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Marx 55950 train set

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:33 +0000

Marx train set 55950 was an electric train set from Marx that W.T. Grant and Spiegel, two large retailers, sold in 1955. It featured Marx’s best locomotive pulling 8-wheel plastic cars. Marx train set 55950 Set #55950 was a higher-end

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Marx train set 3994: A classic combination

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:00:43 +0000

The Marx train set 3994 is an early postwar set, dating to 1948-49. A number of retailers sold it, including Sears, Montgomery Ward, and others. It was a mid-priced electric train set, O gauge, headed by a Commodore Vanderbilt Art

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Marx diesel freight train set 9644

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:00:02 +0000

The Marx diesel freight train set number 9644 was a 1958 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

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Marx diesel passenger train set 9639

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:00:15 +0000

The Marx diesel freight train set number 9639/9607/9608 was an electric train set featuring a plastic diesel locomotive pulling 6-inch tin passenger cars. It dates to 1958-1961, showing that even in the 1960s, even though tin lithography was becoming a

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Marx steam freight train set 21336M and 21337M

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:00:24 +0000

Marx train set 21336M and 21337M are a pair of similar train sets from 1971 and 1972 sold through Montgomery Ward. Let’s walk through these sets, which featured a 2-4-2 steam locomotive with a slopeback tender pulling three freight cars

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Marx diesel freight train set 9629

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:00:02 +0000

The Marx diesel freight train set number 9629 was an early 1950s electric train set featuring twin diesel locomotives pulling 7-inch freight cars. It’s an attractive set and a very good example of post-war tin lithography, which was becoming something

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Marx Pioneer Express electric train set

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:00:20 +0000

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

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Marx steam type freight set 9365

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:00:52 +0000

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. Marx train set, catalog# 9365 Unlike most of Marx’s 4-wheel

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Marx diesel freight train set 8142

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:00:19 +0000

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

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Marx steam freight train set 50875

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:00:53 +0000

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

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