I also started my love of trains with a Marx 999. Was only out around the Christmas Tree. Still have it. Years ago I took it to a train store that gently told me the value is great in sentiment but not money. My Christmas Layout goes around the tree and the entire room now. Has two sidings and a small town.

Wow, I had model trains when I was a kid and I absolutely loved them. As far as I am concerned, you can make as many of these kind of videos that you want!

Whats most important is that your Dad bought it for you. Nice save pop would be proud of you! Thank You

Or, as Bulwinkle would say; "Hokey Smokey"! I had Lionel work train and American Flyer Western set. The good old days. Thanks for your time and Merry Christmas!

'The things we do for love'

Marx guy here, enjoyed much.

@joesmith-je3tq

6 ай бұрын

watched your video on your dads old set.

@williamsantangelo

3 ай бұрын

Hey Marx Guy

@plunkervillerr1529

2 ай бұрын

@@joesmith-je3tq Thanks much.

@plunkervillerr1529

2 ай бұрын

@@williamsantangelo Thank you Good Sir.

nice work

You need friction. For this specific reason in real world trains we blow sand between the contact point of the wheels to the rails

@joesmith-je3tq

6 ай бұрын

True. without friction, I couldn't have held onto the parts to repair the motor.

@gamiwv

6 ай бұрын

@@joesmith-je3tq Happy Holidays

😂 Yes Sir, I have to agree with you on this topic, I have always loved my fathers Lionels 0 gauge and now they've been passed onto myself and next my son. I have been busy buying both Marx, Lionel and some American Flyer trains and accessories. I love the amazing amounts of different types of engineering that was put into these "Toys" and at the time, these things were almost considered magical in how they all operate, especially when Lionel designed the ingenious methodology for switching the polarities basically remotely by using a crude DC sign wave added into the AC mix which is what makes the E-units or reverse solenoids trigger. When cleaned and lubed they're amazingly good and still working with some of my personal collection being now over 💯 years old. Its fascinating and very cool at the same time. But never give up on your youthfulness, no matter what age you're at, any grown man will become a kid again when in the presence of model trains or model anything Lol. Thanks for sharing your trains with us all. 😉 and keep em rollin.

@waynewolfe8817

4 ай бұрын

The break in ac power then back on, caused the "e-unit" solenoid to operate which went from forward to neutral to reverse, then back to neutral. As long as the power wasn't broken, the engine would stay in whichever direction, or neutral it was in. If you had a whistle tender, (Lionel), the activation of the whistle handle on the transformer would send, (by way of a rectifier), a dc charge to the whistle in the tender, it had a relay and a fan which would blow air through a sound chamber. The transformer would also increase ac power to the engine, to keep it from slowing down while the whistle was blowing.