Question about Marx Mercury #635 choo-choo mechanism

Former Member

Here is a question for the Marx experts...In the "Greenberg's Guide to Marx Trains Volume One" there is an electric version of the Marx Mercury locomotive #635 that has a brass strip choo-choo mechanism with an activating lever to the right of the smoke stack. Is anyone familiar with the mechanism and what does it sound like? Any videos of the mechanism in action?

11/22/139:33 AM

❤️ 0

Original Post

Steve "Papa" EastmanOGR Forum Member

Dave

I think that was an error. There is a gray Mercury with the lever you mention, but that electric motor had a sparker on it. The lever engages/disengages the sparker. One of Marx's few bad ideas. The debris from the sparker got in the motor. You find very few of them with an intact sparker assembly.

Steve

11/22/1310:26 AM

❤️ 0

Skip to main content

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

OGR Forum Supporting Membership Required

OGR Forum Supporting Membership

Help support this forum with an OGR Forum Supporting Membership.You will be able to watch the videos in the INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FORUM!A one-year OGR Forum Supporting Membership is only $12 per year, so sign up now!

OR

Access the ALL the OGR VIDEO FORUMS AND over 300 back issues of OGRwith a DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION!

Please wait...

Help support this forum with an OGR Forum Supporting Membership.
You will be able to watch the videos in the INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FORUM!
A one-year OGR Forum Supporting Membership is only $12 per year, so sign up now!

Access the ALL the OGR VIDEO FORUMS AND over 300 back issues of OGR
with a DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION!