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All photos by Jerry Custer
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My first Electric train
I got this set for Xmas 1955
It was a J.C. Penney's Special for $9.99
The cars are from my original set.
The B&O locos turned up missing when I returned from the Army
So I acquired these 2 from the Marx Co in late 1960's
and they run as good today as my original set did over 50 yrs ago
My original loco had Automatic coupler on the dummy A unit
The cars are still fairly easy to obtain in both large and 3/16th scale wheels
the B&O Caboose comes in a variety of road numbers is desirable for collectors
The set came with 034 track , 1 switch track,
1 automatic uncoupler track & Transformer with track connector.
I've had plenty of train sets, but this one is still special to me .
A couple of railfans are out to get photos of B&O 62 A-A duo
Some more Marx Tinplate Trains
M10000-M10005
I used to pass these by at Various train shows when I was looking
for Marx deluxe plastic cars and loco's.
Now they are some of my favorites.
I never had a s et until 2007
Here are a some photo's of a couple that I have Acquired
Both the M10000 and the 10005 were available in a variety of paint schemes but all
were lettered for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Seaboard Air Line
Mechanical Passenger set
Coming and Going
I was surprised when it made it around
the layout 3 times on 1 windup
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Red Mercury wind-up with reversing motor
My son Ben won this on E-bay
We had some problems with the motor
and he located a better one on E-bay ,
We are in the process of re-painting the loco at this time.
Will look nice with fresh coat of paint on the loco
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Here is one I found on Ebay
552 Rock Island Gondola made from a recycled NYC tender
Car looks normal
Until you turn it over.
I guess it was a sheet of NYC tenders that wasn't needed
I have seen these at the Marx meet at York but it's the first
one in my collection.
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E-7 Diesel Favorites
WP and Allstate
Louis Marx got his money's worth out of the mask for these
same but different paint jobs and I like all 3 of them.
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--Big and Little--
Marx 0-27 and HO scale diesels
It's amazing how close all the colors match between the 2 gauges
B units were also available
No Monon cab units were made but they did make this switcher
Not the best looking GP7 or 9 but at least they made an attempt
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Were these ever made
I picked this flyer from 2004 at the York TCA show.
It was in with some New Marx catalogs that I have on file.This must have been right after the Flynn's quit production
as the address on the
flyer was from the YE OLDE TRAIN & CHRISTMAS SHOPPE.
I can't recall seeing
any of these dummy units for sale.
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MARX H.O. Gauge Catalog
When I was a teenager I requested a catalog from Marx.
Thinking it would be O-27 I was surprised to see it was all HO Gauge.
It was put out by the same company that did the small O-27 catalog.
Black And white catalog from Allied Toy distributors
would be the only HO catalog is the only one I ever saw .
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I like the E-7 MARX did in O-27 but I wish they would have done F2-F3 or F7 plastic cab unit or even a Road Switcher for O-27 market
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Most H.O. Locomotives and cars were available in same road names as the O-27 line.
Wish they had done that New Haven Box car in O-27.
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Track and accessories
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Manual Switch tracks
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Remote control switch tracks
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Crossover for the famous figure 8 set up
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Power supplies and a trestle set
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Great looking action accessories
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Some more H.O. accessories
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and more accessories
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Marx H.O. track plans
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A list for shipping charges according to what zone
you lived in. This was before zip codes were used.
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