Love to see people save the toy train history of this country....... I have been trying to find the Marx train set of my childhood for over 20 years and constantly comb ebay and never find it.... still, I keep looking. It was bought by dad and given to me and my brother on Christmas in the late 50's. My father threw it out of the attic when a sister broke was moving away and he stored her things in the attic and displaced my things...... I was poor and renting a small apt, with no storage. All i remember is it had a wood grain print; plain box that said "Marx remote control train", or something like that. It was a figure 8 with over and under trestle set. I only remember a steam loco, with no smoke, a tender, and a red caboose. It had the transformer with the black bakelite pointer knob. Don't remember the other cars......I can never find an over and under Marx set for sale.....That seems so strange..... what is even stranger is I have thousands in Standard Gauge, and O Gauge.....yet, still, I am obsessed with finding my set.

@Marxmotorman

9 ай бұрын

Yes, that's my goal. Turning a discarded and rusty train into factory new gives me great satisfaction, so it can be enjoyed all over again. I will do some research on your elusive childhood train, and if I dig up anything, I'll let you know. Was the whole box this woodgrain design, or just a portion of it?

@Marxmotorman

9 ай бұрын

Can you tell me what year you got this train? I've got some friends looking into identifying it. Please let e know ASAP so we can help.

I am from India and have with me 2 Lionel train sets. Great runners.

Super work and effort. E7's are great looking.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! I like that name, Angelo. I''m a piesano myself.

Neat Marx collection Bob.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hunter.

Cool looking locomotives

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. BTW, is that Tinkerbell standing next to the Santa Fe diesel? Didn't see any wings though.

The real William crooks locomotive is in the museum in Duluth MN. It pulled the first train in Minnesota in 1861.

@Marxmotorman

7 ай бұрын

Gee, i thought the real William Crooks was in my display case :-)

Nicely done. Love the Penn Central “E” units.

@Marxmotorman

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I've got some E7 shells and leftover paint. Maybe I'll build another one.

I have seen that set (William Crooks) and wish I would bought one! bone! Never saw the copper set or the Penn Central set. They are beautiful and run beautifully!

@Marxmotorman

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. The William Crooks locomotive is hard to find unbroken. And the 'copper Queen" set was made in 1938-39 only.

Awesome collection, thank you for sharing.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love marx train

@Marxmotorman

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, metoo.

Hi Bob long time no talk. Thanks for the advise you gave me way back, my Marx 21s are running great . That Crooked train looks and runs great I need to get one of those. The one I have is battery power. Keep up with the videos.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you again Bernie. And Happy Birthday! (I've got a few years on you at 74)

Very nice video, I'm from Europe and this kind of trains like Marx and Lionel were not common over here, I do have some Marx trains and a few Lionel trains, I love them both but when you got old trains that haven't run for years you have to take them apart and clean and lubricate and my personal experience is that the Marx engine is less complicated and with less work always run, the e unit on the Lionel train is most of the time the biggest problem but I love Marx and Lionel, greetings from Holland.

@Marxmotorman

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments. Yes, Marx is certainly easier to work on. I bought 10 Lionel motors from a junk lot a while back just to familiarize myself with them. Got them all running, and the E unit on all 10 was the reason they weren't running to start with. Lionel bought out Ives trains back in 1928 just to get that E unit design. Personally, I think they got screwed.

@michelvandebeek3697

11 ай бұрын

@@Marxmotorman I know the story, and I think your right 👍

Really nice. Looks just like the one on The Tales of Wells Fargo tv show. It seems that Marx and Flyer had much better smoke than Lionel.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and you're right. The Lionel smoke element takes more current to operate that the Marx unit, hence more smoke.

Very nice

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Love this video! You do great work with the Marx Trains. I have a few.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I'm working on some "customs", or "FrankenMarx" creations as well, so stay tuned.

Extraordinary Marx TU

@Marxmotorman

6 ай бұрын

Thanks William. Be sure to check out my other videos. You won't be disappointed.

If You Never Said I Would Have Never Known, Penn Central Rare Marx. I Have A Penn Central Steam Loco. Just Subscribed.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

This will be our little secret, right?

Your repo Penn Central E-7's, the original according to O'brian's Toy Trains identification and value guide is numbered 4000, built in 1971-1973. The correct ones might have even be produced when Quaker Oats owned MarX.

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

In that case, I'm surprised they didn't make a Quaker Oats car. Would have been a great promotional item IMHO.

@tableseven8133

Жыл бұрын

@@Marxmotorman I don't know how much General Mills plugged their cereal products for Lionel as well.

Nicely done!

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just realized you have precentral e8s right? On of my favorite rail lines.

@Marxmotorman

7 ай бұрын

What's a precentral e8?

@bernierodriguez662

6 ай бұрын

Sorry I meant penn central

Nice finds! Any way to slow them babies down? Down close to the original scale speeds, 15 to 30 mph instead of 70 to 90? Would be more realistic, quieter and relaxing to watch. But then maybe part of the hobby is the fast speeds

@Marxmotorman

5 ай бұрын

I run them fast for two reasons. 1) I was told that running them slow was boring to watch, and 2) I've got a lead foot

Well done! 👏😊

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Marx guy here, is that Penn Cental a former 1095 plastic or 21 tin?

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Hey Marx guy, It's a plastic 1095 Santa Fe under its 'disguise". I've got a pressed steel 21 that I converted into the 'Patriot Train' complete with 52 flashing red, white, and blue LED flashing lights in another one of my videos. Check it out.

@plunkervillerr1529

Жыл бұрын

@@Marxmotorman Thanks for your response, I will. Please view my limited Indeever?

💥💥subscribed 💥💥😎🚂

@Marxmotorman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing.

Oh by the way it's my birthday today 58 yrs young

@Porschedude8

Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday! 👏😊