Marx train set 4965

Marx train set 4965

The Marx 4965 train set spent its life a bit of an awkward place in Marx’s lineup. It was a low end 4-wheel plastic set but had a 490 locomotive with a chug chug unit, reverse, and a headlight, raising the price beyond what may have seemed competitive. Marx sold it in 1970 and 1971 and it may have had two variations.

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Marx diesel freight train set 9500

Marx diesel freight train set 9500

The Marx diesel freight train set number 9500 was an early 1950s electric train set featuring twin diesel locomotives pulling 7-in freight cars. It’s an attractive set and a very good example of post-war tin lithography, which was becoming something of a lost art at the time.

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Marx PRR Merchandise Service boxcar

Marx PRR Merchandise Service boxcar

The Marx Pennsylvania Railroad Merchanside Service boxcars are colorful tin representations of real, prototypical cars that ran on the Pennsylvania Railroad during the late 1940s and into the 1950s. Read more

Marx 59 stock car

Marx 59 stock car

The Marx 59 stock car is derived from the 555 refrigerator car. It ran from 1939 to 1952, and was essentially a refrigerated car/boxcar with different lithography and slightly revised tooling to put slats in the door and sides. Reusing an existing design with minor changes to make something that looked new and different was a hallmark of Marx, and one of the ways it produced variety in its product line while keeping prices down. Read more

Marx 555 refrigerator car

Marx 555 refrigerator car

The Marx 555 refrigerator car was Marx’s longest running 6-inch refrigerator car, running from way back in 1935 to 1952 when Marx refreshed the line. Marx reused the same refrigerated car design on its boxcars, and several boxcar designs continued after 1952. Read more

Marx The Reliable freight set 2905

Marx The Reliable freight set 2905

In 1974, Marx introduced a steam freight train set, catalog number 2905, it called The Reliable that ran on a 6 volt lantern battery and sold through discount stores. If you have one today, it’s worth more than its original retail price, even adjusted for inflation.

The Marx Reliable was part of the Great American Railroads series. It had catalog number 2905 and was sold only in 1974 and 1975.

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Marx train set 3987

Marx train set 3987

The Marx train set 3987 is a difficult set to pin down. There are a number of variations of it, some of them common, and at least one of them rather rare. What they generally have in common is being an electric train set, O gauge, headed by a Canadian Pacific Jubilee steam locomotive pulling 550 series freight cars.

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Marx State of Maine boxcar

Marx State of Maine boxcar

The Marx State of Maine boxcars are colorful tin representations of real, prototypical cars that ran on the Bangor and Aroostook and New Haven railroads. Read more

Marx The Meteor Diesel Freight set 2915

Marx The Meteor Diesel Freight set 2915

In 1974, Marx introduced a diesel freight set it called The Meteor, catalog number 2915, that ran on a 6 volt lantern battery and sold through discount stores. If you have one today, it’s worth more than its original retail price, even adjusted for inflation.

The Marx Meteor train set was part of the Great American Railroads series. It had catalog number 2915 and was sold only in 1974 and 1975.

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Marx train set #25000

Marx train set #25000 is perhaps the quintessential O gauge 3/16 scale set from Louis Marx & Co., featuring a classic 999 locomotive and tender and a consist of 3/16 scaled tin lithographed freight cars.

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