NEW TRAIN to Me and it was Free. Update - Need Advice !

Very nice!

Free is great for that set, it looks mint!  You don't see them often in that condition!

Wow that's amazing! John is right free is great, but once again WOW!

Amazing find. Thank god your son's neighbor thought to find it a good home.

Bob

@boomer0622 posted:

Perhaps someone with more knowledge of Marx could tell me if these are the correct cars for the Marx set 4999 that is marked on the box.

I did a quick search for that set in sold items on ebay, and there were several hits, and the cars in those looked identical to yours.  Very nice find!  I particularly like that B&O boxcar. 

Andy

Andy, Thanks for that Info.  I appreciate it.

Bob,  It's a long story,  but the guy died, didn't have any close family, left the house to charity and a distant relative who is in her 80's was stuck cleaning out the house.

Free is always good especially in trains !

Wonderful!

Peter

Who in the world would even think of throwing something like that into the trash. You have a wonderful son that though of you.

Awesome find! I'm sure you're going to give it a great home! Good luck and enjoy! That looks awesome! You can always replace a damaged cord for the transformer.

That set is in the Greenberg book by Bob Whitaker on Marx sets, too, exactly as yours, including the two switches, as well as dozens of other four digit numbered "6 inch", as they are called, sets (in case you need another thing to collect).

"Who in the world would even think of throwing something like that into the trash."

I have a contact who works for a municipality. He has on two occasions brought our club trains and accessories that people have discarded at the curb. We received some nice tinplate, Lionel and Marx.

Lucky man and lucky for that train.

Just think it has been waiting for you all this time. It will finally get some play time and bring a little joy.

I agree with @Andy Hummell iaw the Greenberg book on Marx sets the #4999 has exactly the contents you showed including the two manual switches.  Great find, the trains look mint.

Don

UP DATE; 

I have decided to tackle the defective cord on the transformer.  Here are some pictures of the transformer.

There 4 little metal tabs on the top that had to be bent up to remove the cover.

This is the front inside.

This is the back.

I thought this interesting,  the shaft for the throttle handle looks like a nail. 

Where the power cable is connected, it's wrapped with friction tape then there is a rubber band around the solder connections.

Now I'm In Trouble !   I got one of the new power lines soldered in ok however with the seconded one the terminal section broke off.  I need to connect the other power line to the little tiny wire in front of the arrow drawn on the blue tape. 

I have fiddled with it for about an hour and can't get it to take solder, so gave up for the day and posted my update.   Any suggestions on how to connect these two wires will be greatly appreciated.

Doug

Wow just minor rust. That is truly a great find and save.