Marx Pioneer Express electric train set

Marx Pioneer Express electric train set

Marx train set 15630 was an electric train set from 1973, sold by Sears. While some Marx collectors joke that the only rare Marx train set is the one that doesn’t run, this old-timey 1970s train set cobbled together from Marx’s leftovers is rare and valuable today.

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Marx steam type freight set 9365

Marx steam type freight set 9365

Marx’s steam freight train set catalog number 9365 is one of its more unusual 4-wheel plastic sets of the 1950s. In this blog post, I’ll explain what makes it special.

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Marx diesel freight train set 8142

Marx diesel freight train set 8142

The Marx diesel freight train set number 8142 was a late 1950s electric train set featuring twin diesel locomotives pulling 6-inch 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 steam freight train set 50875

Marx steam freight train set 50875

Marx train set 50875 is very similar to some variants of another set, 52875, and set 50885. But it has a distinct number on the box, so let’s walk through set 50875, which featured a 2-4-2 steam locomotive with a slopeback tender pulling three freight cars and a caboose.

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Marx Happi-Time 9624 train set from 1953

Marx Happi-Time 9624 train set from 1953

Marx train set 9624 was an electric train set Marx that Sears sold in 1953. But you may also hear collectors refer to it as Happi-Time train set 9624, because that’s what Marx printed on the box. It was something of a transition set, mixing new plastic diesel engines with tin lithographed freight cars.

Marx reused this set number a few times. This blog post covers the variation Sears sold in 1953.

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Marx steam freight train set 50885

Marx steam freight train set 50885

Marx train set 50885 is very similar to some variants of another set, 52875, and set 50875. But it has a distinct number on the box, so let’s walk through set 50875, which featured a 2-4-2 steam locomotive with a slopeback tender pulling three freight cars and a caboose.

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Marx 4915S Steam type electric train set

Marx 4915S Steam type electric train set

Youtuber SMT Mainline recently encountered a Marx 4915S Steam type electric train set when recording a video. He said he didn’t know much about it but thought it was neat. In this blog post, I’ll give some background on Marx train set 4915S.

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Lionel 6014 box car

Lionel 6014 box car

The post war Lionel 6014 box car and other post-war box cars made from the same tooling present some good examples of cheap classics. They also present a few challenges for collector types, and they also have uses for Marx and American Flyer fans. In this blog post, I will explore this frequently overlooked little brother of the 6464 series.

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Marx 526 train set

Marx 526 train set

Marx train set 526 was a windup train set introduced in 1962, typically sold in discount stores. It featured Marx’s best plastic windup locomotive pulling 6-inch metal cars, making an inexpensive starter set for a young child.

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Disassemble and reassemble a Lionel 600-series NW2 locomotive

Disassemble and reassemble a Lionel 600-series NW2 locomotive

Lionel 600-series NW2 switcher locomotives are pretty easy to work on once you get them disassembled. But if you’ve never taken one apart, it may not be clear where to start. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the steps to take one of these apart and put it back together.

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