I've been looking for this Marx set for awhile and last week bought two of them, This is the better of the two and with some resto it should be pretty nice. 5 minutes after I got it was running with the help of some WD 40. Light works, haven't tried the smoker. Marx did a nice job on this engine.
Second set is pretty tore up, but the motor hums and I bet it will run without much work. The worst thing is the cab and roof is broken off the engine body. I matched it up to a plastic bodied Lionel engine I got with some stuff awhile back and it looks like some surgery could make the second engine at least look good even if it is painted and pieced together from another engine.
If I had the room, I would add the Wells Fargo buildings, but I'm out of room. The tenders do faintly say Tales of Wells Fargo.
