look like Marx they were made by someone else and I do not remember at the moment.

franktrain

8/1/122:11 PM

$oo LineOGR Forum Member

franktrain- thank you so much I would have never gotten those numbers from what I had!

are they actually listed under numbers you gave me with the car number I provided just curious.

duhhhhh just looked under build date on the LV hopper car theres the real number sometimes you wonder about yourself rest of time we call them senior moments!

thanks again,

$oo

8/1/122:23 PM

colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

The three metal cars that look like Marx, were made in Japan by Sakai, and are

often called "Japanese Marx", as they are an obvious take off on Marx "3/16". They

are commonly found in sets with a 2-6-2 Prairie engine and a tender somewhat

similar to the "wedge" tender found with Marx #999 and other engines. The

2-6-2 is more compact even than the #999 and gives another prototypical wheel

arrangement to all the Marx and Lionel 2-4-2's out there. The tender with the set

and some of the cars are lettered "Hudson and Pacific".

8/1/122:49 PM

C W BurfleOGR Forum Member

The 0100 transformer has DC output for the trains.

The accessory posts have AC output.

The finish on the accessory binding post nuts was originally gold, but the transformers are often found with the gold finish worn away.

8/1/124:06 PM

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